The combination of inept, extremist GOP candidates, falling gas prices, abortion politics, a playing field that currently operates in their favor, and some recent and prospective legislative successes has given the Democrats some hope of retaining control of the Senate. That result would be consistent with the prediction I made about a year ago. What would it mean in the real world?
The most positive outcome would be the ability to move judicial nominations through the system. Since the House is almost certainly going to roll to the GOP, however, constructive legislation will still be impossible. A crisis over the debt ceiling is a virtual certainty under any plausible circumstances. We will still be subjected to a boatload of Benghazi-style investigations. The inability of the new Trumpist House members to accomplish their agenda may make them more, not less, nihilistic. Finally, Democratic control of the Senate would make it harder for Biden to run against Congress in 2024.
In short, this would hardly be an unmixed blessing.