In 2010, President Obama described those midterm elections as a “shellacking” for Democrats, who lost 60 seats in the House. Then, as now, the economy was the top issue.

If Republicans could have had a worse night, I don’t know what it would be. From Maine to Michigan to Texas, Republicans failed miserably to get any message across to voters that would have persuaded a majority to vote for their candidates. One reason for the debacle was that too many GOP candidates ran on fear – fear of socialism, fear of “jihadis” (a slap at Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed).

The blame game started before the night was over. President Trump ludicrously blamed Fox News for the many defeats. In a way he may be right. Fox carried many of Trump’s rambling, egotistic rallies in which he often repeated himself, used vulgar language, called Democrats names and demeaned others. His closing remarks were at the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument. He sounded more like someone trying to sell you a pool for your backyard.

Trump fulfilled some promises. He closed the........

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