Mood Sours Toward Both Parties

Mood Sours Toward Both Parties

Author's Note: Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out of next Tuesday’s NY 23 special election early Saturday morning. She did not endorse either of her two opponents, Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman or Democrat Bill Owens.

Would one-party domination in any combination of Tuesday’s off-year elections really indicate where this country is going politically?

You’ve got gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, a congressional special election in upstate New York, and a state Supreme Court race in Pennsylvania.

“I see no particular harbingers for 2010,” says Purdue University’s Bert...