Not only were Hillary Clinton and the mainstream media solidly defeated on November 8, but so were the Democratic Party's aspirations for capturing the Senate.  From the start of this election cycle to its finish, the media mantra was that flipping the Senate to Democrat control was a near sure thing.  This is because of the 34 seats up for election in 2016, 24 were held by Republicans.  Well, things didn't turn out that way, and the GOP still holds the U.S. Senate with 52 seats. Looking ahead to 2018, the shoe will be on the other foot.  For then, of the 33 Senate seats up for grabs, only 8 are Republican and 25 are Democrat, which includes two liberal independents who caucus with the Democrats, one being crazy Bernie.  Here is a full listing of those 33 seats. To make matters worse for the Democrats, many of the seats they have to defend in 2018 are in Trump country – Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, West...(Read Full Post)