It was a good night for Trump and GOP.  He himself was the protective wall against a blue wave.  By comparison, in 2010, Obama's first term, the GOP in the House picked up 63 members, the biggest seat change since 1948, while the GOP gained six seats in the Senate.  Obama got smoked. In 2018, the GOP picked up seats in the Senate, and the Democrats came nowhere near the GOP's victory in 2010.  Even more revealing is that 39 Republicans in the House and Senate did not seek re-election in 2018, which meant the Democrat challenger did not have to dislodge an incumbent (18 Democrats did not seek re-election, either). When Trump won in 2016,  NeverTrumps sneered that they would get out bowls of popcorn and be entertained while they watched Trump take down the country or party or do some other horrible thing.  They did not say they would do this in the face of Democrats' collective lunacy.  The real...(Read Full Post)