The country may have the WH reactions to the election to blame for 2 years of Democratic leadership in the Senate, which every new Democratic president has had for more than a century.
In the couple of days after the election, I thought that the Democrats had very little chance to win both Senate seats in GA. After all, the Republicans were ahead; they just didn't have a majority. And, in Georgia, the Republicans come out in runoffs in much higher percentages than Democrats. The Republicans senators are incumbents. The senators could campaign on the need to have a Republican senate, which even one win would guarantee. Democrats would need to wait until 2022 to possibly win a Senate majority.
And NOW, the tide is turning, perhaps.
1) both senators have been forced to support Trump's claims of national victory.
2) both senators have been forced to ask for the Republican Secretary of State to resign. Trump called him an enemy of the state. BTW, the Republican governor who appointed him is one of the most loyal to Trump in the country, following his every lead, until now (even now, he is asking for investigations of any fraud in the election).
3) WH lawyers are in GA, with WH support, filing lawsuits against the state government, insisting that any election with the GA election machines in fraudulent, with many, many Republican ballots being changed to Democratic. Voters are being told that their vote won't count, so stay home.
4) When the state Republican party has rallies, there are many questions about why they should bother too vote, since president has made clear that their votes won't be counted.
In the couple of days after the election, I thought that the Democrats had very little chance to win both Senate seats in GA. After all, the Republicans were ahead; they just didn't have a majority. And, in Georgia, the Republicans come out in runoffs in much higher percentages than Democrats. The Republicans senators are incumbents. The senators could campaign on the need to have a Republican senate, which even one win would guarantee. Democrats would need to wait until 2022 to possibly win a Senate majority.
And NOW, the tide is turning, perhaps.
1) both senators have been forced to support Trump's claims of national victory.
2) both senators have been forced to ask for the Republican Secretary of State to resign. Trump called him an enemy of the state. BTW, the Republican governor who appointed him is one of the most loyal to Trump in the country, following his every lead, until now (even now, he is asking for investigations of any fraud in the election).
3) WH lawyers are in GA, with WH support, filing lawsuits against the state government, insisting that any election with the GA election machines in fraudulent, with many, many Republican ballots being changed to Democratic. Voters are being told that their vote won't count, so stay home.
4) When the state Republican party has rallies, there are many questions about why they should bother too vote, since president has made clear that their votes won't be counted.