Democrats projected to keep control of the US Senate

With VP Harris as tie breaker, Democrats will retain control even if Warnock fails to win re-election. If Warnock wins, Dems gain a seat majority thereby making Kyrsten Sinema irrelevant.

Breaking – Pete Remains Speaker

Someone dropped the ball. But who? Val lost her nerve or never really had the pieces in place. I guess we’ll learn about the rube goldberg machinations at some point. Here is the thing though. They are politicians, so we’ll never probably know the real story. Politicians are not driven by the same sorts of things that drive normal people. They are motivated by ancient grievances, arcane grudges, weird phobias, gossamer dreams of greatness, and the voices of their ancestors.

Speaking of Leftist Podcasters

A new "election wrap up" Highlands Bunker is out.  So far it is pretty good, but I'm only half way through but will be back to rate this one on my patented 1 - 10,000 door knocks rating system.
The general election is finally over, so we get together to talk about what the results in Delaware and nationwide mean both in the short-term and the long-term. Show Notes:

Breaking News – Leadership Vote Today

The Speakership has been rumored to be a lock for Valerie Longhurst for months now.  Paul Baumbach is regarded as a possible alternative but a long shot.  Anyway, Pete is almost certainly out. I don't know much about the mechanics of it, so I'll leave that to El Som. Leftist podcaster and journalist RE Vanilla had an interesting and possibly revealing take on how a Speakership vote for Longhurst could come about with the progressive changes in the Dem caucus. 
Val is a politician. What if her potential ascent to Speaker depended upon, say, a new influx of progressive women Reps? And hypothetically Val knew her ability to lead the House and leapfrog Pete in leadership was orchestrated by a coalition that she’ll need to maintain that power? She could be expected to have a different agenda than she’s had, for example.

Return Day

In accordance with tradition, the guy in the top hat pulled the Wild West Lawman out of his burrow.  Upon seeing his shadow the Wild West Lawman predicted another 4…