I GATHER THAT LIMBAUGH was on about InstaPundit premortems, etc., again today. I didn’t hear it, but here’s a response.

I’m not actually hoping for the GOP to lose, but I do agree with James Taranto:

It now seems within the realm of possibility that Democrats will take one or both houses of Congress in three weeks, even though they are campaigning on not much more than not being Republicans. But the Republicans are campaigning on not much more than not being Democrats. To our mind the Republicans have the better of this argument, but there is something to be said for punishing the party in power if its performance has been subpar.

It’s hard for me to believe that the performance will improve if there’s no prospect of suffering at the polls.