Discuss “So-called 'bad' economy vindicated by raw numbers”

No matter what fad third party du jour raises its flag calling for the disillusioned protest votes of the masses, when this year’s midterm elections are boiled down to basics, it is still a two-horse race. Admittedly, the two horses are both slightly beaten up and wounded. Yet there are still considerable differences between the rotting equine carcass of the formerly proud Democratic Party of Kennedy, and the limping, but still functioning, trotter of the “Contract with America” Republican Party.

The most breathtaking part of voter disillusionment with Republicans is this disjointed logic proclaimed by many who plan on sitting this election out — or even worse — voting for the Democrats this November. Much of this logic hovers around...