To those who put a lot of weight on the opinion of the pundit class, this report from CNN may come as a surprise:

Peter Baker’s article in today’s New York Times Week in Review section is headlined “Elitism: The Charge Obama Can’t Shake.” Baker seems to accept the notion that Obama has brought this problem on himself, though he can’t quite seem to explain how — something about Obama’s “cerebral confidence,” or perhaps it happened because of one remark Obama made earlier this month about voters rejecting Democrats because they’re not quite grasping the fact

At this point, there are exactly zero U.S. Senate seats currently held by a Republican expected to flip from "red" to "blue." There were several that looked promising for Democrats earlier in the year -- Missouri, Ohio, New Hampshire, Louisiana, North Carolina, maybe even Florida -- but none is still considered in play.

That said, Alaska remains a bit of a mystery.

The U.S.

Even by the perverse standards set by the opinion-shapers in the editorial pages of the Washington Post, David Broder’s offering today stands out as a unique blend of moral depravity and intellectual laziness.

Broder:

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