I have a theoretical question. Could the Republican majority skip ALL vacations (Thanksgiving and Christmas) and pass everything their heart desires and confirm conservatives to fill every court vacancy? That would be a very Biblical “Eye for an Eye” after what the dems put the Kavanaugh family and so many others whose lives and reputations suffered through what happened with the Kavanaugh hearings.
Theoretically, the mean of the Republican Party’s caucus of 2014 and of 2016 is over 22 seats. The conclusion is that “reversion to the mean” would imply that the Republicans would win, not just the 8 seats it now defends in 2018 - and not just the 16 or so seats if they won half of the 2018 senate contests - but at least 22 seats.(note: when an announcer reports that a particular hitter is in a drought, he says “He’s due.” That is a prediction of “reversion to the mean.” )So in that rosy scenario, the Republicans would have enough senators to impeach anyone the House wanted to indict. They could wipe out the Ninth Circus! Not that they would, there’d be too many RINOs for that to happen . . .