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Democrats Won the House But Trump Won the Election
Washington Post ^ | November 7, 2018 | Ed Rogers

Posted on 11/07/2018 3:57:03 AM PST by yldstrk

While Tuesday night was not a complete win for Republicans, there was no blue wave, either. By most measures, Republicans beat the odds of history and nearly everyone’s expectations, while Democrats were left disappointed as the fantasy of Beto O’Rourke, Andrew Gillum, Stacey Abrams and others winning fizzled. Not one new progressive Democrat was successful bursting onto the scene. It will take a few days to process the meaning of this year’s election returns, but the instant analysis is clear: Democrats may have won the House, but Trump won the election.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; 4dchess; election; goppickups; midterms; trump; trump45; winning
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1 posted on 11/07/2018 3:57:03 AM PST by yldstrk
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Democrats Won the House But Trump America Won the Election

Jobs not mobs.

2 posted on 11/07/2018 3:58:55 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: yldstrk

We all knew the problem of houserinos. They had to go for the health of the nation.


3 posted on 11/07/2018 3:59:22 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: yldstrk

This was a unnecessary set back thanks to Ryano and Co.


4 posted on 11/07/2018 4:00:19 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: yldstrk

Trump got the second best outcome possible. As voters, we got a good outcome - gridlock. The biggest losers will be all the peoples lives that are ruined by Democrat investigations. They’ll be digging through Trumps taxes faster than a pizza disappears at a Weight Watchers meeting.


5 posted on 11/07/2018 4:00:29 AM PST by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after rain had started falling.)
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To: yldstrk

I was feeling OK last night but this morning I’m mad.
Look at what all these lunatics have done in the last 2 years in the middle of a thriving economy lower taxes trying to get tough on border control Americans went out and voted for these lunatics I can’t even imagine it.


6 posted on 11/07/2018 4:01:14 AM PST by snarkytart
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To: yldstrk
CLOWNS AND ANTIFA WIN HOUSE LEADERSHIP


7 posted on 11/07/2018 4:01:15 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.)
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To: yldstrk

Read the WAPO’s comment section.

“There are none so blind as those who will not see.”


8 posted on 11/07/2018 4:02:13 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: IamConservative

Here comes “President” Mueller.


9 posted on 11/07/2018 4:02:24 AM PST by 4Runner
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To: yldstrk

Me too! Thanks for posting that article.....can’t believe it was from the Washington Compost! How sweet it is!


10 posted on 11/07/2018 4:03:36 AM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: yldstrk

Does anyone have any idea on how many special House elections there are going to be in this Congress? If the Dems have 219 seats they could lose the gavel every time it comes up. That should be an ameliorating factor on the nutty Dems impulses, and, a lighthouse in the fog for our side.....


11 posted on 11/07/2018 4:03:57 AM PST by major-pelham
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So then, the Dems made modest gains in the House, but less than expected.

And the Republicans gained more Sensre seats than expected.

And the GOP won some key governors races.

It’s tough time lose the House, but, that was expected.

If measured against expectations and punditry, the GOP had a very good election.

The Democrats in the House will launch their crusade against Trump, but what are the odds that this crusade will give them results and a record to run on in 2020?


12 posted on 11/07/2018 4:04:14 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: IamConservative

And Maxine Waters will be fleecing the banks and the financial industry until they all make her richer than Croesus. We’ll be lucky if they don’t destroy our banking industry again.


13 posted on 11/07/2018 4:05:03 AM PST by JustaCowgirl (You can pick your causes, but not the consequences.)
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To: yldstrk

Will the loss of hor mean unredacted Fisa apps and emails etc AND a special counsel?

I’m not ready to drop spygate...


14 posted on 11/07/2018 4:05:12 AM PST by Principled (No one will conquer America, from within or without, until its citizenry are disarmed.)
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To: AndyJackson
We all knew the problem of houserinos. They had to go for the health of the nation.
Precisely.

The only thing Trump was unable to do was rebuild the House Republican Party and keep the Democrats out of the majority in one election. In 2020 that will be a different situation.

Wonder if Sparticus’ friends in the House will embarrass themselves the way he and his Senate comrades did. And what Trump’s personnel moves will be.


15 posted on 11/07/2018 4:06:22 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
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To: yldstrk

Oh my sides.


16 posted on 11/07/2018 4:06:59 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: yldstrk
Not one new progressive Democrat was successful bursting onto the scene.

I thought that Ocasio-Cortez won. Is she no longer a new progressive star?

-PJ

17 posted on 11/07/2018 4:07:30 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: snarkytart

Pelosi et al will put forth every ridiculous gender bending bill, nonsensical anti-religious laws, and waste everyone’s time with fluff and stupidity.

President Trump uses opposition’s works and words to foil their goals.

The worst thing the left has done is to underestimate the man. They cannot help themselves. They are, and will continue to think of themselves as the smartest people in the room. To do anything less is to admit a truth they cannot tolerate.


18 posted on 11/07/2018 4:08:30 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: yldstrk

It’s especially impressive given the 24X7, uninterrupted Marxist Media slander and smear carpet-bombing campaign for two straight years. Who else could have survived that socialist onslaught?


19 posted on 11/07/2018 4:08:50 AM PST by Ancient Man
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To: Political Junkie Too

Yes she’s still a rising Star but her election was expected.

And she’s been prominent on the political scene since her primary election victory.


20 posted on 11/07/2018 4:09:30 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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