I’m disappointed as well about the House, but, then I stepped back and thought - I’d rather lose it now than in 2020 when Trump runs for re-election. And, the gains we made in the Senate will be there for the next 6 years with the possibility of picking up a few more seats in 2020. So, I comfort myself with this.
GOP Senate gains are not likely in 2020. The GOP will be defending at least 20 of the 33 seats up for election that year, and a few of them — like Arizona and North Carolina — will likely be vulnerable. With the exception of Alabama, most Democrat seats look pretty safe.
Yes, I agree with your comment above. It could be a lot worse, and I take comfort in what gains we did get, and some of the disasters we avoided tonight. It's the long-term political and cultural outlook of the U.S. that is extremely worrisome to me.