tof. the race turning out a successful effort so far for the gop to keep the house even as the president posts a 36% approval rating. attempted to tie ossoff to comedienne kathy griffin to nancy pelosi. second, superpac money poured in. new york times estimates handel benefited from $18.2 million of spending by outside groups. and third, old-fashioned gerrymandering. its boundaries clearly were crafted to benefit republican candidates. joining me now to pick over this, michelle goldberg, who is in georgia, whose slate is titled more liberal tears. and author of audacity, and a title that this might be the worst freakout ever. you were basically like, hey,
second, superpac money poured in. new york times estimates handel benefited from $18.2 million of spending by outside groups. and third, old-fashioned gerrymandering. its boundaries clearly were crafted to benefit republican candidates. joining me now to pick over this, michelle goldberg, who is in georgia, whose slate is titled more liberal tears. and author of audacity, and a title that this might be the worst freakout ever. you were basically like, hey, michelle s writing from the tears perspective, you re basically saying, stop crying, it s not so bad. what s your general read here? you have to adjust your point of view of what s going to happen for the party with everything that happens. in this election, it was worse for the democrats by a few points than they expected.