Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that the GOP is headed for an electoral defeat of fairly epic proportions in the midterms. It’s nearly certain the House will flip, and betting odds are currently more than 60 percent that the Senate will fall to Democrats as well.

I had long made my peace with a House loss, as this almost always happens to the party in the White House in off-year elections. But just a year or two ago it seemed like Republicans had the best Senate map in a while coming up, full of seemingly safe incumbents and vulnerable Democrats in Georgia, Michigan, and even New Hampshire.

Not anymore, obviously. That’s how far down President Donald Trump has brought the Republican Party with his ill-conceived decisions this time around. If we get out of this with a 50-50 split, I’ll be shocked and relieved, but it’s more likely to be Dems by at least two or three seats, meaning a net loss of five or six for the GOP.

Don’t get me wrong. John Thune has been among the weakest, most inept Senate Majority Leaders in U.S. history, and the scorn I have for him and his ilk knows no bounds. In fact, if I thought he truly wanted to keep his majority, maybe I might be rooting for him to lose it. But it’s evident that he and other entrenched members of the political establishment likely relish the thought of going back to the minority and........

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