Governorships count in the calculus as well. An
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And it's less about the number of House seats lost than the subpoena power and committee power than come with even a one vote majority.
THAT'S what I meant about a civic lessons.
Just as some people know the words but not the music, you know the numbers without the meaning, the import.
And both Clinton and Obama had what Trump will never see, a 2nd term.