Election Day is finally here, and no one really knows what's going to happen. Most polling suggests Republicans are in for a shellacking. House and Senate, gone. On the one hand, that seems perfectly plausible. The opposition party typically does well in midterm elections.
Democrats are frothing at the mouth. They've waited two years for this moment. Republicans just want it to be over. Donald Trump is unpopular and somewhat unfocused. His most consistent message in the closing days of the campaign: Jon Husted, the GOP Senate candidate in Ohio, has a fabulous ass .
The vibes are such that few would confidently dismiss the possibility that James Talarico, a drag queen-loving avatar of insufferable wokeness, will be the next U.S. senator from Texas. On the other hand, a Democratic rout would mean the polls were basically right.
That would be genuinely shocking. If they're wrong, and Republicans do better than expected—retaining control of the Senate while narrowly losing the House, for i