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About Last Night
Random thoughts about the Trump victory:
1. I am way too damn old to stay up until 4 am. Whatever Florida does now should be done everywhere. After closing out the editor’s election thread at 3:30, my youngest started texting me from the middle of the Atlantic wanting to know what was going on. (Thanks, Elon… I think.)
2. Sherrod Brown’s defeat in Ohio was a bit of a surprise. He is one of the few Democrats in this state to show any statewide appeal. The party bench is thin, so he may not be done. The governor’s race is in two years.
I told the lad Brown’s defeat was payback for Brown having the audacity to nominate him to the Academy.
3. Speaking of Ohio governors, Mike DeWine gets to pick JD Vance’s replacement to serve until Nov. 2026. MAGA will want Vivek Ramaswamy, but DeWine is more of a Bush Republican. Names being floated include Matt Dolan, current Secretary of State Frank LaRose and former State GOP chair Jane Timken. Who gets to be the “senior” senator depends on when Vance resigns.
4. My basic assessment of Donald Trump remains unchanged. (I wrote in Ron DeSantis.) He remains underwater in personal approval numbers. That said, he has a window to be bold. If he can do that and control his worst instincts, I wish him well. I do think he is a lucky SOB. Four years ago, the Democrats had one job — not be crazy — and they couldn’t do it. And then they served him up Hillary Clinton 2.0. Harris had all of the appeal of Clinton and none of the policy chops.
5. Speaking of policy, the transgender issue and the anti-male agenda bit the Democrats big time. And they ran a faculty lounge campaign that was obviously never tested outside their own offices. Will they learn? Probably not. They usually react like they didn’t offer up enough weirdness.
Published in General
A dish best served spicy.
I suspect America’s Wine Mom might have more than one drink over the next four years.