Election Update: The More The Waveier

I stand corrected, sort of.  Since election night, Democrats have picked up more House seats (including in California), held on to some Senate seats they looked like they would lose, and with the concession of Republican candidate Martha McSally (who may well wind up appointed to the other Senate seat anyway) and election of Krysten Sinema as the new Senator from Arizona, the election's outcomes have made for a clearer picture, and that picture is a big Blue Wave.

Still outstanding is the Senate seat in Florida, now undergoing a sloppy but earnest recount despite the outrageous authoritarian efforts of Gov. Scott (who also happens to be the senatorial candidate being recounted) and Homegrown Hitler.  It would seem unlikely that the Dems will keep this seat, except for the hysteria being expressed by the Rs.  But either the Senate or governorship of this key state would be big.

The other element I overstated was the White House sense of gaining power, or at least not losing much of it.  Subsequent events have instead indicated fear and even panic there.  The turn towards naked and unhinged authoritarianism has been striking, but it isn't a confident turn.  It smells resentful and desperate.

That's most clear in HH's behavior: he is increasingly isolated, and has responded to this by increasing his isolation.  European leaders aren't even subtle about ignoring him.  Not only did he reportedly fume in his hotel room instead of visiting the war memorial in France, he actually skipped the traditional presidential Veterans Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery.

Instead he stayed in the White House that he has turned into a mausoleum.  The White House no longer hosts concerts and artistic and cultural events by America's best, because America's best won't set foot inside his White House.  He is left with nobody to give Medals of Freedom to except dead people.  Unless of course he believes Elvis is alive.

On the other hand, I am not revising my warning that he is still very dangerous, and there is still no certainty that he will be effectively resisted, or brought to account.

But we'll see.  More Mueller indictments are expected soon, it appears that the constitutionality of the temporary attorney general can be tested in court fairly easily, and the person who drafted the regulations governing the relationship of the Justice Dept. to the special prosecutor says this guy can't oversee Mueller.

It's heartening also that despite all the R political pressure, judges aren't buying the baseless accusations of vote fraud.  And despite HH's bullying of CA while another tragic wildfire takes lives, homes and forests, the federal government quietly does its job in helping deal with the fires and their effects.

Plus House Democratic leadership-to-be is making all the right moves--particularly in emphasizing voting rights while Rs are so blatantly opposing them.