DON SURBER: NYT fears Democrats will again pay for Obama. “10 months before Obama left office, NPR ran a report on how much damage he did to his own party. . . . But as this month’s elections in New Jersey and Virginia show, Democrats likely will slide even further as the party pays for his historically bad presidency. His smash-mouth style angered his opponents while his failed policies disappointed his supporters. The New York Times has good news for us, bad news for them. Obama’s failures kept Republicans in charge of redistricting in key states, and that bodes well for Republicans over the next decade.”