Scandals That Won't Make A Difference

++Charles Krauthammer believes this election is a referendum on the incompetence of the Obama Administration, its treatment of the Secret Service fiascos,the VA, the Ebola outbreak,the rise of ISIS and the weak economic recovery. On the latter,can we admit that Obama has created more jobs in half the time Mitt Romney promised. Yes,the inequality of wealth is an issue and people do feel blah but can you  name one Republican or Democrat who could have done better.

++But the obsession of the Washington Pundits over DC flaps aren't making it around the country. Krauthammer admits the rise of ISIS hasn't made it as a big election issue but the belief that the world is going to pot and it's Obama's fault. 

++Actually,the issues as polled buy SurveyUSA are :the economy 56%, healthcare 35% and immigration at 25%, and how thinks work in DC 21%. 

++Krauthammer suggests Democrats may make it close with the GOTV but he believes this is minor compared to the overall feeling of malaise.

++Eugene Robinson believes the Republicans may win but they haven't put up an alternative vision. He thinks that will put them in bad shape for 2016. 

++Meanwhile there are real scandals, not the Krauthammer type. But they will not factor into anything. GOP voter suppression is an active policy in over 26 states. Now in Alaska, Iowa and Kentucky the GOP are sending out mailers warning voters their neighbors will know if they don't vote for the GOP. Alison Grimes in Kentucky is suing Mitch McConnell  for distributing these flyers in Eastern Kentucky. 

++Gov. Brownback finds his supply-side economics is floundering again . Right before the election,Kansas's tax revenues are now 15% less than previous projections. 

++Senator McConnell may not care about being sued by Alison Grimes but he may be bothered by the news that broke today that 50kilos of coke was found on his in-laws' yacht. But this will not enter into the elections.

++Michigan's Gov. Snyder's administration was found  illegally destroying documents that had been legally requested under FOIA.

++Of course, it doesn't matter because Chris Christie isn't running for anything--yet. But Christie has been found having a $800,000 slush fund from Hurricane Sandy allocations.

++Notice Krauthammer's charges of incompetence. The VA scandal breaks and Obama moves quickly to solve it and allocate more funds for VA care. As well as investigate the culprits who are removed. The Ebola crisis has one dead and a number of nurses cured by being threatened by quarantines by governors not of whom are Democrats. I agree the optics have been awkward but scandalous--c'mon. The economic recovery has benefited the rich. It's true but don't the Republicans? The Dow is at an all-time high. Half the value of the DOW was achieved during President Obama. The Democratic argument that has been made by people like Jared Bernstein is that while the recovery is unstable it is on firmer footing than the bubbles of the recent past. Unfortunately, the Democrats have not argued this on the trail or how it would be better if infrastructure funding had been approved. On income inequality,there have been several reports that Obamacare has been the biggest equalizer in a long time. None of this will enter into this election.

++Nate Silver says that today the GOP hit their highest % for taking the Senate. But his predictions range from 51 to 52, not the great referendum Krauthammer proclaims. But don't worry,if the GOP wins the Senate, they will proclaim that they have a mandate to do every destruction thing they have ever proposed. As for ISIS,the Republican Congress can always vote to declare war. It turned out so good in both Iraq and Afghanistan before.