The Last War

I strongly recommend James Taranto's look at the differences between the election results of 1994 and the expected results of 2010, The Last War

Then again, Obama could "reach out" in a heavy-handed way or in pursuit of unpopular policies, or it may turn out that he's already irretrievably alienated independents. By all means, politicians should study and learn from the past. But the wise thing to have done in 1994 won't necessarily turn out to be the wise thing to do in 2010.

I think he's absolutely right about almost everything in there...