The AP has called the House for the Republicans tonight, but we don't know by how many seats. It won't be by many, which is a good thing, because a slim majority requires a leader who really knows what he's doing. And Kevin McCarthy is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier (he hasn't even clinched the Speakership yet). Get ready for a lot of GOP infighting as Kev tries (and will probably fail) to walk a tightrope between the crazies and the less-crazies.
Mitch McConnell will remain Senate Minority Leader (accent on minority, yay!). Didn't he say he was going to resign or something if he couldn't be Majority Leader again? Well, no matter. He obliterated Florida's first Martian Senator, Rick Scott, who was endorsed for Leader by Benedict Donald, in a closed Senate caucus meeting, 37 to 10. Which means, that since those votes are usually secret, Mitch might never find out who the other nine Senators were. (We're actually surprised to learn that Scott has nine friends.)
Out in the states, what was the Michigan Republican Party's reaction to getting wiped out in the midterms? They launched a new campaign they called "the Grand 'New' Party," because — wait for it — the old Michigan GOP is "too moderate." This is why other Republicans who are urging a swing to the center (like Larry Hogan) are whistling in the wind. HAHAHAHA
Finally, in a bit of potentially good legislative news, the Senate has advanced a marriage equality bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage. Here's hoping this will eventually head our reactionary SCOTUS off at the pass. Did you think all Republicans voted against it? Indeed no! It advanced 62 to 37, with support from GOP Senators Blunt, Burr, Capito, Collins, Ernst, Lummis, Murkowski, Portman, Romney, Sullivan, Tillis and Young. Should make for some interesting intra-party arguments in the Senate lunch room. Food fight? We cats PURR.
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