High Ground Underground

Well, the much-touted “blue wave” in the House turned out to be less than a typical/average midterm gain (average is 37 seats since WWII) by the party out of the White House, and much smaller than the GOP gains in Obama’s first midterm – a true red wave.   On the other hand, the GOP gains in the Senate were historic – the average is a loss of 4 seats, but that’s how many it appears the GOP gained to reach a majority size just one shy of their 90-year record.   And it appears that Democrats lost in the Senate in part as a price for their opposition to Kavanaugh (McCaskill, Heitkamp, Donnelly,…), whereas Mansion barely kept his seat by coming over. The Dems’ predictable House gains will be squandered if they fruitlessly go after Trump with investigations and impeachment for political vengeance, rather than do some real legislative heavy lifting to benefit everyday Americans still waiting for legislative gridlock to melt.   While the House Dems may be off tilting at Le...

The “Shellacking’” Part 2 Following is a log of my Facebook posts, with dates and times – beginning on election evening, and aftermath posts, exchanges, and commentary. Nov 8 6:50pm: So far, so good, this election night. No matter how it turns out, I'm loving it seeing the shock of the ABC crew at how close it is in many states Hillary was thought to do better in, and how well Trump is doing generally, especially in the battleground states. Interesting that they're noting a divide largely by rural vs urban America. 7:42:  New York Times projection: 91% chance Trump wins. Panic in the Democrat camp. Pre-election odds were something like 75% for Hillary. 7:45: Trump has won Ohio & North Carolina! And winning Florida. 8:08:  Florida called for Trump. Hillary's path to 270 now more questionable than Trump's. 8:10: Utah for Trump. 8:20: The GOP is holding the Senate & House. 8:30: The Blue Wall has been broken -- Wisconsi...