Posted on 11/07/2018 7:27:44 AM PST by SeekAndFind
It was supposed to be a blue wave. And yes, we got divided government, for better or for worse.
But we can't really call it a blue wave given that the Republicans strengthened, significantly, in the Senate.
One can argue it came of a lot of things, from good candidates, to Republican advantage in which seats were up for grabs, to the popularity of President Trump.
But it sure doesn't explain everything, given that earlier predictions, based on historical patterns, were that the Senate would flip along with the House for the Democrats.
Multiple signs point to the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation for Supreme Court that did the Dems in.
First, look at which Senate Democrats won and which ones didn't: Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the lone Democrat who voted for Kavanaugh, got re-elected, romping in with a comfortable margin.
Three red-state Democrats who made a big show of wavering before falling into the rigid Democratic Party line, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Claire McCaskill of Missouri, all got thrown out.
Obviously, the show the Democrats put on with that Kavanaugh hearing, first with Sen. Kamala Harris's nasty line of questioning, and Sen. Cory Booker's downright comical 'Spartacus' grandstanding over claimed phony courage he never had, was a failed gambit for a genuinely qualified Supreme Court justice.
Then the show got creepier - with a last-minute, sat-on, phony as hell allegation about sex harassment in a been-there-done-that Anita Hill-style reprise, all of which went against the previous information about Kavanaugh being an utterly upright person on and off the field. After that, a series of increasingly fantastic accusations followed, each more phony than the last, with one accuser admitting the other day she made the whole thing up.
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Who would have imagined several years ago that Mitch McConnell, of all people, would have the most lasting impact on promoting Trump’s (and our) Agenda?
The House accomplished little, but the Turtle’s sudden backbone was a huge help.
I for one am glad those 3 lost. I am sorry about John James. Wonder if Trump had gone to Michigan the results might have been different.
Better to own the Senate than the house.
There was no blue wave but the RATS are still ahead.
Thank God they were stupid enough to try this. Otherwise we could be looking at a Dem Senate this morning.
I’m not convinced that Kavanaugh made a huge difference, any more than individual Hillary scandals made a huge difference in October of 2016. It’s quite possible that voters on both sides would have latched onto any issue in the same manner. We could be having the same conversation over gun-grabbing proposals after recent shootings, over the Caravan of illegals, or over any number of other things. Part of this is just that people become engaged in those final weeks, and the Kavanaugh nonsense was the one that happened to be the headline at the proper moment (thank you, DiFi!).
He is still young. Bright future. Remember the first time Reagan run for President? He lost to Gerald Ford in the primaries.
Better to own the Senate than the house.
By far. Not even close. The Senate confirms judges and cabinet appointees and a whole army of federal appointees. Not to mention, The Senate are the ones that can remove a President from office. If the Dems take over the US Senate, it’s over. The House can’t do much of any damage. Impeachment by The House? Bring it on!
The House under Ryan was a eunuch.
Exactly, ought-six! A eunuch run House of ill-repute.
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