This stuff stinks here

[apkhgp]

Democrats lost the chance to get control of the Senate. Lying Ted got re-elected. We do have control of the House, which is better than nothing. Is there anybody out there that can pick out the silver lining from this cloud?

November 3/2020, two years away.




UPDATE

Alright I could not see past the negativity I got.
All of the positives mentioned here are something to build on.
I posted the above from being angry that it happened. My bad. I have to ask that we get by that shit I wrote above.

[PubliusEnigma]

1. This post stinks. That much is certain.

[Squinch]

8. +1

[apkhgp]

9. Stinks?

Please explain, if you can

[SaschaHM]

22. It discounts the biggest thing that could have happened tonight.

Gaining control of the House is quite frankly the most earth shattering thing that could have happened tonight. Not to mention the Governor's races outside of GA and FL that we flipped. Some of the biggest names lost tonight, yes. However, they were window dressing on the biggest prize of all, the freaking House.

[apkhgp]

28. Apparently

with the words in my original post I set off some sort of trigger which got ten people to reply to me about the victory we had tonight. I need to deactivate the trigger and start celebrating the victory.

[redstateblues]

2. We have something to build on

[StevieM]

3. A fascist named Kris Kobach lost in Kansas. (eom)

[fishwax]

4. we have control of the house. That's a pretty big silver lining.

We're also picking up half a dozen or more governorships, and there will be good news in state legislatures as well.

[cmb1729]

10. We can now investigate!!!

Kansas elected a Democrat as Governor and a gay Native American to Congress. It would have been great to take the Senate, but that never was going to be easy.

[Codeine]

5. "lost the chance to get control of the Senate"

We honestly didn’t have a chance to do that. It was going to be a very rough cycle for Senate Dems, but the next election looks more promising.

[Squinch]

6. We were never expecting to gain anything more than the House. It's a great night if we do.

We never really had a chance to get control of the Senate, so we did not lose the chance to do so.

If you can't find the silver lining, I don't know what to tell you.

[superpatriotman]

13. Why?

We couldn't beat trump. We didn't beat him tonight.

Fear and hatred is what we were running against and we,couldn't take the Senate?

[Squinch]

16. Because there were a lot of Democratic Senate seats up for re-election, and very

few Republican seats. That means we had to hold every one of ours and win over two of theirs from a very, very small pool. It was never really a possibility.

In 2020 there will be a ton of Republican seats up for re-election. Our chances are very good to retake the Senate then.

[superpatriotman]

20. But trump

How could we not beat this dangerous cult of trump?

The country is truly split

[Squinch]

23. Because math. If we get the House (and I'm not counting my chickens till the fat lady

sings) I will be very happy with today's results.

[SaschaHM]

24. We beat him in statewide PA, WI, and we're looking to beat him in MI.

Had Hillary won those, Trump would have went down.

[RhodeIslandOne]

21. We lost states we shouldn't have

Florida for one.

[Moostache]

7. Silver Linings? Beto O'Rourke and Kamala Harris as the 2020 ticket?

House control and Mueller survives?

[Codeine]

12. You mean Kamala Harris and Beto O'Rourke, right?

[Moostache]

17. Either way is OK with me....talent on the ticket and the trail and qualified to take down Drumpf...

My personal favorite is still Joe Kennedy III, but I am resigned to him staying on the sidelines for a while to gain experience and build up his resume. Beto brings a lot of the same things Kamala does - intelligence, demeanor, inspiration...so in my book the talent available is a big boost to the party...

[Ace Rothstein]

11. Some of these statehouses we won will probably help with redistricting for 2022.

[Squinch]

18. This! One of the most important considerations.

[Takket]

14. it is hard to complain when things went as projected more or less

the real disappointment tonight is the colossal bed wetting in Florida.

[Spider Jerusalem]

15. Winning the Senate was never in the cards, control of the House is the best outcome (n/t)

[BlueSpot]

19. Did you really expect control of the Senate?

Huge takeaway to own the House. A lot of progress with Governors. Don't complain that we didn't flip the whole government on its head. We did good.

Yes, Cruz won, the smarmy bastard. But he totally got a run for the money and Beto did way better than I bet most expected. Texas might not be there yet, but you don't think Dems made significant progress?

My advice: celebrate the victories and the overall shift in direction and don't dwell on the lost long shots.

[apkhgp]

25. Victory!

That is one thing about this website. It has taught me a lot about how to look at politics here. As for the victory, YES, I can really sleep good tonight.

[MFM008]

26. We now get to

Stop maggots agenda.
Torment him endlessly.
Thats a damn good start.

[BlueSpot]

27. Oh yeah

The investigations ought to be fun.

[wisteria]

29. No Stink

The House is powerful. And, it is a check on Trump's power. The Senate was always a tough call.

[apkhgp]

30. A lesson in this country"s political system

That is what this website is for me.

[Jane Austin]

31. Maybe some of those Senators

will go to jail.

[apkhgp]

32. I am crossing my fingers on that one

Deep in my heart I really hope so.