In this light, Biden said he would be willing to work with new voices in the Capitol. “The American people have spoken and proven once again that democracy is who we are,” he said, noting that “pundits were predicting a giant red wave - it didn’t happen.” His most notable takeaway on the election was that the American people “don’t want every day going forward to be a constant political battle.” In an address on Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden touted his economic record while cautiously acknowledging his party’s strong performance in the midterms. Read the rest of Margaret’s tour of Trump’s fantasyland here.īiden: The ‘giant red wave … didn’t happen’ Trump’s public façade finally started to crack a bit on Wednesday afternoon when he acknowledged that aspects of Election Day were “somewhat disappointing” - though he also touted his candidates’ “219 WINS.” (As Intelligencer’s Ed Kilgore noted back in May, Trump “has been furiously padding his win record by backing unopposed House incumbents in safe seats, so the numbers don’t tell us much.”) Intelligencer’s Margaret Hartmann collects the former president’s various public emanations since Tuesday morning: ![]() The Wall Street Journal editorial board described his win as the “DeSantis Florida Tsunami.” Steve Doocy gushed on Fox & Friends on Wednesday morning that “people love him, they just love him in Florida.” The New York Post crowned him king. Meanwhile, in Florida, DeSantis buttressed his scant win in 2018 by using the pandemic and culture war issues to elevate himself as the only post-Trump option his party has. Trump was not on the ballot, and yet his constant media presence, mediocre endorsements, and personal obsession with his 2020 loss may have cost Republicans winnable races in 2022. In his messianic speech, DeSantis lauded Florida as a “refuge of sanity when the world went mad.” He was speaking of the early end of coronavirus lockdowns in the state, but the comment could easily be applied to the GOP over the past two years. ![]() Intelligencer’s Matt Stieb parses the political aftermath for reelected governor (and would-be master of the GOP universe) Ron DeSantis: bZizKjnQk3- Conrad Swanson November 9, 2022 Read it here.Īdam Frisch’s lead over Lauren Boebert is now razor thinĪdam Frisch is now only ahead of Lauren Boebert by 62 votes. Ed Kilgore has gone through how the polls compared with the final results in many of the biggest midterm races.
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