Politics, U.S.: Top Democrat: Election not an apocalypse, just a catastrophe
- A review of the results finds that were it not for the efforts of our candidates and the DCCC, it could have been even worse.
- DCCC Chair Chris Van Hollen • Sugar-coating the election results, moments after saying that “there is no sugar coating the election results.” He may be right about that counterfactual; however, “it coulda been worse” isn’t much consolation to the 60-some legislators who lost their seats. source