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Michael Barone

More than a "thumping." That's what George W. Bush called it when Democrats won majorities in both houses by gaining six Senate and 30 House seats in 2006. In Tuesday's midterm elections, Democrats won majorities in both houses, gaining seven Senate seats, with chances at two more, and have ...

Clarence Page

Thank you, Mr. President. That's what courteous Democrats might say to Donald Trump for the immense (and I'm sure involuntary) assistance he lent to their historic sweep in last week's midterm elections. After all, right up until Election Day, Trump did all he could to amplify the ...

Erick Erickson

For the last two years, the Trump administration has been governed by a simple mantra: "We can just do things." On Tuesday, voters replied, "So can we," and wiped out the GOP. This was not a blue wave. This was not a blue tsunami. This was the breakup of a winning coalition. Those voters, in ...

Tim Graham

We had a midterm election in which the Democrats and the Left were wildly successful. There is one way in which this makes some of them look either deeply stupid or dishonest. Many of them who rejoice now tried to claim there wouldn't be any more elections if Trump won in 2024, or that he ...

Victor Davis Hanson

As the midterms approached, the Left went nearly berserk in its hatred of trillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. Yet its escalating venom would have been almost inconceivable before 2022, when Musk publicly declared that he would be voting Republican. Before Musk's recent political reversal (he ...

Froma Harrop

Stop the talk about a triumphal arch at the gates of Arlington Cemetery. Stop bullying the Kennedy Center into putting the Trump name on its front. Stop obsessing over the Reflecting Pool. Stop cutting down trees at a public golf course in Washington to make a championship course. These ...