GOP hope via Rove

Before you count the legendary Rove out, he brought some very interesting statistics to the table after Tuesday's "thumpin'"

Rove is famous for his political statistics, and his team has come up with an array of figures to contend that the Republicans' loss of 29 seats in the House and six in the Senate is not so out of whack with the historic norms. In all sixth year midterms, the President's party has lost an average of 29 House seats and 3 Senate seats, according to these figures. In all sixth-year midterms since World War II, the loss was an average of 31 House and 6 Senate seats. And in all wartime midterms since 1860, the average loss was 32 House and 5 Senate seat.

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the party has calculated that the winner received 51 percent or less in 35 contests, and that 23 races were decided by two percentage points or fewer, 18 races were decided by fewer than 5,000 votes, 15 races were decided by fewer than 4,000 votes, 10 races were decided by fewer than 3,000 votes, eight were decided by fewer than 2,000 votes and five races were decided by fewer than 1,000 votes.

Hill won by a couple in Indiana's 9th while Carson by a few thousand in the 7th. Look at Webb beating Allen. So my little elephants, if you want it, you gotta earn it. And give the Democrats enough slack, let the hard Left think this is their Congress and Senate. Entitlement is not only a theme of the Democrats, it is their undoing. (This is the part where I give my sinister laugh as I roast children on an open fire. I got the recipe Karl Rove himself.)