A Stunning Tidal Wave of Change
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 6th, 2014 12:08 am by HL
A Stunning Tidal Wave of Change
John Podhoretz, New York Post
The 2014 midterms were the Beach Boys election — because when you catch a wave, which is what the Republicans have just done, you’re sitting on top of the world.The Republican victory last night was wide and deep. It gave the GOP control of the Senate. It won them governors’ mansions in Democratic strongholds — Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts. It extended their majority in the House of Representatives.
Republicans Just Broke Dems’ Blue Wall
Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
The biggest story from the 2014 midterms was not just how Republicans reclaimed red states they lost in 2008—it’s how they won seats in states that Democrats thought they had for their own. The GOP won most of the purple-state Senate battlegrounds, nearly sweeping the lineup of competitive blue-state governors’ races, and picking up House seats in districts that seemed like Democratic locks.