My favorite off-year, post-election analysis was in 1994 by the late Peter Jennings, when he said the following on ABC Radio the week after the Republicans took back control of the House of Representatives after 40 years of Democratic rule:
"Some thoughts on those angry voters. Ask parents of any two-year-old and they can tell you about those temper tantrums: the stomping feet, the rolling eyes, the screaming. It's clear that the anger controls the child and not the other way around. It's the job of the parent to teach the child to control the anger and channel it in a positive way. Imagine a nation full of uncontrolled two-year-old rage. The voters had a temper tantrum last week....Parenting and governing don't have to be dirty words: the nation can't be run by an angry two-year-old."
Surely that has to be the most absurd and preposterous analysis ever, but if the Democrats win big in 2006 will anchormen and anchorettes pontificate in a similar manner?
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