“Not since 1994 has the party in power — in this case the Republicans — faced such a discouraging landscape in a midterm election…The result is a midterm already headed toward what appears to be an inevitable conclusion: Democrats are poised to gain seats in the House and in the Senate for the first time since 2000. The difference between modest gains (a few seats in the Senate and fewer than 10 in the House) and significant gains (half a dozen in the Senate and well more than a dozen in the House) is where the battle for control of Congress will be fought.” The WP previews the midterm electoral landscape. Excellent news…but still, if anyone’s shown an amazing capacity to spin gold into straw, it’s our current crop of Dems.