Michael Reynolds/ZUMAPress
Tonight was not a good night to be a Democrat. The Republicans were triumphant in a great many of the races. In 2010, after a similarly awful midterm, Obama described the election as a “shellackin’.” In 2006, Bush referred to the Democratic wave as a “thumpin’.”
This may be a bit of gallow’s humor, but what word will he use tomorrow?
(Wolf Blitzer is pushing hard for shellackin’.)
“It was a shellacking. A shellacking. Will [the president] concede that it was a shellacking?” – Wolf Blitzer
— Eliot Nelson (@eliotnelson) November 5, 2014
Thumpin’
Shellackin’
Whoopin’
Drubbin’
Wallopin’
Trouncin’
Whuppin’
Thrashin’
Clobberin’
Lickin’
Routin’
Guttin’
Leave your guess in the comments.
I personally hope he walks into the briefing room, gets up at the microphone, says “Play the video,” a screen comes down, and Sinéad O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” begins playing.
