Vee

LOL:

It begins:

I'd like to reiterate that all those recent "Kevin McCarthy, society man of Washington" fawning puff pieces from DC outlets eager to curry his favor and sourcing in the new House are going to be so much worthless tin when he can't handle his caucus and soon, gets his throat cut by the mutinous GOP in favor of someone else (which is already being reported). Some of us were hoping for this moment if we somehow kept the House, but however we get there it's still good.

Shocking honesty from Fox:

Victory lap:

Oh my God: The adjusted late edition was not late enough, is still huffing copium:

They're all gonna try for this again and they're gonna find it's not gonna work, again. Trump won't let the party leave him and neither will their base. I've said for two years he'll tank everything before he lets DeSantis take the spotlight from him; that's already begun. He will promise to run, take money and endorsements, not really run at all and then shiv anyone who attempts to run in his place. They'll tear each other apart. I believe it was Jane who said the polls were not reaching women on abortion and how big of an issue it really was, and I thought she was right about that. I felt pollsters were antiquated in who they were reaching and/or in other cases driven by bro vibes and data, and that turned out to be correct. The pre-election polling didn't get those people, but the exit polling definitely did. 35% or higher in some states.

And now, the man you've been waiting for:

Loath as I am to post Weigel:

More Republican regrets:

Cortez Masto is down a bit due to the late-coming rural vote in NV, as was expected. The question now is can mail ballots from Clark County, etc. make up the difference and regain her lead. I think it could go either way, we'll see. Meanwhile: It's been a pretty good night, whatever the final result on a few races. We can recoup well from a midterm like this regardless. I'm taking a break.

We're still pretty ahead.

It's very unusual for any incumbent party to do this well in a midterm election, where they usually take big hits. The answer is abortion and the Dobbs decision. Plus IMO the general public being far more tired of Trump and the MAGA GOP than either their party or most media were willing to admit. That and a lot of crooked GOP-funded polls flooding the news space that allowed eager, bored Beltway media to be led around by the nose excited by the idea of a red wave and big drama in Washington again. I'm not completely surprised. I had a suspicion for awhile these would be our results or close to them, but I'll admit the overwhelming volume of said polls had me second-guessing myself a bit recently. But we're actually doing even better than I expected initially - esp with the House still somehow potentially in play. Republicans finally were 'the dog that caught the car' with abortion. Now they're paying the price, despite several months of their people and a lot of journalists claiming it wouldn't matter.

Looks good for CCM in NV.