Midterms 2018: Political Postmortem
A Few Mysteries Remain in a Statewide Election that Played Out Mostly to Form
At first glance, Election Night in America Continued sounds like an SNL spoof of cable news.
In fact, it’s the actual name of a program aired by CNN this week, a bid to correct and update instant analysis narratives that big-bucks bloviators peddled on Election Night.
Chief among them: Whether the Democratic capture of the House of Representatives is a big enough win to call a “blue wave,” which would demonstrate atypical midterm opposition and revulsion to an opposing-party president.
