I'm feeling relieved, for now, about the future of American democracy
There are still too many people out there eager to end democracy, or too stupid to recognize where the threats to democracy are coming from, but for now, Americans, by a few percentage points here and there, put off Republican's big plans for a fascist power grab.
Even if we lose the House, Republicans will have a slim majority and a hellishly unruly, ungovernable caucus to deal with. That will make revenge impeachments of Biden and others a much less likely thing.
Without needing to count on the rare resource of Republican decency, I'm fairly certain that corporate America can buy off a few Rs to help reduce the chances of government shutdowns and debt ceiling crises.
As far as I can tell from the results so far, swing-state election deniers aren't going to be able to have the impact they'd hoped for.
We get at least get another two-year respite to try to save the country again in 2024, without having to worry so much that 2024 will be hopelessly rigged before we get there.
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as was Matriano's defeat.
Keeping the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate was important, but so too were some of these state races.
