Did you catch the Today Show this morning? For the third time this fall, I squared off against James Carville, with Ms. Couric in the anchor chair.
Mr. C handed me a couple of openings, especially with his crack that people who think we're on the right track in America are "the stupidest people" in the country. That's how you attract voters: insult 'em!
Carvville also sounds thoroughly defeatist about Iraq. Defeatism is widespread inside this city. News executives and DC insiders (think tankers and assorted liberal elites) betray their Vietnam-era gloom in the slightest unguarded moment. I guess I understand it but I find it troubling.
Optimism alone will not advance America's interests, but without it the defeatists will be self-fulfillingly correct.
I'm optimistic about tomorrow's election -- and will share it with Larry King Live and Hardball viewers later tonight.