In the course of arguing that Republicans owe a decent respect to the opinions of Democrats in the Wrestlemania that will be the Supreme Court confirmation process, Georgetown University Professor EJ Dionne says this:

Consider that since 1992 the Republican presidential vote has averaged only 44 percent and the vote for Republican House candidates has averaged roughly 48 percent.

We hope you’d give a failing grade if one of your students tried this bunkum — using old statistics (including Perot!) to give the misleading impression that the GOP and conservatism have not been in the ascendency for the last dozen years. Here’s one of our pieces on the subject, using a business metaphor, which we like to do from time to time. Here’s another good one, and another.

Here’s our point: using the “44 percent” figure is inflicting more torture on numbers than has ever taken place at Club Gitmo. To us, that reveals a lack of confidence from our opponents. Good.

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