The BBC2 documentary on the post-election negotiations showed that David Cameron, as soon as he was aware of the likely outcome of the election, took the view that a coalition would provide greater stability than a single-party minority government.
The election, in the view of many analysts, has been stage-managed by Moscow, as part of an exit strategy from an unending, unwinnable, horribly destructive war.
Without question, Mr. McAuliffe would have had his problems in a general election, in the view of both his supporters and detractors.
The Washington City Paper, in a look at Pizzagate a few days before the election, offered the view that, when Podesta's e-mails were publicized, some Trump supporters hoped that they would provide the ingredients to substantiate such a scandal.
Seton Motley, president of Less Government, an organization devoted to shrinking the role of the government, said the 2012 presidential election reinforced the view that conservatives needed a broader media presence.
As we approach the May 2015 general election, the public view is that nobody is managing events beyond the present news cycle.
Gleeson's advice said that despite the annulment of Culleton's larceny conviction after the election, the "better view" was that he was ineligible because the conviction existed at the time of his election.
And there have been individual triumphs, such as the killing of Osama bin Laden.But this does not amount to a compelling case for re-election, in the view of either this paper or the American people.
Instead, they talked about the way the election officials view the political process.
The initial excitement over the Republican victory in the gubernatorial recall election seemed, in the view of the polls, unfounded.
