NYT says a Blue Wave did happen
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/07/us/politics/how-democrats-took-the-house.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=HomepageSee the graphic; picture says a thousand words. I've seen alot of people post here and at other sites there wasn't a blue wave. As Joe Biden says, Malarkey! There was a wave, and it got us what we wanted - we won back the House, and we flipped governorships.
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didn't make it. 
I had to search way back in my journal for that one.. I didn't want to jinx it by talking about "blue wave" until after it happened.
Anyone looking at all the WINS can easily see that.
and the message!! In deed, let's continue it to 2020!! 
it came up.. somebody was clear eyed and industrious!
listened to Nancy
The bullshit media has been trying to downplay what happened and notably, by merely looking at Congress and governors.
One of the things politically-active Democrats wanted to see was for the party to focus on having an impact up and down the ballot (not unlike the "50 state strategy"
. I.e., our state governments, many of which were seized in the 2010 teabagger assault, needed to be clawed back one seat at a time. This meant massive grassroots organization and the help of many - whether through volunteering or providing funds. The result is what we saw yesterday.
The problem I have with their analysis however, was right at the end -
That "redistricting" allowed Democrats in PA to gain 4 more seats (including Lamb's). That blue shift WAS part of "the wave" because really, those seats could have gone to Republicans too (none of the seats were uncontested) and that data should have been included.
Dems' "run everywhere" approach certainly was great strategy. It had GOP scrambling given there were so many races to divvy up their coffers to.
One thing to mention which i haven't seen all day: KUDOS to all our Dems leaders - POTUS Barack Obama, VP Biden, FLOTUS Michelle, Speaker Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren, Tom Perez, BETO!!, Chuck Shumer, even Bernie Sanders, Avenatti and Michael Bloomberg 
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and a few others - who've done a darn good job travelling around the country and stumping for Blue candidates. They lifted our spirits, kept us focused, and got us over the final stretch to the win. Many thanks to them for giving us the leadership we needed so desperately. We are in a defining moment. We need to keep this momentum buildup to 2020.
current and past, for going on an extremely strenuous campaign trail to fire up the Democratic base, criss-crossing the country for the last couple weeks. And many of them, despite literally losing their voices, soldiered on to help us reach the successful outcome that we achieved!
