Christian Science Monitor / Yahoo News: Mary Landrieu defeat widens party, racial divide in the South - "Landrieu’s defeat at the hands of US Rep. Bill Cassidy confirms the widening racial divide in the South regarding party affiliation and elections." [No doubt flying right past the heads of the Monitor and the rest of the MSM is that the racial divide is increasing all across the nation, which, ironically, a Black president has exponentially accelerated, not because of White 'racism,' but because of the almost comically extreme racist actions of the President and his Attorney General.]

Mary Landrieu defeat widens party, racial divide in the South


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By a wide margin, Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana lost her reelection bid to Rep. Bill Cassidy Saturday, strengthening the GOP’s position in the Senate and confirming the widening racial divide in the South regarding party affiliation and elections.

Mary Landrieu’s thumping in a Louisiana run-off election Saturday has many lessons forDemocrats, none of them happy.

It strengthens Republicans’ grip on the US Senate, increasing their majority to 54 seats – nine more than they had before last month’s mid-term election – which also gives them a better hand in 2016 when more GOP senators up for reelection will be vulnerable (as were Democrats this year).

Saturday’s voting also boosted the GOP’s grip on the US House to at least 246 seats. As the AP points out, this gives Republicans a commanding majority that matches the party's post-World War II high during Democratic President Harry S. Truman's administration. ...

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