Doesn't a Thesis Need to be Defended?

Kimberly A. Strassel’s column in the Wall Street Journal, Obama’s Swing-State Blues, focusing on the gubernatorial race in Virginia, is both thoughtful and accurate in detailing the importance and dynamics of the race between Republican Robert F. McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds. A win for the Republican in this state that Obama carried would signal that swing states are swinging back to the Republicans. This would both help Republicans with recruiting and fundraising for the mid-term elections and put pressure on “blue-dog” Democrats to vote in line with their districts, not the Democratic leadership. One point Strassel makes may not, however, be the only lesson that could be drawn from the facts she presents: