lol Democrats likely to flip the House and the narrative is bad?

[Drunken Irishman]

Trump just lost control of half the Legislative Branch. That's huge. Hell, I remember when the GOP grew its majority in Bush's first midterms.

[elleng]

1. 'Likely?'

[Loki Liesmith]

4. Yes. It looks good in the House.

[still_one]

2. Obviously a lot of folks have written off us on the West Coast where the polls haven't closed, and

the Midwest where the results are just starting to come in

[cmb1729]

5. I hope you are right...

Oh how I hope you are right! Thanks for the hope.

[still_one]

12. I don't know how things are going to end, but we have 40 million people here in California alone,

and the way the narrative is going it is as those the West Coast doesn't even exist

[murielm99]

23. I do so hope you are right. n/t

[spooky3]

3. I'm also surprised at all the downer threads. It seems to me that lots of

races are not yet decided and those that have were generally not unexpected.

The polls suggested strongly that the Republicans would AT LEAST hold the Senate, if not gain seats this year. They also suggested that Dems had a good shot at flipping the House. Aren't the results going along those lines?

[Codeine]

24. It's just Florida.

It’s demoralizing to see Gillum losing, and that’s the dominant narrative at the moment.

Every cycle I hope to see Florida going more blue and it ends up being disappointing more often than not.

[kcr]

6. I agree. Florida is shocking and a disappointment, but the gloom and doom is ridiculous.

This is nothing like 2016. Not even close. Some people have no memory whatsoever, apparently. We are still looking good for the house and that's a big deal.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. Right? For one, Dems didn't win anything in 2016.

[Merlot]

8. All we need is the ability to investigate and subpoena

We win the house and we win a lot.

[mcar]

9. Media is acting like Dems not taking the Senate is a huge loss

Talk about moving the goalposts.

[Raine]

18. exactly

that was pretty much a given that the repugs would get the senate. A loss on something that wasn't going to happen?

[Takket]

26. the way the senate map fell this year was the worst it could possibly be

dems basically playing defense EVERYWHERE. if we had the 2020 map this year, we would have won the senate in a cakewalk

[malaise]

10. Agree

Rec

[BlueTsunami2018]

11. This should have been a 2006-08 style wave.

We shouldn’t be eeking out a slim majority win with this fucking scumbag and his party tearing the country apart.

I never expected to get the Senate but we should have rolled the House

We have a big problem as a country when racial hate outweighs decency and common sense. That’s where we are.

[Drunken Irishman]

15. We likely will roll the House.

[BlueTsunami2018]

20. Perhaps I'm too emotional.

Or too nauseated.

I hope so. We need a clear victory.

[Drunken Irishman]

21. I think the early senate results shook us...

But a year ago we knew winning these seats would be tough.

[GWC58]

31. Fox, go figure, projects the House goes to Dems.

[Generic Brad]

13. We should be celebrating

We are getting exactly what we were expecting. That is not a bad thing.

[uponit7771]

14. You're right, I just wanted GA and FL too. The conviction measure changed so that's cool

[Drunken Irishman]

17. Me too, brother/sister but I'll sleep soundly with Pelosi as Speaker.

[GWC58]

33. I know, Rick "Skeletor" Scott and

Trump testical washer DeSantis winning. No legal cannabis for you Florida!

[Denzil_DC]

16. FWIW, Fox News just projected Dems to take the House!

Link to tweet

Bret Baier ✔
@BretBaier

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years, dealing a major setback to President Trump’s legislative agenda

[Demsrule86]

19. It is huge...and the Senate was always a reach...I am happy we stopped Trump cold in the house.

[Awsi Dooger]

22. Much worse for those of us who live in Florida

I think that's partially what you are seeing here. I can't believe I'm going to be stuck with DeSantis and Scott.

Also, the current House projection is fragile since if the trend continues of Republicans overachieving then it carries to other districts also, even in the more friendly West.

None of this is immune to the national trend.

[bdamomma]

25. Listen

everyone we will get the House, Florida I don't know but they are still counting ballots. It's still early, I remain hopeful.

[McCamy Taylor]

27. Democratic House means IMPEACHMENT Hearings. It means all Trumps crimes will be aired.

It means that Mueller's investigation will go full speed ahead and Trump will finally have to release his tax returns and every dirty secret he thought he could bury will be exposed.

There were never going to be enough Dems in the Senate to actually vote him out of office. But Dems will not have to. These are no phony baloney hearings like those that Starr staged around a cum stained dress. These are real crimes committed by Trump. And they are going to be all over the news soon.

Remember how popular tricky Dick was? Before the hearings? They did not have to impeach Nixon.

Trump should be sweating bricks.

Look for the lame duck GOP House to try to pass legislation to protect Trump in their final days.

[fishwax]

28. It's pretty natural to see disappointment about things like florida and the senate

and given how much tension has been building for the last two years, it's natural that some of it is going to come out in pretty forceful ways.

When the smoke clears, I think we'll have plenty that is positive to build on here, including control of the house, which is huge. But in the meantime, there's going to be some gnashing of teeth. Steam has been building for about 1459 days, and some of that steam is going to blow. So be it.

[customerserviceguy]

29. Yes, it is true

that he will not be able to push forth any more tax giveaways to the rich, but the damage on that has already been done. And, yes, we will be able to move on impeachment, that will go to a Senate that will be fully controlled by Repukes, and will certainly not be willing to remove Trump from office. So, Trump joins the list with Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Whoopie.

[rownesheck]

30. The problem

is that huge turnout is supposed to favor us. We had huge turnout and yet we are probably only going to have a 29 seat majority in the house. Florida is in trouble and beto is still going to lose by 9 percentage points in Texas. Lots of us are disgusted, angry, sad, and mentally broken by this fucking monster in the white house. We were supposed to be able to basically end him with the results tonight. How are the repukes able to keep up? They are topped out on voters and we supposedly got thousands more and still can't steamroll these bigoted fucks! This country is a fucking horror show right now.

[Bettie]

34. Yes. Mentally broken

I vote. Every time and it doesn't make a fucking bit of difference.

[Bettie]

32. Just give us a few hours to get over our

disappointment at some of the 'reach' goals.

And Florida just sucks. Always. Indiana too.