BLAME EARLY AND BLAME OFTEN: James Taranto on the latest round of pre-postmortems from the left. ” It would be premature for the left to despair,” Taranto writes. “This is a time for dread and denial. What also seems premature, although fun, is the rush to assign blame in advance for an Obama loss.”

Meanwhile, John Nolte of Big Journalism finds Romney potentially outpacing the MSM’s competing meme du jour: “As Romney Expands Battlefield, Media Claims He Peaked Too Soon.”