In the general election I had opined that we should not support Mitch and there were more than a few around here who criticized that.
> “In the general election I had opined that we should not support Mitch and there were more than a few around here who criticized that.”
That’s because it wasn’t a sure thing that the GOP would take control of the Senate. I and a few others openly posted that we wanted the GOP to have control and for McConnell to lose.
55 Senators vs. 54 Senators makes no difference.
60 Senators vs. 59 Senators
or
51 Senators vs. 50 Senators (Biden as tie-breaker)
does make a difference.
So McConnell benefited from the uncertainty.
The only Freeper argument I saw that had an ounce of merit was that if Grimes had been voted in, she would have been near impossible to remove. But that’s what was said about Landrieu too.
Anyways, Congress is pretty much lost for the next 2 years. Where the moving and shaking is starting to create a rumble is at the State level with ALEC (http://www.alec.org) and the Convention of States (COS) project (http://www.conventionofstates.com).
I agree, we should not have supported Mitch, or Boehner, or McCarthy. I should have been shouting this from the rooftops prior to the election, but I did not think of it before. Republicans still win, but old leadership is gone.