Journal Editorial Report: Will Joe Manchin run on a third party ticket for president? Images: AP Composite: Mark KellyThere’s a tendency in politics to ascribe success and failure to one thing when it’s really more complicated. That has been the case with most coverage of last week’s elections. “Abortion issues burn GOP” screamed ABC News. Vox’s Rachel Cohen described the results in Virginia and elsewhere as “a resounding victory for Democrats and abortion rights supporters.” But is holding a 21-19 majority in the Senate and a 51-49 majority in the House really a resounding victory?

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Persons: Will Joe Manchin, Mark Kelly There’s, ”, Vox’s Rachel Cohen Organizations: ABC, “, Senate Locations: Virginia