Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Election Week 2022 not good for the GOP Date:   11/9/2022 1:14:53 PM (updated 11/9/2022 1:30:40 PM)

No other way to sugarcoat it but apparently Independents and right leaning Democrats did not hold Democrats accountable for the last two disastrous years.  No doubt the SCOTUS abortion ruling animated the left, which is in itself is a sad statement.  As I predicted in PA, Fetterman won.  He got over 80% of the vote in Philly and over 60% in Pittsburgh which is all they need to win the state.  But any way you look at it, given the fundamentals the GOP should have done much better.  They did not.

Kudos to Stacey Abrams for not making the same mistake of refusing to concede.....not that she had much of a choice.  Warnock-Walker headed to a runoff in early December.  My prediction is Warnock will win but a lot will depend on the turnout and what the Losertarian voters do when they don't have a loser candidate to vote for.  Likely they will stay home or vote for Warnock out of spite.

On a positive note, it appears that the GOP will control the House so DJ Brandon is officially a lame duck.  My prediction is that at best the Senate will stay 50/50 but more likely Democrats by 1 seat.  Amazingly, so far not one incumbent in a state-wide race has lost.  The power of uncumbancy is real and it looks like divided government for the next two years so nothing will improve but the further damage will be limited.