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louis c

(8,652 posts)
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:44 PM Nov 2018

I'll take a Senate election like last night every two years

I know Trump and the assholes will crow about the net Senate pick-up for the Republicans last night, but that's because they got to frame the results.

Here are the facts. 35 Senate seats were up for grabs. There are a few still undetermined, but it looks like the Democrats have won at least 22 seats. And some were huge victories in swing states. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Maine and Wisconsin. Blue states like my Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, California, Rhode Island and Vermont. I could go on, like Washington. Just because our victories were easy, that doesn't lessen the win. The Republicans won a few seats by slim majorities in deep red states, and that's a mandate?

If the Democrats can win 22 Senate seats every 2 years, we'll have 66 after one 6 year cycle. Where do I sign up for that deal?

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