The Senate May Now be a little less Red

Michael Amerlan

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Wednesday November 07, 2018 · 10:14 PM PST

2018/11/07 · 22:14

The Senate Majority May Now be a little less Red than the Numbers Suggest

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In the aftermath of the (yes) Blue Wave, seems to me the Democrats not only took the house, several governorships, manifested local majorities, etc. but there is was also an unheralded significant conquest in this election...

Many conservative senators that survived were, I believe, awakened to the energy and sensibility on the left. Were it not for the gerrymandering and the Fox News fear and anger-indoctrinated rural voters, more of their seats would have flipped. They surely now should sense that, and if they don’t really distance themselves from the insanity and realign somehow with the the more enlightened majority it will bite them in 2020.. This also implies a modicum of motive for them to trim their Trumpian sails and actually work with the Dems on infrastructure, ACA next year.

Further, some of these senators presumably surmise an impending erosion of Trumpism clearly demonstrated by this midterm rout, Mueller and even Trump’s subsequent reckless action and insane presser the very next day after the loss of the house. That along with the expectation that multiple investigations will inevitably yield more damning PR.

I expect to see a few more conservative senators suddenly moderating, led perhaps by the incoming and (now) anti-Trump Mitt Romney and others who may actually endeavor to work with Pelosi’s well focused bipartisan agenda. If just a few do crossover, the effective majority of the senate may well prove less a threat to progressive values.

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