There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because

I'm a bit of a homebody and I love a 5th but I think it's just the holiday period.

It's just for me it's the most romantic period and I think anyone who's listened to my

records will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.

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If you look up video from early Wednesday morning of House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy

explaining exactly what happened in the congressional midterm elections, you'd be forgiven

for thinking maybe the GOP had a pretty good night.

It was 2am when McCarthy gave this speech.

There were these little tells that this was not quite a victory party.

Like after McCarthy stopped speaking, the camera pans out and reveals the room he's

been talking to is only half full.

And New York Times opinion columnist Jamal Buie says in spite of his bluster by this

point in the evening, even McCarthy knew the gig was up.

Kevin McCarthy was predicting 50-60 seats.

If you're looking at a 50-seat gain, if you're looking at a 30-seat gain, you're going

to know pretty early on in the night.

So when it is 9pm, I should have really paying attention to returns at 8 o'clock for

a finish during dishes.

So when it's 9pm and polls have closed across most of the country, and it's unclear how

many seats Republicans are gaining and whether they're going to have control of Congress,

then maybe it's not going to be such a good night.

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