“The central actors in the election are the candidates themselves. It’s how they handle the last two weeks that’s most important.”

– Obama campaign guru David Plouffe, on the Democrats’ prospects on Nov. 2. One might interpret Plouffe’s statement as “we’re going to get killed, but it’s our lousy candidates who caused it and not the administration. One might interpret this based on the administration’s past treatment of recent Democrat losers like Creigh Deeds and Martha Coakley.