Sometimes, you can see a campaign shift on an issue that strikes you as wildly obscure, unimportant, and irrelevant.
Are Californians really going to elect a liberal fossil as governor because Meg Whitman’s maid pulled a publicity stunt with Gloria Allred?
Well, this morning Rasmussen puts Jerry Brown ahead by 6.
Are West Virginians really going to send another Democrat to the Senate because a firm hired by the NRSC looked for “hicky” actors?
Well, this morning Marshall University puts Joe Manchin ahead by 10.
One of the reasons Democrats thrive is that when they run a place for a long time — think the East Coast’s big cities, or New Jersey until 2009, or California (at least the state legislature) — they tend to enact policies that drive out those who oppose them. Some will object to counterproductive liberal policies at the ballot box, but many others will vote with their feet. Why do Democrats run Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Detroit? Because their policies have driven most who demand better out to the suburbs.
If these electorates really do make their decisions based on housekeepers and casting calls . . . those states will deserve what they get.