Trump, Republicans Rebuked in Historic Blue Monsoon

 

In one of the most stunning nights in American political history, Americans across the Nation have delivered a decisive blow to the Malignant Fascist and his MAGA white nationalist movement.  The raw numbers show the breadth and depth of the Democratic victory in the House, the Senate, and in the Governors races (click to enlarge):

 

We're still processing what happened but, for now, here's a top level view from the NYT:

Democrats on Wednesday were celebrating a seismic triumph in the midterm elections, winning control of the Senate and the House as voters delivered a blistering rebuke to President Trump and reset the balance of power in Washington. The romp stretched from coast to coast as Democrats flipped seats that had spent decades in Republican hands and took House districts that had long seemed inaccessible.

Mr. Trump, who had made the midterms a referendum on himself, imploring voters to act as if he were on the ballot, told The New York Times in an interview that he was “absolutely willing to accept those results” and was prepared to work with Democrats.

Among the questions remaining as Wednesday dawned were how big the Democrats’ House majority would be, and whether the party could yet widen its lead in the Senate. Ballots were still being counted in Alaska’s contentious Senate race and in the unlikely battleground of Mississippi, where less than 50 votes separated the two candidates.

But a blue wave had already become a red wipeout: Democrats flipped Senate seats in Maine, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and even Texas, according to The Associated Press. Republicans had held the Senate seats in Texas and South Carolina for decades. The Kansas seat had been red for nearly a century.

Senator Susan Collins, a long-serving Maine Republican who had repeatedly foiled Democratic efforts to unseat her, conceded her race to the Democrat Troy Jackson.

In Texas, James Talarico, a state legislator who became a national fund-raising sensation, toppled Ken Paxton, the scandal-ridden Republican state attorney general whom Mr. Trump had elevated to the nomination.

In South Carolina, Dr. Annie Andrews prevailed over Senator Darline Graham, the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham. And Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won in Michigan, becoming the first Muslim elected to the Senate, even after his defeated primary rival endorsed the Republican nominee.

The scale of the Democratic victory was beginning to come into focus: The party’s margin in the overall national vote for House seats was expected to be about 13 percentage points, the largest for either party in a congressional election in at least a half-century, according to estimates by The New York Times. Democrats made extraordinary gains with young voters and Hispanic voters, and significant inroads with voters who didn’t attend college, according to Times Voter Trends...

Having lived through many elections -- some encouraging, some depressing -- this is one that has a real watershed feel to it.  It's historic on a number of levels, and a much- needed rebuke to the MF and his fascist movement.  Looking at the many Democratic women, Hispanic and black Americans who won, one commentator said, "Woke is back!" 

It's a moment we and we think all Democrats want to marinate in for a while before getting down to the business of government.  So for just a while, as the song goes, celebrate good times!

More later.