Initial results in Argentine elections show opposition winning mid-terms

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2. Plot to hijack is exactly right, Judi - though voters stopped Vidal's aim of becoming House Speaker

Fernández's Front for All lost just 2 House seats (possibly just one - if a recount in one district goes their way).

Macri's 'Together' coalition (they keep changing the name) held steady - and may have lost that one seat in the recount.

That leaves the Front for All with either a 118/116 majority, or a 119/115 majority: Either way, enough for House Speaker Sergio Massa to hold on to the gavel.

Same goes for the Senate: Front for All lost 6 seats; but will retain a 35/31 majority (and thus the gavel).

This is key, because it's no secret that Macri's gang was hoping to install Vidal as House Speaker - and then collude with banks to create a run on the currency in March.

A successful run on the currency would potentially provoke an economic collapse, riots - and, almost inevitably, Fernández's resignation (along with VP Cristina Kirchner's and Senate President Claudia Abdala's).

That was the plan.

But (thankfully) Macri's candidates fell short of clinching a House or Senate majority.

I suppose it's a much more dramatic version of what Republicans are hoping to do to Biden next year: Clinch House and Senate majorities, and then impeach Biden and (of course) Harris.

Biden and Harris would (unlike the Argentine example above) stay in office, of course - but they would head into their re-election campaigns as impeached officials, which Repugs think would weaken them just enough to make a 12th Amendment heist in January 2025 much easier to pull off.

What a wicked web we weave...but such are the times we live in, as you know.

That said, thanks again for your time and thoughts Judi - and have a great week. November's my favorite time of year.