Well, if the Nation mag is saying the elections are going to go in a bad way, that might be the best piece of evidence that things are not as bad as advertised. Another way to read the article is as a pre-emptive move to declare any results “illegitimate.” It is possible that its “predictions” will not come to pass, but the writer (and Katrina et al) will smugly suggest that the elected government is illegitimate and bad and blah blah blah because of (fill in the reactionary blank).

I suggest a new motto for the Nation: Making the perfect the enemy of the good on into the 21st century!