Dems were expected to take House, nothing more. Calm the fuck down

[realmirage]

So many Debby downers here. If you don’t get it all, even the stuff you weren’t expected to get, you go off the deep end.

You guys making a House win look like a horrible loss. Talk about detached from reality.

Show me where exactly this evidence is that dems were supposed to do more than take the House?

All elections are local, in case you forgot that. None of this is a referendum on Trump. It never was.

Here in New Mexico we are probably going to replace a republican governor with a democratic one. That’s what matters most to me. And I’m sure everyone around the country views these things the same.

[Lotusflower70]

1. Preach

I know it's stressful going through this shit show roller coaster but we have something to build on. We have to dig deep and keep fighting. The future of our country depends on it.

[California_Republic]

51. I AM FUCKING CALM !!! 😀😀😀

[Lotusflower70]

56. Lol

I absolutely love that reply title. We have to keep getting them out, one weasel at a time.

[flibbitygiblets]

57. LOL

[TwistOneUp]

143. Of course you are. You're in Cali. nt

[Wintryjade]

2. Good post, thanks. I needed this.

People started sounding as if we were not going to get the house. You are right. And taking the house was not an easy thing to do. I want the house, and Beto. Not too high of expectations.

[edhopper]

3. Are we taking the House?

yes, I knew the Senate was along shot.

[spooky3]

17. too early to tell, but Kornacki says that at this time,there is a 70% chance that Dems will take it.

[More_Cowbell]

22. 538 has gone from +35 at the start of the night to +25, but says it's using its "conservative" model

It just went up to +26 while I was typing this, so I hope so! Democrats need to pick up 23 more seats (and not lose any).

[muntrv]

4. Let's also remember polls are still open in CA, lots of opportunities to flip hose seats there.

[spooky3]

20. Early today MSNBC said we may need to stay up late to know

if the Dems will win the House (or by what margin), because there are 4 toss up seats in CA.

[No Vested Interest]

45. It may take up to a week to know California's results.

Mail-ins postmarked today will still be counted.

[spooky3]

91. Thanks!

[standingtall]

5. Yeah but bleeding in the Senate is not good

If we kept the margin in the Senate we would be okay with the map in 2020. If repukes gain seats in the Senate our map looks much for difficult to regain the Senate in 2020.

[SFnomad]

96. In 2020, the Republicans are in a similar position to what Democrats were this year

And the Republicans have a lot more seats that will be competitive to hold. The same goes in 2022. My guess would be, if the Democrats take the WH, they have a good chance to flip the Senate ... if they don't, then it will more likely state Republican.

[standingtall]

121. No they are not there are only 3 seats where we will be the favorites

Colorado,Maine and Maybe Arizona and we probably lose the seat Doug Jones won in 2020.

[SFnomad]

137. Yes, they are. The Democrats have 12 seats to hold and the Republicans have 21

Who knows what will happen in the next two years and Republicans should have a lot more competitive races than Democrats. tRump will also be up for reelection, which is why I said, if he wins, the Senate will likely remain ... if he loses, it's quite possible a number of the competitive seats will flip.

It's far too early at this point to be a Debbie Downer.

[standingtall]

138. No they are not

For one thing they already had the majority we didn't and our hole has gotten deeper. Only 3 or 4 of those races will we be favorites in 2020 and I'm counting 2 of those in states that are still red Arizona and North Carolina. Out of what's left of what we could possibly win there is Georgia,Texas,South Carolina and Kentucky. We will be underdogs in all those races and heavy underdogs in Kentucky. What happened in the Senate last night was a disaster if Nelson doesn't win a recount or if Tester or Sinema lose then we are looking to at least 2022 before taking back the senate.

[Calista241]

122. In 2020 and 2022, Trump will have already packed the judiciary with his hardcore, rightwing

Trump judges. In addition to possibly 2 more Supreme Court Justice seats.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

124. Good. Thanks. The one factor that is different now

Is that we have a bigoted lunatic running the country.

[Quixote1818]

6. Agree. That's the only thing that really matters tonight!

[Raven123]

7. Yes. Reality check

Still a little baffled by how badly Donnelly is getting beat. I thought it might be closer

[Moostache]

31. Indianastan does not suffer Democrats any more...

It is a hell-hole and my father describes it aptly as the rural Mississippi of the midwest.

[Raven123]

44. I have some experience in the state

and couldn't argue with his point.

[pansypoo53219]

59. yes. land of pence.

[sprinkleeninow]

81. We have former Indianians presently in our midst. I bite my tongue a lot.

They are hellbent for * and company. It's like a disease.
We Dems do what we can.

[spooky3]

92. I think you mean "Hoosiers."

I have family there.

[sprinkleeninow]

97. I was making a little 'funny'. We were very close to a beautiful family from that state back in CT.

Their extended family was very 'cool'. Good people. Intellects and hearts. Not duped by rw nutjobbery.

No offense to you. Please forgive me.

[spooky3]

99. No offense taken! There are lots of great people there but

there are too many Trumpsters there too.

[Ohio Barbarian]

129. He got Trumanized. A Democrat who acts like a Republican up against a real Republican.

[Bob Loblaw]

156. Stay tuned for the "experts"

shitting on people from Indiana as if DUers from here don't already get shit on enough.

[qazplm135]

8. I don't think the House is a guarantee

but seeing a strong, solid, progressive candidate like Gillum lose in Florida to a weak, ridiculous candidate like DeSantis does not bode well for 2020 in Florida. It's trending more and more red IMO, not less.

Yeah, I'm satisfied if we pull off the House, but not seeing a blue wave and seeing real, progressive folks lose to bad candidates in important states is a big deal and disappointing. I expected us to lose a few of the Senate seats but now it's looking like not only are we losing just about all of the red ones save WV and probably MT, but we may only pick up one.

So don't spin this as even a good night for Dems...at best it will be a minimally acceptable night, and even that's not fully guaranteed IMO yet.

[Bettie]

42. Apparently, these days racism

is a winning strategy.

The thing that makes it worse is that it seems that more people than I even realized are hate-filled trumpbags.

Oh, and that our elections are neither fair nor free, given the amount of "irregularities" we've heard of.

[NoMoreRepugs]

107. 1.5 million former felons being able to vote again in Florida is HUGE.

[qazplm135]

131. Sadly

Maybe five percent actually exercise that right I'd wager.

[AJT]

9. It was stupidly built up as a blue wave, anything less will feed 45s ego

for 2 more years. It's also a clear picture that white people really are awful.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

133. Sarah has already proclaimed it's a great night for her boss.

Did we expect any less?

[TNLib]

10. Hey if Texas goes blue that's huge

Imho

[Amishman]

11. Faux Fucking New just called the House... for US. I am officially in bizarro world

the brightest prediction right now is Faux. W T F

[spooky3]

23. the Debbie Downers will find a way to get bummed about this :-). nt

[Honeycombe8]

34. What???? This really is bizarro world. wth? Or are you joking? nt

[7962]

101. Yep, and they are the first to call it. Whoda thunk it?

[In It to Win It]

12. ...and keep the Florida senate seat and gain a Florida governorship.

[D_Master81]

13. I want to believe this

But I'm waiting to see where the flips are coming in from? What have we flipped, 3 or 4 seats? and we're approaching 10 on the east coast.

[Kaleva]

14. I don't understand the doom and gloom. What were people expecting? Did they delude themselves?

[spooky3]

24. ditto. nt

[LisaL]

26. Yes. Expectations were build up so high.

[Kaleva]

38. I'm excited and pumped up by what is going on this election evening.

[daligirl519]

41. Yes, Very much so.

Thinking this was going to Make It All Better. We have much work ahead of us.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

118. Man...now you are the ultimate downer

[cwydro]

135. The much touted "blue wave" turned out to be more of a ripple.

No surprise to me, sadly.

But I take solace in the House win.

[daligirl519]

15. Thank you!

My God, the weeping and gnashing of teeth!

[Hoyt]

16. If we take House, that's something. But fact people vote 50, 60, or 70% for GOPers is disappointing.

That's a lot of ignorant, hateful white wingers.

[USALiberal]

18. You can lighten the fuck up also! nt

[realmirage]

25. The hysterical downers are annoying

[calimary]

80. Well, look at it this way: Kris Kobach went down in flames!

He’s Mr. Voter Suppression, in the flesh. Fuck him.

[SkyDaddy7]

82. I've only been scrolling

For a few minutes...I don’t own a TV...I’ve not seen a single “hysterical” post yet from all these “Debbie Downers” people are so hysterical about...But one thing is crystal clear America is far more racist bigoted & hatful than even I thought!!

...The “Blue Wave”...Not even close.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

119. No the trolls telling us to calm down are totally

Suspicious. we

[LanternWaste]

142. Almost (not quite, but almost) as annoying as the fortune cookie posters...

...instructing others how and what to feel.

So I can readily understand why you focus on the on the one, and ignore the other.

Hysterical, indeed.

[joshcryer]

19. It's the fucking talking heads literally getting to peoples heads.

It's a joke. Fuck them. Those evil, psychopathic bastards.

[Cetacea]

50. Yes. eom

[Laura PourMeADrink]

120. True! Playing us into thinking things were better. Tapper

whatill never be on my TV ever again.

[uppityperson]

21. K&R

[WeekiWater]

27. I just don't get the addiction to MSM narratives.

The house is huge. They have to act like the enthusiasm isn’t there because the Presidential election is about to get under way.

[vi5]

28. But if all we can do is eke out a House win...in this environment...

..with this much momentum...and this many great candidates with excitement around them.......in a midterm election that usually favors the party out of power. That's a depressing thing no matter which way you cut it.

I do hope we win at the state level, that is something I'll be happy about.

I'm also happy hearing about a lot of progressive prosecutors winning in places around the country (Thanks to Shaun King for making me aware of that as an important office that I never really considered before when thinking about social justice!)

So yeah, no need to be completely down (assuming we win the house) but let's also not think that we should be doing MUCH better.

Although I do hope this finally puts the nail in the coffin of the idea that large early voting numbers mean ANYTHING for Dems. I feel like every single election we have to hear the same refrain and cheers that "Early voting is through the roof!! It's breaking records!!!!" only to find on election night that it means nothing to the final results as far as being favorable to Dems.

[AlexSFCA]

29. If we lose some seats in the senate but Beto wins, I'll celebrate!

We have new dem party superstars, megastars trifects: Beto, Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams! Love all three, deeply inspiring, more so than any other established democrats. Partially cause they are 100% fearless, not aftaid of red district and able to talk to all kinds of people. E.g., Imagine dear Nancy Pelosi in a company of rednecks, I can’t. But any of those three - easily.

[wisteria]

30. Exactly

Many of those sticking with Trump have not been affected by the things he has done. When his lies and actions catch up with him, and the things he is doing affect these voters, then things will change.

[JonLP24]

32. I was with you until you said none of this was a referendum of Trump

Speak for yourself. I wanted candidates like Gillum and Abrams to win even though I don't live in those states. I'm glad Beto is still in it.

[beachbum bob]

33. we are winning governorships and statehouses, as important as congress if we want to back

our country

[GWC58]

47. Not in Maryland. Too many "turncoat"

Democrats crossed party lines to vote for Hogan. 😳🤪

[LenaBaby61]

35. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[fishwax]

36. meh. Freak out if you want to freak out.

Nothing anyone does right now is going to have any effect on the results.

In the final analysis it looks like this will be a good election. Not quite the great one that plenty of people were hoping for in their secret (and not so secret) dreams, but something worth feeling positive about and building from.

But as those long-shot dreams for the senate fade, as realistic optimism about florida and georgia and texas teeters on the brink, it's perfectly natural that some folks are going to freak out. So be it. Freak out. Do what you gotta do. Be happy be sad be pissed whatever.

Then wake up tomorrow and get to work on 2020, because we've got plenty to work for and plenty of work to do.

[highplainsdem]

37. K&R. And thank you!

[cmb1729]

39. You are right, it's just that the blue wave was so hyped...

If we lose the Florida Governorship and Senate, maybe we will win with Beto in Texas. I am loving the West more and more. At least we will get the House. Thanks for the optimism.

[Xolodno]

40. I don't smoke weed....

...but you echo my point in that thread I created.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211376980

The Senate was always a pipe dream. In fact, Republicans were openly boasting of picking up more seats for the Senate two years ago.

[elmac]

43. I never expected a blue wave nor the Senate

my only disappointment so far is FLA going to the dark side, again.

[LisaL]

46. Yep.

WTF, Florida?

[GWC58]

49. Still too

RED!!

[appalachiablue]

67. RED & heartbreaking. Much hope for Fla, Gillum, Nelson

[GWC58]

73. Rick Scott, terrible governor, terrible human being

and yet he always wins. What did he sell his soul? 😈

[appalachiablue]

75. Ditto, appalling. This shouldn't have happened. But with stolen

elections, gerrymandering and more for 18 yrs. it's tough. We have much work to do.

[uponit7771]

55. +1, ... and going there with someone even more racist than Benedict Donald

[Cetacea]

48. You beat me to it. The "Wave" was taking the House eom

[Politicub]

52. Love seeing the late-breaking pickups!

[GoCubsGo]

53. They also took some governorships.

Illinois is back in Democratic hands, as has Michigan, and Kansas has come to its senses. Hopefully, Wisconsin will follow suit.

[realmirage]

98. And New Mexico thank God

[McCamy Taylor]

54. Taking the gerrymandered House is awesome. Amazing. Trump is going down!

The House is the true vote of the democracy. All the seats are in play. If the House goes blue it means Americans are fed up with Trump.

[Garrett78]

58. Florida is looking like a huge disappointment.

I wanted Gillum to win so bad. I also want Abrams to win so bad.

[appalachiablue]

70. Huge let down in Fla & Ga. But forward we go.

[D23MIURG23]

60. I agree with most of this, but dump was a huge factor in this election.

You can tell by the high turnout reported in early voting. It seems unlikely to me that local politics is driving that.

[Nitram]

61. Pardon me for observing that you don't sound very fucking calm.

[RobinA]

62. What I Find

disturbing is that given the other side, it just shouldn’t be this hard. So we get the House. OK, so that allows us to stop bad stuff. But it’s still a red country. And worse, a lunatic red country. Their biggest fear is a bunch of desperate Hondurans who have to walk hundreds of miles to the border. They believe the most blatant propaganda. Every horrible thing their leader does and says they look the other way because he’s got something for them that outweighs all that. WHAT? Where does it end?

[a la izquierda]

108. Fucking THANK YOU!

We still live in a sacred, racist country. And I am not happy about that at all.

[realmirage]

148. How bad of a Pres candidate would Democrats have to have to make you vote Republican in state races?

See my point here?

[Lucky Luciano]

63. Glad the house looks ok-ish, but we did underperform.

All of fuckface’s appointees got a lock now that it will be closer to 53-4 thugs in the senate.

[boston bean]

64. It is "Debbie" downer.

[denvine]

65. You maybe right but if all things were logical,

it really should have been a blue wave. When you look at the horrible, horrible excuse for a human being we have as president, the spineless, gutless enablers in congress, and all of his felon cabinet members you would think that a rational thinking electorate would be tired of the shit show we've had this last couple of years. I guess I am more disgusted with the voters for either not seeing it, loving the racism hate & lying, enjoying the cruel, heartless policies or just being totally stupid. It really is a sad indictment of the USA. Don't get me wrong, taking the house would be great, but it should have been a blue wave.

[pnwmom]

66. I will be thrilled with ANY win in the House. But we might not know for weeks

if it comes down to west coast races, since ballots were still getting mailed in today.

[recentevents]

68. Can we please stop with the "Debbie Downer"

For all the Debbie's out there.....It's offensive. Find something else to express your thoughts.

[dlk]

69. Republicans Have Been Getting Away With Cheating For Many Years

They’ve stolen two presidential elections. Of course, elections were stolen tonight. We have much work to do. Let’s get started.

[Stargleamer]

71. Yes, but I didn't want to lose ground in the Senate

nor have that assholes Kemp, Santis, and Scott win.

[Silver Gaia]

72. YES! Absolutely!

All I dared really hope for was to take back the House! So, I am happy!

I would love to see Beto eek this out. Same for Stacey. And Gillum. But that was gravy. The meat and potatoes is the House.

And we have some new rising stars in the Democratic party, whether these 3 win or not. We will see them again!

With the House, we have a fighting chance now!

[ancianita]

74. THE best news! If the House doesn't want it, the Senate can't get it done! Subpoenas everywhere!

It's the beginning of the end, and of course this president says he now wants to "tone down" and "soften" his barker style in his national wrestling game.

We need to rev it up!!

This is a fucking great night!

[David__77]

76. It's by far most important

...

[world wide wally]

77. The worst thing about tonight is to realize what a racist nation America is.

Not as bad as 2016, but a definite substantiation of the racism.

[Roy Rolling]

78. An Historical Comparison

This is the political equivalent. Taking the ahouse is like establishing a toehold on Normandy Beach.

From there, Allies marched to Berlin and eventually the world.

Tonight Democrats won an important battle, but they, we, haven't won the war. But we are marching to rid the U.S. ---and the world ---of fascism again.

[FailureToCommunicate]

85. Yes. We have fought fascists before. We are again...

[sprinkleeninow]

100. My daddy served WWII. Now his daughter, what? She fighting fascism ideology?

[rzemanfl]

79. Good luck with your Governor. We were screwed here (FL) and it makes no sense. n/t

[realmirage]

86. Florida has always been unpredictable

Nothing new

[rzemanfl]

88. Not to the people who fix the elections. n/t

[rpannier]

83. It doesn't mean people cannot be disappointed by some of the results

Especially in Florida

[realmirage]

89. The only thing to expect from Florida

Is that you can’t expect shit. It’s always been unpredictable

[rpannier]

93. Fine

But that doesn't change the fact that there are people who put a lot of time, energy and money into various campaigns. And to just dismiss their disappointment at the loses of candidates whom they supported and put in that work in a dismissive way is ridiculous.
People have every right to be unhappy about certain results, especially if it directly effects them. To accuse of them of being debbie downers shows a decided lack of respect for them and their situations

Happy we won, yes. Disappointed that candidates I supported (like Heitkamp) yes to that as well

[realmirage]

94. I was referring to those talking about the national level

For Floridians it sucks. But it’s also very typical of Florida.

[budkin]

84. THIS

I'm satisfied.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

87. What? So supreme disappointment not allowed????

I absolutely hate the antithesis of Debbie downer....like your op

[George II]

90. Very well stated. We were supposed to win the House, and it was expected that we'd lose...

...one or two seats in the Senate.

I was one who was excited, but unfortunately it looks like our rising starts - O'Rourke, Abrams, and Gillum will fall short. None of those are LOST seats, just not gained seats.

I can see all three going further in their political careers, they definitely are NOT finished.

[Tarc]

95. too many 1,000 post, avatar-blank users on both sides whipping up hysteria on both sides, honestly

Y'all need to take a seat and chill.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

103. The House is the one thing I wanted more than anything

because it will serve as a check on Orangehole McTinydick and his mob of congressional orcs. There will be subpoenas and investigations, and the GOP's anti-human, evil legislation will be DOA even if we don't have the Senate. There will be gridlock, of course, but that's far better than the GOP's Steamroller of Legislative Death. I'd have despaired if we'd lost the House. I'm disappointed in some other results but with the House in Dem control we can save democracy and keep the movement alive. The Dems who lost tonight aren't going away, either.

[NatBurner]

104. i live in houston so beto has me down

ditto florida and so far georgia
but i'm good with the wave

fuck ted cruz tho and i hope to tell him that to his punchable face someday

[rocktivity]

105. What was it that Bette Davis said at the end of "Now, Voyager"?

The next step is to get a Speaker who really CAN get the swamp drained. And the next is to settle on a strong enough 2020 candidate.


rocktivity

[geardaddy]

106. Thank you.

😉

[SergeStorms]

109. Agree.

There were tremendous inroads made in Florida, Georgia and Texas. All three states are prime picking for Democrats in the future, especially Florida where over 1 million new voters - mostly people of color - will now be able to vote again. Getting them to vote will be the next item to check off of our list.

I never really thought we had a chance at the Senate. It was a very uphill battle all the way, and our real chance to take control of the Senate will come in the next 4 years. And don't forget the presidency. Trump WILL be defeated in 2020!

Democrats made tremendous progress in state Houses and Governor-ships. These are crucial to stop GOP gerrymandering and in the next elections we won't have to defeat Republicans by 5 times the number of votes we really need.

Take a break, enjoy our victories, then tomorrow morning get back to work. There is the peoples' business to do!

[duhneece]

110. You are right

Down In south central New Mexico we worked so hard for a win against Tea Party Herrell and lost and I’m letting that color my world .... and I forgot to celebrate how close Beto came

[Trueblue Texan]

111. I totally agree with the OP!

Furthermore, it was a MIRACLE that Beto got so close in such a deep red state as Texas. I'm disappointed Dems didn't win the senate, yes. And REALLY disappointed that Beto wasn't declared the winner for Ted Cruz's Senate seat. But Beto's hard work and all the support he received from volunteers has done something amazing in this state. Texas did get a blue wave. It just hasn't reached the shore yet.

[-Steph-]

112. Winning the House is HUGE! It's a major victory and will put some much needed checks in place for

the Republicans that haven't been there during this administration.

[BlueInRedHell]

113. I'm sorry if I don't totally agree. Gillum had been polling ahead of DeSantis. There absolutely

had been hope of him winning. That was a major letdown and anyone upset about it has a right to be upset.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

116. My new mission... accumulating all who have lost

In Florida who have had leads in pre-election polls. Back to Kerry. Something is totally rotten. Bet BushCo hands (not our new BFFs) all over this.

[BlueInRedHell]

132. Something is definitely amiss. The racist robocalls were not enough to turn people r/o

against Gillum. Either voters are lying when polled or the polls are getting really poorly unrepresentative samples because this is well and truly B.S.

[chwaliszewski]

114. I couldn't disagree more.

I had no hope of us winning back the senate and cautious optimism about taking the house. Having a chance to grab a senate seat or two in AZ, TN, or TX would've been nice, but losing them in ND, MO, IN, and FL is devastating so don't try convincing me to calm down. To make matters worse, Manchin is a DINO anyways so having him retain his seat is nothing to cheer about.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

117. Amen!!! Makes me so suspicious when OPs so

Over the top try to quell pure emotion.

[Enoki33]

115. In the final analysis this has been a good election for us Democrats. The

Repugs controlled most of the levers of power, and used it to rig the entire voting process at all levels to try to perpetuate their power. Yet we were able to take back the House and put ourselves in a position to demand accountability and decency. This is just the beginning. The work begins for 2020, and we now have a much clearer picture of how the minority votes managed to be translated into majority power by the Repugs. We are going to persevere, and we are going to win - again.

[Willie Pep]

123. Some of the Senate losses are depressing.

But yes, few people expected the Democrats to take back the Senate. This is looking like a "no surprises" election for the most part. It is good that we won the House. I am really interested in governorship/state legislative races too. Those are more important than many people realize.

[Enoki33]

125. Another big plus is that we have a new young diverse leadership and base

that bodes well for the future.

[diva77]

126. If we had transparent, verifiable elections, we wouldn't be where we are.

[AllyCat]

127. I've been at work all night...did Dems take the House??

[ificandream]

128. A lot of great stuff happened tonight...

1) A lot of women are going to Congress.
2) A Dem got elected governor in Maine (LePage is out, thank God)
3) Kim Davis lost. (Hallelujah!)
4) Gavin Newsom won in California (no surprise, by hey ...)
5) WE TOOK THE BLEEDING HOUSE! CHECKS AND BALANCES RESTORED!
6) Kobach defeated in Kansas.
7) Prop. in Florida to give felons who have served sentences back their voting rights passes.

Hey, we couldn't get everything. But we got some very good things. The House win lets us get rid of the gerrymandering. The prop. in Florida will very likely favor Dems.

[MaryMagdaline]

130. We flipped the house during a jobs-booming economy

We added democratic governorships ... where future presidents are born. We put up a firewall to the NAZI regime.

In 2016, I learned just how many fascists abound in this country. 45 has added NAZIs to the voting rolls, people who have never voted before.

We fielded an army today. It’s a start in the new war. Dems are no longer fighting the old war and they regained 1/3 of the branches of government today. Let’s rejoice. I am f’g relieved my countrymen showed up to fight.

[Corktown]

141. This is on the mark ....

I would have like to have seen the Democratic Party take a different tack after the 2016 election, that is, being more proactive in developing new party leadership, more support for progressive candidates and a greater investment in creating a truly national effort in bringing about a "registration wave", to counter rePub voter suppression / election rigging. That being said, flipping the House with the economy doing so well on many metrics (thanks President Obama!) is quite the accomplishment. It's easy to overlook this point. It will make so much difference to how we move forward as Democrats and as a nation. As I told a Canadian friend last night, the United States dodged a bullet by taking back the House ....

[MaryMagdaline]

154. Thanks, Corktown

BTW, my grandfather was born in the Corktown area of Detroit. Is that where you are from?

[realmirage]

149. yes, exactly. Last night was very good

[liberaltrucker]

134. What we all need is the electronic version of Xanax

Chill the fuck out! Here in PA, we kept a Senate seat, picked up a couple of House seats,
and reelected a very popular Governor. I'd say that's pretty damn good.

Yes, we lost some close ones in TX, GA and FL. BUT, who in their right mind would
have said a year ago that those races would even be competitive?

[Rizen]

136. Next time

in 2020 will take the senate and white house.

[cstanleytech]

139. Whos upset? This was a light election as far as the Senate goes and if we focus on ones like

Collins and I think we can retake it.
Besides with the power of the purse our guys can strong arm the Repugnant Senators with spending bills or lack there of for their states.

[Corvo Bianco]

140. Thanks for the emotion check.

[oldlibdem]

144. We Won!!!!

Keep fighting! And don't forget to tell your republican family and associates to GO FUCK THEMSELVES!!!!!! Just got done listening
to cheetolini's blather on NPR. He is the biggest mistake this country has ever made!

[Glamrock]

145. Thanks mirage...

You are so right. I had some kind of out of character replys last night because of the same things you are preaching here. Uugh! Embarrassed.

[realmirage]

150. These are not fun times but the tide is turning!

[DallasNE]

146. Aside From Florida

Where polls showed the Democrat with a razor thin lead it went pretty well, especially with Tester holding on.

Not only did Democrats take back the House, they picked up 7 Governorships.

[hurple]

147. NO NO NO

I expected Dems to take *every* seat in the house, 100% of the Senate, and for tRump to be frog-marched out and Hillary installed in the White House by Midnight PST...

That it didn't happen exactly like that, has left me curled up in a fetal position in my closet drowning in tears all day today.

[realmirage]

151. You forgot the trap door that sends turtle to the boiling mantle at the center of the earth

[hurple]

155. Puhleeze...

We have to keep expectations within the realm of the realistic.

[rufus dog]

152. My response

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211389390

[realmirage]

153. huh?

[Heartstrings]

157. We in Wisconsin are ecstatic!

But realize this fight is ongoing....