It’s Greek to me
You know how back in Latin I, everyone around you was speaking the tongue with flair... Gaulus tres partes distributo est, rolling off the tongues, while you were still trying to figure out the difference between puela and puelae?
That's how I felt today reading The Analyst, who takes apart the congressional districts to analyze the ticket-splitting. I didn't get any of it until he explained it:
Using just this data, Bush's low approval ratings, and incumbency advantage -- and ignoring a lot of important information (like the fundraising strength of each party's nominees), the 6th jumps out as the most likely pickup opportunity for the DFL provided the president's approval ratings remain poor. Next would be the 2nd, followed by the 1st. Ramstad seems unassailable in the 3rd. Looking at the DFL seats, all four incumbents look very safe indeed. The 7th appears to be a potential pickup opportunity for Republicans whenever Peterson leaves office, since a very large portion of his support has been in precincts that have voted for Bush. (Indeed, Bush won the entire 7th district in both elections.)
That guy is...is... eximius.
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