However, note that within the Democratic caucus, the progressive caucus is the biggest winner ... and this is the first time that the House Majority has been formed by the party with a minority in the Old South for half a century.

Sherrod Brown, a member of the House progressive caucus, wins a place in the Senate, while the open rural Ohio River Valley seat that he left behind was held.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.