The Reep Spin: A Prediction

This may have been said already, but I'm not watching that channel, or much of the national coverage at all yet.

I think this is their talking point: Look, this isn't a referendum on anything. With very few exceptions, the midterm elections almost always result in minority-party gains. In fact, the Democrats were the first party in years not to benefit from that trend.

The takeaway message: Hey, we expect to lose seats and it isn't like we're not going to work in the spirit of bipartisanship to do whatever blah blah blah.