DEMS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats who hadn’t had much to celebrate over the past two years two-stepped and toasted their return to relevance on Capitol Hill in the basement of a Washington hotel on Tuesday [11-6-18] night. For the first time in eight years, they had regained the majority in the House of Representatives. When the next Congress arrives in Washington, Democrats will be wielding the House gavels with a mandate to grind President Donald Trump’s agenda to a halt…Across the aisle, Republicans working on House races who had projected confidence throughout the 2018 cycle dropped the pretense early in the night. Asked what they planned to drink to mark the end of the campaign, one Republican working on House races deadpanned: ‘Paint thinners.’ It was a rare triumphant night for the Democratic Party, which has been hell-bent on taking back the House since Trump won the presidency and Republicans began hacking away at his predecessor’s legacy. It was driven largely by a revolt against Trump in the suburbs, where Democrats picked up race after race Tuesday night on their march to the majority.”
–Dan Merica, Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, “How Democrats fought their way back to power in Washington,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, November 7, 2018 10:44 pm