The Thin-Skinned President
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 30th, 2010 4:32 am by HL
The Thin-Skinned President
Peter Wehner, Politics Daily
Mood More Anti-Dem Than Anti-Incumbent
Michael Barone, American
The year 2010 is proving "a tough year for the overdog," as I wrote in a recent Wall Street Journal column. Coincidentally, National Journal's Charlie Cook wrote a column published the same day entitled "Incumbents Face Twin Furies." Cook noted that 12 House incumbents had won their primaries with 70 percent or less of the vote. Given the enormous advantages that House incumbents usually enjoy, which usually net them 80 percent or more in primaries against little-known challengers, that is a low percentage. It's also a sign of genuine weakness…
