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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrying to see a Silver Lining on the Senate ass-whupping ...
Last edited Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:08 PM - Edit history (1)
This is all I got:
At least there'll be no more endless weeks of the media blathering about the opinions of Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski ... they're now mostly irrelevant.
So there's that.
On edit: FINE, it's not an ass-whupping ... it's just a 'regular loss, given our odds, and the map' ... but going from 2 seats behind to possibly 4 or 5 ... is ... IMHO ... a pretty dramatic set-back. Okay?
manor321
(3,344 posts)Hold judgement for a little while.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,113 posts)If the Dems had won both the House and the Senate, Congress would be Trump's and the GOP's whipping boy for the 2020 election. I know that's not much - but it's something. And in two years we get to take a shot at the next 1/3 of the Senate (this wasn't a good year; too many GOPers were entrenched).
stopbush
(24,404 posts)Its at 51, same as it was in Monday.
Demsrule86
(68,935 posts)had 10 senators up in states Trump carried by large margins.
hlthe2b
(102,637 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,047 posts)Thats working on the assumption that we win back the White House in 2020 (because, if not, a Senate tie wont help us much). Being a presidential election year, strange things can happen with coattails. Assuming we can field a strong nominee, anything is possible.
BumRushDaShow
(130,393 posts)In 2014, the GOP picked up 9 seats.
Demsrule86
(68,935 posts)60 votes...the next map is better. Heller lost and I am thrilled about that.
regnaD kciN
(26,047 posts)Uh, NOPE!
Demsrule86
(68,935 posts)was talking about ending or cutting social security...now he can't. Cheers folks...we saved the country and the world!
Wintryjade
(814 posts)That happened thru out. We may not have gotten the really unlikely win, but we picked up a lot with Democrats going out to vote.
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