End of the year optimism

Mark Steyn looks at 2003 and finds that it was good. He expects 2004 to be good too, particularly on the electoral front: “The only question is how badly the Democrats do, and that depends on whether they allow themselves to be led toward the wilder Chomskyan shores or can content themselves with the artful straddle adopted by Hillary Clinton. But the notion that this is a president in trouble at home or abroad is ridiculous. 2004 will be a Republican year.”