Election 2014: How the Media Helped the GOP Walk Away with the Midterms

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http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2014/11/06/Election-2014-How-Media-Helped-GOP-Walk-Away-Midterms

By Edward Morrissey,
The Fiscal Times
November 6, 2014

If there is one thing a pundit loves to say, it’s “I told you so,” especially when it’s true. The Republican tsunami in the midterms vindicated my predictions over the previous two weeks – and should teach both the media and the Democrats a couple of very large lessons.

To understand the need for both to learn those lessons, one has only to view the scope of the midterm victory for Republicans. Not only did they win control of the U.S. Senate, they may have won enough seats to see them through what would have been a very difficult 2016 cycle, when the seats won in their first Obama-administration midterm victory will come up for re-election.


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