The take over IS complete*….
The 2024 National Election was NOT a Good Look for Democrats ,
But?
Democrats WILL have Trump dissatisfaction and Republican infighting to help them recover for the 2026 midterms, and 2028….
The Republican led House going forward , isn’t going to be smooth operation anymore than it has been for the last few years….
And with Trump back in the Presidency?
Things WILL BE WORSE….
The GOP will have to work WITH Democrats in the House as they will have to the Senate to keep the government running and in one piece in dealing with the RightWingNut’s and President who LOVERS to fuck things up for his own whims….
Current Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson keeps his postion , as NO OTHER GOPer wanted the headache….
A historically long and divisive fight to choose one speaker. A near default on the federal debt, followed by a mutiny on the House floor and multiple government shutdown scares. The ouster of the speaker, followed by weeks of paralysis and another vicious fight over who should lead next.
For almost two years, House Republicans have barely been able to overcome their own intraparty feuding to keep the government functioning. But despite it all, they emerged on Wednesday night, when The Associated Press declared that Republicans had effectively won control of the House, with a wafer-thin majority almost identical to the one they have now.
The apparent success of their battle to keep control of the House of Representatives suggests that they paid little political price for the chaos and dysfunction they presided over, a period when Congress struggled to carry out even the basics of governing….
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With Mr. Trump at the top of the ticket, Republicans managed to hold onto or flip more than a dozen of the most hotly contested districts in the country.
It is not the result Democrats anticipated just over a year ago, when they watched with alarm (and some amount of smug satisfaction) as Republicans struggled to elect a speaker after ousting their own….
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And when Ms. Harris replaced Mr. Biden as the party’s nominee in July, House Democrats thought they once again had a shot at winning the majority.
But doing the bare minimum seems to have worked out for the House G.O.P….
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This year, the most vulnerable Democrats across the country overperformed Ms. Harris by 5 percent. In 2020, they outperformed President Biden by just 2 percent.
Given the political headwinds they faced, Democrats cheered themselves by noting that they kept the Republican majority so small that it was likely to be just as divided and dysfunctional in the next Congress as it has been over the past two years. And this time, Republicans will not be able to blame a Democratic-controlled Senate if they are unable to produce legislative wins.
“Their showing this year will put them in good position to win the majority in 2026, when Republicans will have to defend what are sure to be a series of extreme and unpopular MAGA policies that will be tangible rather than theoretical for voters,” said Geoff Garin, a Democratic pollster….
*Note….
The Republicans have 218-208 majority as this goes to post…
There are several races uncalled and some recalls…..
Trump has also nominated a few GOP House members for his cabinet…..
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