But in a vacuum they lose all meaning. Yes the GOP finished the 98 midterm with a majority, which sounds good in the vacuum. But they lost seats in the house, so it was bad, and worse it was a midterm that historical trends says they should have gained seats in both chambers, so it was VERY bad.
Sorry but no. The GOP in the house had their WORST election since Barry Goldwater didn’t understand he was running against Kennedy’s ghost. History says they should have gained 30 seats instead they lost 5. When you perform at -35 from historical trends that’s TERRIBLE and casting it as anything else is simply self delusion. You can lie to yourself if you must, but if you put it in public I’ll point out that you are 100% wrong. The GOP got their asses soundly kicked in 98, and that happened ENTIRELY because of the impeachment.
No.
For example if a baseball team has its best regular season since 1948 and wins 105 games and then the next season has it's next best regular season since 1948 and wins 103 games it would be utterly absurd to describe their last regular season as being "very bad" and "getting their asses kicked", but that's what you are doing.
You can lie to yourself if you must, but if you put it in public I’ll point out that you are 100% wrong.