Democrats lost the battle but won the war : )
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aFicIoNadoS
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Posted 9:55 pm, 11/18/2018
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Oh please! Democrats haven’t wanted to work together since Reagan left office. And as I already said, I don’t care how you try to spin it, the president’s Party gained seats in a midterm. That president being the most controversial president since Lincoln. So shut up with the trying to act like it was some landslide. It wasn’t. It was gridlock.
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Tilly22
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Posted 9:41 pm, 11/18/2018
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Didn't the republicans pick up 63 house seats in 2010?
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antithesis
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Posted 9:35 pm, 11/18/2018
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Haha, NOW the Republicans want to talk about working together 
The truth of the matter is that Democrats picked up the most seats since Watergate, in spite of the sometimes-illegal gerrymandering done to prevent it.
This will have a major impact on the next 2 years. The landslide support for Democrats will be seen by the GOP as a reflection of Trump's unpopularity, so now they will be much less likely to support him for fear of losing their own seats.
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aFicIoNadoS
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Posted 9:29 pm, 11/18/2018
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You can keep trying to spin it any way you want. But those details still don’t negate that a president made gains during a midterm election. He didn’t lose seats, he didn’t just maintain numbers. He gained them.
If anyone really wants to be honest, it was a push. How about instead of continuing to fight over party affiliation, how about we move on and start moving on
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valleydoll
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Posted 9:28 pm, 11/18/2018
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Some repubs are full of sour grapes, others are changing their party affiliations .
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antithesis
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Posted 9:19 pm, 11/18/2018
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Did you read this, Affy? From the article:
Everyone seems to forget that the 2018 election cycle was a once-in-a-generation sort of map for Republicans. Democrats had to defend 26 seats as compared to just 9 for Republicans. Of those 26 Democratic seats, 10 -- 10! -- were in states that President Donald Trump won in 2016 including five (Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia) he won by double digits. When the 2018 cycle began, there was not-crazy talk among Republicans that they had an outside chance at controlling 60 seats -- a filibuster-proof majority -- at the start of 2019. From that to a modest gain (at best) is a big, big difference. And the reason that's important is that the battle for control of the Senate majority isn't a one-cycle affair. It's about minimizing your losses in bad cycles (when you have lots and lots of vulnerable seats up) and maximizing your gains in good ones. Which brings us to the 2020 Senate map, in which 22 Republicans are up for re-election as compared to just 12 Democrats. Two Senate Republicans -- Susan Collins of Maine and Cory Gardner of Colorado -- will have to win reelection in states that Hillary Clinton won in 2016. Democrats are also likely to target Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, the Arizona seat (Sen. Jon Kyl is expected to resign sometime in early 2019 and will be replaced by an appointee chosen by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey) and North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis. For Democrats, Alabama Sen. Doug Jones is their biggest problem, and Republicans may seek to target Michigan Sen. Gary Peters as well. Go forward even two more years and you see another advantageous map for Democrats. Republicans will be defending 21 seats as compared to just 12 for Democrats. Democrats will take a very hard run at Sen. Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania, Sen. Ron Johnson in Wisconsin and the possible open seat currently held by Iowa's Sen. Chuck Grassley. Democratic vulnerabilities are somewhat limited, with Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Colorado's Sen. Michael Bennet on the top of the list.
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Rosestar
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Posted 8:10 pm, 11/18/2018
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Well, Troll, if you pay more attention in your history class you may become more aware of the world around you. Who knows, you may even graduate high school one day, and get out of Mom's basement and into a productive job. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
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aFicIoNadoS
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Posted 7:44 pm, 11/18/2018
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Being that it’s been almost 100 years since the party of a sitting president gained seats in Congress in the midterm, I don’t see how democrats won any war. It seems quite the contrary to me.
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CowBoysFan
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Posted 7:36 pm, 11/18/2018
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Let me know what you think you’ve won after two more years of unhindered lifetime judical appointments by Trump.
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