Because it was a tie. At best.
The Senate is still a teeter-totter. We don't know about the house yet. That half of Colorado's District 3 will still vote for that gun-toting, rapture craving, non-legislating pip-squeak does not make me happy.
I never believed there would be a red tide, because I don't believe polls. Tell me, when was the last time you participated in a national poll? The basic statistics are deeply flawed. Don't trust them. They are bullshit.
I'm not going to celebrate for treading water. I was hoping for more. Oh, well. Muddle on against the silliness. It's a tie, and now we have another two years of overtime. At least it's not over.