Almost everyone's out of D.C. at the moment, save for a few reporters at the Washington Post who seem to have sunstroke because they are writing stuff that makes little sense, at least to those of us who don't think the DNC handouts of Republican doom constitute news. On the left of Sunday's front page above the fold was a story indicating the Dems are closing the financing gap with the Republicans, the suggestion being that this will be a midterm in which the minority party will be victorious. But if you wade through a couple of pages to the conclusion of the story the headlines and "bad omen" lede are undercut: While Democratic challengers are doing well in the most competitive districts, overall figures for House races make plain that the incumbent financial advantage is hardly on its way to extinction. When all Republican incumbents are figured in, they have raised an average of about eight times what challengers have. Even in the most intensely contested districts,...(Read Full Post)