How Sweet It Is!

As Mark Hyman’s commentary on the traditionally low voter turnout aired yesterday, history was being made.

As of this writing, the Democratic Party has picked up at least 28 seats in the House, and may well take the Senate, if thin leads in Virginia and Montana hold (and it looks like they will). Karl “The Architect” Rove’s house of cards collapsed—apparently hot air doesn’t make for much of a foundation to build on.

Particularly galling to Hyman must be the fact that his one-time boss and long-time Sinclair buddy Bob Ehrlich went down hard on Tuesday night.

It was particularly gratifying to see this after Ehrlich’s 11th hour dirty tricks, in which his staff circulated flyers attempting to associate him with popular Democrats in the state and imply that he was endorsed by them.

I’m sure those of you who have been following Hyman’s escapades and/or visiting this site are familiar with the sordid history of the quid pro quo relationship between Ehrlich and Sinclair. Well, now perhaps Bob and Mark can go golfing together or work on those “special projects” Hyman is supposed to be committing himself to.

It will be fascinating to see how Hyman spins the rout of Republicans on Tuesday. Perhaps this commentary was meant to set up a claim that, “Well, not that many people vote in midterms anyway, so this election doesn’t say all that important.”

Ah, I can’t wait to see what he’ll come up with. With the news of his own lame duck status, the signs suggest Hyman is going off the tracks on a crazy train (e.g., his appallingly bad commentary stating--not just implying--that Osama bin Laden would vote Democratic if he could).

It should make for some good viewing.

And that’s The Counterpoint.