Charles Krauthammer used to be reasonably intelligent but he has not fared well in the polarized era. Maybe it has something to do with dyeing his hair.
I try not to read him in the Post, but last Friday, he did pick up quickly on Obama's "enemies" diatribe in his Univision address, which was obviously another huge political error on the president's part.
But then Krauthammer went on, much as a global warming denier, to assert that this midterm election was not about the economy:
"Democratic apologists would prefer to pretend otherwise - that it's all about the economy and the electorate's anger over its parlous condition. Nice try. The most recent CBS/New York Times poll shows that only one in 12 Americans blames the economy on Obama, and seven in 10 think the downturn is temporary. And yet, the Democratic Party is falling apart. Democrats are four points behind among women, a constituency Democrats had owned for decades; a staggering 20 points behind among independents (a 28-point swing since 2008); and 20 points behind among college graduates, giving lie to the ubiquitous liberal conceit that the Republican surge is the revenge of lumpen know-nothings."
He ignores the obvious points that even if you don't blame the economy on Obama and even if you think the downturn is temporary (what isn't in life?), you still want the administration to do something about it. Once again, this pundit, well beyond his sell-by date, lets ideology blind him to the facts.
The tip-off is his concluding throwaway prediction: Rangers in seven.
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