What Could Possibly Go Right This November?

Over the years here at National Review, I have been constantly amused (and admittedly occasionally frustrated) at how in sync Jim Geraghty and I turn out to be when it comes to column ideas. You have to get up absurdly early in the morning to beat him to the punch on a topic — and for whatever reason, we both instinctively gravitate toward the same topics.

So it was no surprise to see Jim’s subject in today’s Morning Jolt: After weeks and weeks of rhetorical despair and warnings of electoral doom, it’s time to remember Eric Idle’s exhortation to always look on the bright side of life. Instead of worrying about what could go wrong — an enormous number of things, needless to say — how about contemplating what might plausibly go right? Perhaps CNN analyst Harry Enten is onto something when he warns about the potential for a nationwide polling miss, one that overstates Democratic support — which has certainly happened before.