For starters, the election took place peacefully and people exercised their franchise.
The biggest gain for Democrats last night was John Fetterman winning a Senate seat in Pennsylvania despite lingering doubts about his health and how it impacted his recent debate performance against Dr. Oz. Pennsylvanians see Fetterman as one of their own while viewing Oz as a crudite carpetbagger from New Jersey.
However, I suspect that gain will be offset in Nevada where Republican Adam Laxalt is leading Democratic incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto which will likely leave control of the Senate up to Georgia yet again as Raphael Warnock will be in yet another runoff race this time against Herschel Walker. It remains to be seen where that 2% of the Libertarian vote will go. The Republicans were expected to make significant gains in the House. Alas this has not come to pass as the likes of Lauren Boebert trails Democrat Adam Frisch albeit by only 64 votes. Given the margin there is a legitimate cause for a recount regardless of who is the victor. But there is no margin when it comes to the quality of the two candidates. Of course, quality isn't always enough.
Yet let us keep in mind that a Republican controlled Congress is a Republican controlled Congress whether the majority is 1, 5, 20 or 100 and plenty of misery could arise from it even with President Biden's veto. Then there is still the possibility that Kari Lake could win the gubernatorial race in Arizona with Mark Finchem becoming Secretary of State. Finchem overtly says he would not have certified Biden's electoral win in Arizona and would empower the state legislature to overturn election results. It only takes one state to overturn an election and others are sure to follow. If we're not careful this could happen in 2024.
So while I feel a little less blue about our democracy and Democrats I still think America will probably be seeing red.
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