Cook Political: A Democratic wave is coming

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

http://cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/house-overview/house-ratings-changes-seven-districts-gop-majority-peril

It's going to be the best year for Democrats since 2006 - this is what I wanted to happen if Hillary lost.  Her loss will the party's biggest gain in a decade.

And the party's biggest loss. Neil Gorsuch (and other court nominees) alone is so devastating to the party and the future of the left and liberalism that the 2018 election is small beans.

I don't know why everyone circle jerks over SCOTUS so much. Sure, if RBG, Kennedy and Breyer are replaced by Trump, the 2016 election will have been very damaging long-term, but Gorsuch replacing Scalia just maintains the status quo. And it's not like the Republican Justices besides Gorsuch are spring chickens either.

RBG - 84
Breyer 79
Sotomayor 63
Kagan     57

Average 71

Kennedy 81
Thomas 69
Alito 67
Roberts 62
Gorsuch 50

Average 66 with Kennedy, 62 without.


Maybe not spring chickens, but they are younger than the liberals for the most part.