By Ray Cardello for November 4, 2026

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You can listen to the debates, discussions, explanations, and, oh yes, the excuses, but the bottom line is the Left cleaned our clock on Tuesday. The Republican candidates fought hard, and in most cases were the better person and the more qualified, but the die was cast in the spring when Donald Trump put both feet on the brakes and did not finish the job in Iran. Though there has been no conflict since April, there also has been no end, and the Democrats, who are incredible at messaging, created “The Endless War.” Pair this with gas prices that are well above $4 a gallon and the Democrats could have run Hannibal Lecter for Governor of Minnesota and he would have eaten us for lunch, excuse the pun.

Thank God for Florida, and the first thing Byron Donalds must do is close the border. Not the Southern Border, but the Northern one with Georgia and Alabama. The folks from Texas who just drank the Kool-Aid and turned it Blue will flee once the newbies are in place and there are fewer places for them to go. Florida has already taken too much damage, and it has nothing to do with tropical storms. Still, with outsiders trying to ruin the one last safe place in America (my apologies to Tennessee), you have to protect what you still have. How sad is it when the only positives a Conservative can point to are Donalds, the first Black governor of a Southern state, Moody, a Florida senator who barely beat a Communist, and Ayotte, the lone Republican still to hold a seat in all of New England? I thought they said that broadcasting a public execution was in poor taste. Democrats are wiping their lips this morning.

But what about Democrats today? Once the stupor wears off and reality sets in, what do any of them have to offer? Other than the ever-popular “change” and getting rid of Donald Trump, the Democrats have no plan for anything, unless you count the DSA candidates whose plan is to destroy America. I point to Chuck Schumer, who will be holding the Gavel until Cortez defeats him. In his closing statement on Tuesday, he said that if his side won, they would start laying out their plan on Wednesday. Aren’t you supposed to lay out your plan before the election, or are elections now about conning voters who are too stupid to know any better? In his closing rant, Hakeem Jeffries, who will get to watch the DSA select the new speaker, yelled that the mission was to get rid of anything MAGA: great plan, Hakeem, and even worse t-shirt.

Trump is now a Lame Duck with a veto stamp rather than an autopen. He will be very busy inking that stamp and signing Executive Orders to keep the Dems on their side of the moat. He’ll also have to see if Alina Habba is back from her honeymoon, because the impeachment and lawsuit season officially opens on January 20. Thank goodness Al Green is far away from D.C.

Author’s Note: Grok AI created the graphics. Grok’s comments about the images: I built this as a quiet, brightly lit poker table inside a marble hall so the emptiness of the hand is the whole story. After the midterm wave the cards are out, but almost nothing is written on them—just the same “change” and “Trump must go” that carried the night. The brighter exposure and rim light keep the felt, the fingers, and the blank cards readable without burying the scene in shadow, matching the column’s demand that Democrats finally show something real once the celebration ends. Florida still stands off to the side; the rest of the table is waiting for a plan that was never dealt.