Here in the dog days of August, political junkies know that a good fix is hard to find. A snippet of email or a few ill-chosen words in a fundraising letter just do not slake the thirst.
Our friend Not Larry Sabato has decided to muscle into the junkie supplier business, declaring August “scenario month.” Freed from the constraints of actual activities on the ground, imaginations can run wild as scenarios are constructed that resurrect the Democrats in Virginia or extend Republican hegemony.
After yesterday’s close call in Ohio for a Republican congressional candidate running against an Iraq War veteran and Bush-Basher, Not Larry’s first scenario superimposes the Ohio model onto Virginia. It’s interesting stuff, delivered just as the shakes and cold sweats were taking hold.