America has stepped away from the brink. But there is more work to do | Jill Abramson

The midterm results made it clear there is trouble ahead for the president. But will Democrats seize this opportunity?

It was a good night for the Democrats. It wasn’t the liberal ‘blue wave’ some hoped for, but it might be the beginning of one. It wasn’t a decisive referendum on President Trump, but it created a check on his authoritarian power.

Seizing control of the House of Representatives was a huge victory, even if expected. There were strong Democratic showings in rustbelt states Donald Trump carried and big wins in gubernatorial races, especially in Kansas where the odious, Trump clone, Kris Kobach, was defeated by a surprisingly big margin by Democrat Laura Kelly.

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