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This was an extremely average midterm that ended exactly how most reasonable analysts predicted.

The only real practical benefit for the GOP is that any SCOTUS nominees (and other judges, I guess) in the next 2 years will sail through more easily. Calling it now, Amy Coney Barrett WILL take RBG's spot if she dies. Raymond Kethledge is a more qualified jurist by a reasonable margin, but Barrett is a "suck my dick" pick at the left which will be done now that they fought Kavanaugh so hard. If they somehow get yet another pick after that, I could see Garland being supported by vocal minority of republicans as he's actually a great judge and his views on Roe will be immaterial at that point.

Losing the house was expected, and will only pay large dividends if they manage to successfully investigate the administration for law breaking/real scandal. Most moderates are tired of grandstanding investigations that never go anywhere, so really, the 2020 election will turn on whether or not Mueller is able to successfully bring forth a Watergate level scandal. If that happens, you're looking at 4-8 years of blue dominance. If not, and the economy holds, the GOP will crush in 2020.

If the GOP is able to hold through 2020, if they're smart, they'll bend on healthcare an adopt a single-payer hybrid system that allows private insurance for the well-off who want to skip the wait time for procedures and pay now to get their hip replacement yet fully covers all others. If they keep up the "hurr durr obummercare" rhetoric, they're throwing away a huge amount of leverage for 2022 and beyond.