I wanted to thank you, Perotista, for keeping up the tally.

When the elections happen, it will help to filter the bloviators and hyperventilating from the media about sweeps and waves and mandates. So much of the results are already baked, or manipulated, in that we're really only talking about four dozen or so seats in all of Congress, and maybe two dozen primaries of any significance. Many of the latter can be predicted months in advance, anyway.

But, I, at least, haven't taken the time to quantify the actual manipulation as you have. It's a service to us all.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich