Economy Still a Wild Card for Midterm Elections

Charlie Cook: “Conventional
wisdom holds that if people see the economy improving, they will be
less likely to ‘throw the bums out’ in the next year’s elections. But
the key is public perception of the economy, not month-to-month shifts
in numbers… My hunch is that those analysts predicting that the new
economic numbers will prompt a change in the political dynamics of 2014
are getting a bit ahead of their skis.”