>The outcome of the senate won’t matter if Trump
>is still there.
>
>I’ll take a Brown presidency that has to wait until
>2022 to be truly effective over a Trump win any day.

so its more likely dems would lose even more senate seats in 2022 (along with offices in the states). then you add the seat that brown would already be giving up.

a dem prez with a repub senate is basically a lame duck. no judges (def no supreme court seat), no critical senate-approved appointments to various agencies, etc. itd basically just be a different face on the trump administration. but with repubs gaining seats across the country and cementing power before another repub prez won and again capitalized on that power.

2nd best scenario to a dem prez with a dem senate would be trump winning with dem winning both chambers of congress. then trump would effectively be a lame duck with no real power while dems eat up even more power in the states for 4 years. with an almost-certain economic downturn falling under a 2nd trump term...a dem prez could legitimately come into power with a senate supermajority and a whole bunch of dem-dominated states (especially after redistricting). only downside is that rbg would have to make it through 4 more years.