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Democratic blue wave that hit America was a tsunami

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Steve Flowers For weeks leading up to the Nov. 3 General Mid-Term Elections, polls and pundits pointed to a major blue Democratic tidal wave surfacing on the horizon.However, what happened last Tuesday was a Democratic hurricane, or some refer to it as a tsunami. It was stunning and staggering. It completely changed the political landscape in America. It was a historic change of direction for our nation.The numbers are staggering and devasting for the Republican Party. It will be decades before the GOP can recover from the devastation. The loss of the House of Representatives was expected. The tea leaves portended that the Democrats would take the House. The Republican majority was razor thin and history was on the side of the party that lost the White House two years earlier. The opposition party wins seats in the off year after a presidential election.

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