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Daily Briefing: THE RED TSUNAMI THAT WASN’T

The Midterms Nobody Saw Coming:  A Postmortem: Honestly with Bari Weiss, Nov. 9, 2022 With inflation soaring, the worst crime wave in decades, and Biden’s approval rating at a pitiful 41%, everyone predicted last night’s midterm elections would be a bloodbath.  It wasn’t.

WATCH:  Victor Davis Hanson Reacts to 2022 Midterm Results:  John Anderson, Nov. 10, 2022


What Went Wrong, and Right, on Election Night:  Dan McLaughlin, National Review, Nov. 9, 2022

The Status Quo Wins:  Michael Lind, Tablet, Nov. 9, 2022

Election Night in Arizona: ‘MAGA Is Not the Way It Used to Be’:  Peter Savodnik, Common Sense with Bari Weiss, Nov. 9, 2022

3 Takeaways from Ron DeSantis’s Blowout Win for Every GOP Governor In America:  Elle Purnell, The Federalist, Nov. 8, 2022


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Did GOP Optimism Outrun Reality? Byron York. Washington Examiner, Nov. 9, 2022 Did GOP optimism outrun reality? Even as votes continue to be counted, the big picture that is emerging from midterm results around the country is that, as predicted, it appears Republicans will win control of The House of Representatives.

How Did I Get the Midterms So Wrong? Roger Kimball, Spectator World, Nov. 9, 2022 — How wrong can you be? About as wrong as I was about the character of the midterm elections. I thought there would be a red wave, fueled in part by high-octane orange fuel. Clearly, I was wrong. It is no consolation to know that I was hardly alone in my assumptions.  

It’s Ron DeSantis’ GOP Now Bob Maistros, Issues & Insights, Nov. 9, 2022 — The Red Wave.” If you’ve been watching Fox News and frequenting conservative websites the last few weeks (and this commentator admits he does more than his share of both), you were hearing how Republicans were going to have another one of those massive 2010-style seat pickups in The House. Win 56 seats in the Senate.

Biden Wins!:  James Freeman, WSJ, Nov. 9, 2022 — Cheer up, Republicans. While a red wave may not have washed over U,S. politics on Tuesday, the ultimate outcome could be even better for the GOP. 

 

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Tuesday Takeaways:  Victor Davis Hanson, Real Clear Politics, Nov. 10, 2022 — What, if anything, did the midterms tell us about the country — other than underwhelming Republicans could still take The House and Senate?

5 Quick Takeaways For American Jews From The 2022 Midterm Elections Ron Kampeas and Gabe Friedman, JTA, Nov. 9, 2022 — The overarching narrative from Tuesday night’s pivotal midterm election slate was clear by Wednesday morning: the Republican Party’s hopes of a sweeping red wave have been dashed.

The Midterms’ Winners and Losers — And Why The ‘Giddy’ White House Should Worry Jonathan Turley, NY Post, Nov. 9, 2022 — The midterm elections proved captivating as one followed races district by district throughout the night. The true winners and losers, however, go beyond the individual officeholders.

 

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Tucker Carlson: Why Did Republicans Underperform in the Midterm Election?:  Nov. 10, 2022 Fox News host Tucker Carlson reacts to the results of the 2022 midterm elections looks at where Republicans went wrong on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight:’

 

 

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