The famous aphorism, which dates to Aesop's fables, refers to situations where maximum efforts yield minimal results. That is the best description of the midterm elections where the Democrats barely took control of the White House. The GOP actually gained a seat in the Senate. The Dems couldn't even match their performance in 2006. There are 2 obvious reasons.
1). The Democratic leadership consists of people--Pelosi, Schumer--who came of age of ages in the sixties and seventies and are hopelessly out of touch with the modern world. The accounts for the failures of the Dems; poor messaging, no strategy, etc.
2). The Dems embrace of #MeToo rebounded against them. The MeToofers, by their stupid tactics, did a much better job of riling up the GOP base than even Trump himself.
The Democratic House may be able to thwart Trump's agenda(the Border wall, or his attempt to overthrow the 14th amendment.) At this point divided government is the "best" we can hope for.
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