This blog talks a lot about the weight of history in elections.
It's hard to do some things, like win an election when the sitting president is in your party. Ask Nixon or Algore .
This morning we'd like to talk about another historical precedent.
Come with us now back to the 2000's. Political issue numero uno in the English Speaking World was the Iraq Campaign.
In the spring of 2004 incumbent Australian Prime Minister John Howard won reelection despite Labour hammering him over Iraq. This foreshadowed W's victory later that year and Blair's in 2005.
Today Australia foreshadows again.
Yesterday incumbent Scott Morrison was reelected despite Labour hammering him on immigration and 'climate change'.
Morrison's victory should terrify the Dems.
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