The biggest Democratic excuse for their impending losses goes out the window. Democrats actually outspent Republicans by about $25 million — and that’s just on the House side. Overall, Democratic groups spent $142 million on ads for the House and $120 million on ads for the Senate.

But it appears that the Republican-leaning groups were able to make a significant impact in many House races by leveling the playing field for underfinanced Republican challengers, who in previous elections might have had little chance against Democratic incumbents.

“Republican groups basically provided the advertising version of bridge loans for the underfunded challengers, running ads before they could go up on the air for themselves,” said Evan Tracey, president of the Campaign Media Analysis Group.

So contrary to the narrative pushed by Barack Obama and his media allies, these outside groups actually leveled the playing field for conservative candidates. Candidates who otherwise would have been crushed under the weight of left-wing groups.

So what will the excuse be tomorrow? Probably something involving messaging. “We passed great legislation but we didn’t sufficiently sell it.” As if one more town hall or another taxpayer-funded commercial for ObamaCare would have resulted in Democratic gains or at least holds.