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Then the question becomes: why would you be so foolish as to make a transparently obvious losing bet? I mean, I was a pessimist--I thought giant intellects on the Left, such as we've seen on Mudcat among our anonymous posters, would sit at home, still waiting for their perfect candidate. Meanwhile the "religious Right" would see that they had to vote to defend "traditional marriage", "the rights of the unborn" etc.--and come out in their accustomed droves. So I thought the Democrats would take about 16-17 seats in the House--and not take the Senate.

But even I realized that the net gain for the Democrats would be more than 1 seat in the House.

So your prediction--of only one seat gain for the Democrats--was absurd on its face.