Election 2018 was being promoted as the "Blue Wave". There was giddy anticipation, and possibly some premature jubilation over how the Dems were going to take over the House, the Senate, the Presidency, the Supreme Court, and various dog catcher posts. Okay - some hyperbole there, but expectations were unrealistically high.

What happened in reality, is that Dems will be taking control of the House in January, and several governerships flipped from red to blue. In the Age of tRump, that is a pretty damn big deal. Naturally, there will be naysayers for whom this just wasn't enough. They may be ignored. Let's take a look at some of the results...
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52 comments (Latest Comment: 11/07/2018 23:17:18 by Raine)

By tomorrow night voting will end. Election day, once the day that we decided who would represent us in all levels of government, is now the end of our election season.
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16 comments (Latest Comment: 11/05/2018 21:32:06 by livingonli)

Teaching the next generation right.


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21 comments (Latest Comment: 11/02/2018 21:09:20 by BobR)

I woke to see this question on the twitter machine:

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21 comments (Latest Comment: 10/31/2018 21:18:03 by Raine)

Good morning. I have a very particular subject in mind today for the blog. Having said that, I found that while researching it last night and more this morning, it is going to take a few more days to put it all together. It's about the 'rebel' flag and I hope to have it together by Wednesday.

For now, all I can say with clarity is that I am heartbroken with the events of last week and the murder of 11 people on Saturday. Last week, I mentioned that the mail bombs reminded me of the DC Snipers back in 2001. This morning WTOP has an exclusive interview with the man who was the Montgomery County, MD police chief at the time, Charles Moose. He's not as optimistic, but rather, realistic.
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22 comments (Latest Comment: 10/29/2018 21:05:48 by Will in Chicago)