The Next Election Cycle Begins

Los Angeles Times: “Attitudinally, midterm elections are opportunities to slap down leaders who voters believe have done too much, or not done enough. Presidential elections, particularly incumbent-free ones like 2016 is going to be, are less a referendum than a choice between two new options.”

“Still, there is a link between the two campaigns, and it centers on two perennial political issues that were in play in 2014 and will be again in 2015. One is the argument over the size of government and the tactics used to shrink it. The other is voters’ gut-level sense of economic well-being.”