I think many DUers have conveniently forgotten that

[LawnLover]

THIS HAPPENS EVERY MIDTERM. The party in power loses seats and sometimes control of Congress.

Damn, people, it could have been SO much worse than this.

[Occam Bandage]

1. Last night was the biggest House swing since 1948.

It was pretty bad.

[LawnLover]

30. Which means what?

So it was a big swing. That doesn't change the fact that we still have the Senate.

If we lost the majority by one seat rather than a few dozen, it would amount to the same thing. They aren't veto-proof, so we're okay.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

33. More significant

the Senate and House have spilt and that hasn't happened since 1914.
I think it's not as bad as most people seem to think.

[LawnLover]

36. Yep. nt

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. I often conveniently forget things that are nonsense

I forget the world is flat. I forget that my home in infested with unicorns. And yes, I have conveniently forgotten that this was a normal mid-term election.

[LawnLover]

38. You're right. It WASN'T normal.

We didn't lose the Senate this time. It's so much better than before.

[Brickbat]

3. I am mourning the loss of my 30-plus-year Farmer-Labor congressman. It's bad here.

And the GOP holds my state house and senate for the first time in a long time.

[Billy Burnett]

4. West, Rubio and Scott (and Grayson losing) is pretty damned bad.

Hardly imaginable, but Florida is going to get worse. :(

[zipplewrath]

5. Worst ever

Nice way to minimize the worst loss ever.

[LawnLover]

9. WORST EVER? WE STILL HAVE THE SENATE

Were you alive in 1994?

[zipplewrath]

15. Yes

And as many have pointed out, you need 60 to have a majority in the senate.

[LawnLover]

22. Yes

And that cuts both ways.

[Lil Missy]

11. Worst loss ever? 2000 was MUCH worse.

[zipplewrath]

14. 2000 wasn't a mid term

We're talking mid terms here.

[emulatorloo]

13. Republicans needed to win veto-proof majority in House. And win the Senate. They didn't do either.

Sure it is bad. It has been worse.

[zipplewrath]

16. Which mid term do you represent as "worse"?

I'm really curious because on the house side, this is worse that '94.

[emulatorloo]

21. 1994. Republicans got control of the House AND Senate

It is difficult to claim that losing the house and keeping the senate is "worse" than losing both chambers.

[zipplewrath]

23. The loss in the House is bigger

The final numbers on the senate aren't in yet. But we haven't had at "controlling majority" in the senate at all.

[LawnLover]

32. The size of the loss doesn't matter if

they didn't get a veto-proof majority. You're making a mistake thinking the size of the swing really means anything. It doesn't.

And we'll be FINE in the senate. It's virtually impossible to get a controlling majority there anymore. Unless the rules change.

[zipplewrath]

40. We'll get nothing passed

The size "matters". The greater the majority, the less than any one member can screw around with things. It empowers the leadership.

But keep whistling past the grave yard.

[johnnie]

6. I agree

But it is like this here every election so far.

[LawnLover]

7. None of what you folks have said

Negates my point. In 2006 and 2008, the Repugs thought their world had ended. Oh, the horror of it all. Now they're working their way back. Just as WE will.

[Winterblues]

8. It did not happen in 2002, nor 2004

:shrug: and such a HUGE loss of seats has some meaning besides just off setting Power...

[LawnLover]

10. The Dems made gains then

And winning a single house -- the weaker of the two -- doesn't mean as much as the doomsayers are suggesting.

[End Of The Road]

12. Look at the people who got elected. Look at some of those who lost.

It couldn't be much worse.

[LawnLover]

26. It could be a HELL OF A LOT worse

and then some.

We had eight years or much, much, much worse and we survived.

[niceypoo]

17. These are the most disgusting republicans ever

They are fueled by paranoia and cowardice. They are total assholes. They will be trying to impeach him for 'healthcare' and 'bailouts'. America gets what it deserves.

[LawnLover]

27. More disgusting the Joe McCarthy? I don't think so. nt

[niceypoo]

41. Joe McCarthy was one guy

This is the WHOLE GOP

Do the math...

[TexasObserver]

18. This was a curb stomping not seen since 1948.

Please don't minimize this disaster.

This was not merely "party in power loses midterm seats."

[LawnLover]

28. In ONE House. ONE. The curb stomping of 1994 was much more brutal. nt

[TexasObserver]

29. No, it wasn't. Ignoring known facts doesn't help your position.

[LawnLover]

34. Known facts:

IN 1994, we lost control of both houses. Both houses.

How is that not worse that losing one house? Especially when that loss does not include a veto-proof majority?

Damn, the pessimism here is staggering. No wonder we lost.

[TexasObserver]

39. The House loss was the worst since 1948. That's a fact.

What makes it worse is this: President Obama is no Truman, and he's no Clinton. Obama has unemployment at nearly 10%. In 1994, the economy was much more solid than now.

[LawnLover]

42. Oh, please

We gave back what we gained in 2006 and 2008. Obama inherited a MESS and he's done pretty well so far in starting to clean it up.

There are no miracles. Name one person who could be doing a better job right now. Realistically. Someone who could have gotten the cooperation of both parties, both houses, and the public at the same time.

Obama is doing just about as well as can be expected. And he now has a scapegoat if things get worse.

[TexasObserver]

43. Oh, bullshit.

The president spent the past two years making unnecessary concessions to the GOP and alienating his constituents. When we needed a second stim package and another jobs program, we got a cat food aka deficit commission, instead.

He gave away his mandate by being indecisive and weak. If he had been strong enough to push through his agenda, instead of allowing the GOP to set the agenda, we would not have suffered such huge losses. This is HIS loss. He did this. People who voted for him two years ago repudiated the party he heads.

[LawnLover]

45. I find it funny that

you blame the President for GOP stonewalling and Blue Dog chicanery. HE DID NOT HAVE THE VOTES to do what he wanted to do, yet he managed to squeeze them out for some historic legislation.

Jesus, what were you expecting? That he'd wave a magic wand and suddenly make Washington work differently?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

19. Dude, we lost to BATSHIT CRAZY.

That takes a "talent" of a special kind. Imagine of the GOPers'd had more sane candidates -- the loss would have been even larger.

[LawnLover]

24. The GOP has been batshit crazy for as long as I can remember

So what else is new?

We got a few teabaggers, yeah, but they'll be relegated to the back of the bus, pronto.

[DevonRex]

31. Well, we'll never know for sure. One thing though...

is that there are a LOT of batshit crazy people out there. I have 2 teabagger sisters and 1 teabagger fundamentalist preacher brother who uses his megachurch (that comes with preschool through college) to spread the teabagger word.

But I get your horrifying point. :hi:

[lame54]

20. It could have been so much better...

If Obama crushed the repugs under his heel while they were down instead of nursing them back to health with his ignorant quest for bipartisanship.

[DevonRex]

25. Yep. Thanks for saying it. K&R

[dogday]

35. We can't win every time. I have a feeling after two years of

a Republican house, 2012 will be our year again. I hold on to that thought...

[LawnLover]

37. Absolutely. nt.

[Scurrilous]

44. ...

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