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The Republican takeover of the Senate could be good news for at least one Democrat: Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Clinton campaigned hard this fall for Democrats and spent much of her time trying to preserve a Democratic majority in the Senate an effort that failed dramatically in Tuesdays GOP midterm rout.
But many Democratic strategists said the switch to Republican control may have a silver lining for Clinton, helping her better define herself as she shapes a potential 2016 presidential campaign. By providing a convenient foil for her and other Democrats, a GOP-run Congress would make it less imperative for Clinton to highlight her differences with President Obama, these strategists said.
Obamas damaged, lame-duck condition also makes Clinton the strongest Democrat left standing.
A Republican Senate is likely to spend a lot of time trying to repeal some of the progress made in the Obama administration, Democratic strategist Erik Smith said. That would be a great situation for her, because she could both make the case against the Republicans while currying favor with the Obama base.
From the Senate to gubernatorial races, here are the key winners Republican from the 2014 midterm elections. (The Washington Post)
But GOP adviser Stuart Stevens, the chief strategist for Mitt Romneys 2012 presidential campaign, said the notion that an all-Republican Congress is good for Clinton wont bear out.
I dont buy it, he said, because Congress will pass legislation that Obama will then veto, and that wont leave Clinton much running room. Whats she going to say, I would have vetoed it, too, so Im going to be the third term of Barack Obama?
Two years before the 2016 presidential election, Clinton is in the enviable but precarious position of being the most popular, most famous and most scrutinized contender for a race that everyone assumes shes already running in stealth mode.
But first, she will have to overcome the short-term damage from Tuesdays Democratic losses. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a likely presidential candidate in 2016, said on CNN Wednesday that the election result was not only a repudiation of the president, but I think really a repudiation of Hillary Clinton.
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Why the Senate GOP takeover might actually help Hillary Clinton
There is certainly no getting around the fact that the 2014 midterm election was, indeed, a wave victory for the Republican Party.
How else can we possibly explain gubernatorial victories for candidates like Governor Rick Scott in Florida, Larry Hogan in Maryland and Gov. LaPage in Mainecandidates who could only have reached the winners circle by being swept up in the GOP wave that lifted all Republican boats.
But Republicans around the nation were not the only big winners last night.
Standing, metaphysically speaking, just out of view on the many stages where Republican winners gave victory speeches and inside the hotel ballrooms where happy Republican supporters ate, drank and were merry, was the one person who may have been the biggest winner of the night
Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Yes, I am all too aware that a few candidates who were given the Clinton stamp of approvalcomplete with multiple campaign appearances by Bill and Hilarywent down in flames.
However, anyone who would imagine that these loses were somehow predictive of how Secretary Clinton might fare in a presidential primary race for the nomination of her party or the 2016 general election is truly deluding themselves.
It was not the Clintons who were on trial last nightit was the current occupant of the White House who was sent a message of disapproval in no uncertain terms. It was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid who was rejected by voters throughout the nation, including a great many whom have likely never even heard of Harry Reid.
So, how does Hillary benefit from the Democrats Shellacking II- The Sequel?
In case you havent noticed, Hillary Clinton has felt the inevitable pull of moving to her left over the past few weeks. This should surprise absolutely nobody given the time-honored tradition in both parties of candidates racing to the far sides of their political party so as to please the base that shows up to vote during primaries. Once the nomination is secured, each then furiously races back toward the center where one has the best chance to win the general election and the big prizeunless, of course, you are Mitt Romney who appeared to never get the memo on this.
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Hillary Clinton Wins Big In 2014 Midterm Elections
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Normally, it's the president and first lady who are making the campaign rounds during the lead up to a Midterm Election. This year, it was a former president and former first lady taking on the role of party elders.
Bill and Hillary Clinton were aggressive campaigners for Democratic candidates across the country in the weeks leading up to Election Day.
Between President Obama's low approval rating and Hillary Clinton's widely expected 2016 presidential ambitions, the campaign trail was an open, easy way for the Clintons to shore up some national goodwill.
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PHOTO: Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes campaigns with former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally on Nov. 1, 2014 in Highland Heights, Ky.
As such, Hillary Clinton's list includes nearly half as many candidates as her husband, but all told she did travel to 20 states during the course of the campaign.
Their makeshift scorecard of how many of their picks did well at the polls will be updated throughout the night, but they had one notable early upset. Both Clintons made more than one visit to Kentucky on behalf of Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democrat who ran-- and lost-- against Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell.
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PHOTO: Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for Bruce Braley at the Electric Park Ballroom, Nov. 1, 2014 in Waterloo, Iowa.
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