Say It Isn't So, O!

Dan Henninger sez:

On the morning of Nov. 5, 2008, the Republican Party lay in ruins. The Democrats had just obliterated its candidates, and after the Franken-Coleman recount achieved the holy grail of a filibuster-proof Senate majority. In time, a senior congressional Republican visited the offices of the Journal's editorial page to talk about the carnage.

Someone asked how George Bush's low approval rating, at 30-something, had affected the congressional races. "Bush killed us," came the reply. "He just killed us."

Now it looks as if another president's depressed approval rating is about to kill his party.

Say it isn't so, O!