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: