Commenting on the midterms, I relied on Robert Cahaly's Trafalgar polls to moderate my native pessimism. As I noted in 'Trafalgar in retrospect,' I'm still kicking myself for that and for having advertised his polls to readers. What does Cahaly himself say? He spoke with New York Intelligencer's Benjamin Hart this week for this interview. As I read the interview, he sounds grouchy and defensive, but I understand this much: