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So much for the 'blue wave' 🌊 🌊 🌊 thehill.com/opinion/campai…

On Tuesday, America waved bye-bye to a blue wave. Despite being long-heralded by Democrats, echoed by the establishment media, predicted by pollsters and aided by cash and circumstances, the anticipated blue tsunami was instead a blue "so what?"

As late as Oct. 13, Real Clear Politics average of national polling showed Joe Biden holding a double-digit lead nationally. Even on Election Day, Biden's advantage still appeared impressive at 51 percent to 44 percent.

The establishment media echoed Democrats' optimism. The question was not about a Biden victory but its extent. The "blue wall" would be reconstructed in the Midwest. In Congress, the only speculation was whether Democrats would retake the Senate.

While it is still too early to know exactly what did happen in the 2020 election, it is very clear what did not. As of Nov. 6, the presidency is still undecided.

In the Senate, there currently has been no change, with the parties exchanging single wins and several seats still undecided. While in the House, Democrats have a reduced majority after losing five seats so far.

It is not as though Democrats did not have reason for optimism. They had begun the year with Trump facing an impeachment trial in the Senate. Almost as soon as the trial ended, coronavirus began.

The one-two punch of global pandemic and economic lockdowns devastated America and its economy at the worst possible time for Trump's reelection. Together, they ground the country down throughout 2020.

Despite having every conceivable advantage at the ideal time, Biden has managed (allegedly) to win just over half the popular vote nationally. Though it seems he's inching closer to a victory, he still hasn't won.

Regardless of the eventual outcomes, it is not too early to ask how Democrats missed their enormous opportunity and what will be the repercussions.

Even if Biden prevails through the late counts, recounts and courts, Tuesday will be more defined by what the Democrats did not accomplish than what they did. At most, Biden will have eked out a win, without coattails and without a mandate.

At the same time he has raised the left's expectations, he has less means and just two years to meet them before facing a midterm that savaged his last two Democrat predecessors.