Battle of the Buzzwords
Journalists had many colorful options for describing last week's GOP victories:
Number of mentions in the press and on TV talk shows, 11/7 through 11/11
Hurricane: 8
Tsunami: 18
Earthquake: 50
Tidal Wave: 140
Landslide: 263
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