There Are No Permanent Defeats
Plus: No, Democrats Did Not Steal a Wisconsin Senate Seat
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MONA CHAREN: There Are No Permanent Defeats
IN 1994, REPUBLICANS WON a sweeping victory that cost Democrats control of the House and Senate for the first time in 42 years. Even the Democratic speaker of the House, Tom Foley, lost as Republicans nabbed an eye-popping 54 seats (along with eight in the Senate). Republicans and conservatives exulted in this historic and, it was widely assumed, permanent political realignment.
Two years later, Bill Clinton won re-election with 379 electoral college votes to Bob Doleās 159.
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BILL LUEDERS: No, Democrats Did Not Steal a Wisconsin Senate Seat
ERIC HOVDE, THE MULTIMILLIONAIRE Republican who was narrowly defeated in Wisconsinās U.S. Senate election on November 5 by soon-to-be-three-term Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin, lost no time pinpointing the proximate cause of his loss. It wasnāt that he was an out-of-touch extremist with a propensity for saying dumb things. Itās that the Democrats cheated.
āWeāre watching the final precinct results come in,ā Hovde told supporters early Wednesday morning as it looked like he would lose the race. āWeāre certainly disappointed that the Democratsā effort to siphon votes with a fraudulent candidate had a significant impact on the race, with those votes making up more than the entire margin of the race right now.ā
SCOTT CONROY: Trump Voters Should Do Some Soul-Searching Too
IāM AN OPTIMISTIC PERSON BY natureābut also by necessity.
As a professional screenwriter, Iām confronted on a daily basis with the long odds of turning a blank page into a hit movie or TV show. Since itās my job to try anyway, Iāve trained myself into taking a Lloyd Christmas approach to life. So youāre saying thereās a chance!
True to character, I went into Tuesday night believing it was more likely than not that Kamala Harris would be elected our first female president.
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