China-bashing agenda will have bipartisan support in Washington

POLLSTERS and pundits in Washington seem to now have a new full-time job: Figuring out what the outcome of the recent American midterm election really "means".

What is the "message" that American voters sent to President Donald Trump and his Democratic opposition on Capitol Hill? And, of course, that ultimate question: Who "won" and who "lost"?

The Democrats who have regained control of the House of Representatives with an impressive margin have clearly come out of the midterms with a big win. Under the leadership of a new Speaker (probably the veteran politician, Representative Nancy Pelosi from California), the Democrats will now head the powerful committees and be able to set the House's legislative agenda.