What Democrats Just Accomplished in Ohio Is Remarkable

Summary

If you’ve ever lived through a heat wave or drought, you know there’s a sound when the rain finally breaks. The atmospheric shifts as the first, fat drops fall, yes—but then as it all cuts loose, whoops from the streets. It is the sound of relief. This is the sound of America’s blue tsunami from a Southwest Ohio pizza parlor. First, a trickle of positive results: with a fraction of the vote in, gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton was way ahead, as was Sherrod Brown in Ohio’s Senate race. People cheer, then wait. Later in the night, a deluge: A group of Democrats, ostensibly gathered to support…

Description from New Republic.