The red wave that wasn’t

In many ways the Democrats’ performance looked more like the result of a vote against Republican extremism than a vote of confidence in Mr. Biden’s party.

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November 10, 2022 - 3:30 PM

Democrat John Fetterman Wednesday morning after defeating his Republican opponent, Mehmet Oz, in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, which is currently occupied by Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, who did not seek re-election. Photo by TNS

Some setbacks count almost as good news. Clearly, the Democrats have lost ground in the midterms. While it will be weeks before control of the Senate is determined because of the Dec. 6 Georgia runoff, the Republicans still appear likely to take the House, though more narrowly than hoped. They will use control to mire the administration in legislative deadlock and committee investigations. High-profile Democrats such as Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Beto O’Rourke in Texas were also easily defeated.

But this was “definitely not a Republican wave, that is for darn sure,” Sen.…

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