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DemocraticPatriot

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9. Tonight might end up comparable to the 1962 midterms,
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 01:30 AM
Nov 2022

where Kennedy lost only 5 Democratic house seats in that midterm election, in the wake of his successful resolution of the Cuban missile crisis....


of course in this case, 5 seats loses us the House....
but even a small loss has to be considered a Democratic victory, according to the previous predictions of the pundits...


Even if Democrats could hold the house this year, I would not anticipate any consequential legislative victories of us in the next 2 years, I am more concerned with holding the Senate to make more successful judicial nominations, and especially for the Supreme Court, if one should come up...

If Republicans take the House by a small margin, so be it! Let them go batshit crazy! They will only hold it for these 2 years...

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