x Teeter-totter Take

Teeter-totter Take

Not to be unmindful of the events of the day, I note the Republicans didn't do well yesterday. Oh well, fundamentally the Democrat triumph is that they maintained things as they were. Though it will be touted as a great victory it's actually just status quo, meaning that the electorate maintains habit. Still, it's dispiriting. Republicans are under intense media attack. Not to have made an advance is much like having been beaten into retreat. However, habit is retained on both sides, there's probably been no great change in voting pattern; nationwide, 50/50. The problem is that teetering on the cusp means that small changes could prove immense, so failure of victory does make worrisome the possibility of defeat. --Such is my take on the returns and I don't think I'll consider it more; too busy, things to do, people to see...