What is particularly infuriating to me as a New York Democrat is that had New York Democrats not screwed it all up,

the House Democrats would have actually stood a good chance of retaining the majority,

not just losing a small number of seats, but actually retaining the majority.

Over the last couple of weeks most of us have been focused on how the

Democrats pulled off a surprise win in holding the US Senate and only lost the

House by a slim margin.

But former Clinton and Schumer strategist in current Bloomberg lieutenant Howard Wolfson is asking something entirely different.

Why did the Democrats lose the House?

Suggesting that they could have bucked history altogether and won the House too.

Howard answers this question and a provocative piece he penned for the New York Times,

while a red wave may not have

materialized nationally, there was a red wave here in New York State, the

bluest of blue states. New York delivering Republicans a narrow House

majority was not on anyone's dance card for these midterms

And yet here we are

Howard thinks it has major implications for Democrats nationally.

And I always like bantering with Howard about politics,

as he's an independent thinker and an experienced political hand.

For some background on Howard, he was the New York City Deputy Mayor for Government Affairs and Communications under Mayor Bloomberg.

Previously he served as the Communications Director for Hillary Clinton's first presidential campaign.

Earlier he was Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Nita Lowy, and he was Executive Director of

the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

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