1. A total of 33 senate seats were being voted on. Early on, the big question was whether Republicans might take control of the Senate. In the end, Democrats won 23 of those seats, Independents 2 (combining with Dems to make 25). Republicans won only 8.
2. Democrats won the presidency and increased their numbers in both the House and Senate, retaining control of the Senate.
3. Almost every one of the close Senate and House races were won by Democrats. Even outspoken Alan Grayson re-took the House seat he lost 2 years ago.
4. In-fighting in the Republican party now begins. The billionaire donors are said to be furious -- and Karl Rove is at the center of their fury. One strategist put it this way: "How do you tell them you spent $390 million and got nothing?"
5. At least one conservative political operative has called for the resignation of Speaker Boehner, Minority Leader McConnell, and the Chairman of the RNC.
6. Romney won't be exempt from the fury. Erik Erikson, founder of RedState.com, said that Romney "stood for nothing and everything at the same time," and that his
advisers were "outside charlatans." He said Romney's approach to Hispanic voters was "atrocious. Frankly, the fastest growing demographic group isn't going to vote for the party that . . . hates brown people."
7. Republicans were simply blown out of the water by the Democrats' awesome ground game -- getting new voters registered, getting their voters to the polls.
8. Donald Trump fumed on his twitter: "The electoral college is a total disaster for democracy." Yes, but Obama won the popular vote too.
9. I suggest we just stay out of the way while they knife each other up.
Ralph
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