New Rockford Transcript - Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

As of late October, the political modelers at FiveThirtyEight gave Democrats a 72% chance of pulling off the trifecta -- winning the White House and majorities in both Houses of Congress -- on November 3.

My visceral response to that possibility is negative. Excluding outlier possibilities like a Libertarian landslide, I've always considered divided government the best outcome.

Gridlock, in the...