[Hoot Gibson]

The elections were a catastrophe for Republicans. There is no way to spin it any other way. The loss of the House majority means that Trump will fail to secure funding for a border wall in his first term. Republicans should send somebody to the bullpen to warm up because Trump is no longer a viable candidate for 2020.

Trump has not been able to work effectively with his own party. I hope that he finds it impossible to work with the socialists across the aisle. Now is no time to start compromising. Gridlock is the best that we can hope for for the next two years, along with another new Supreme Court member or two.

I believe that, given the great improvement in virtually every economic indicator since Obama left office, the losses last night were unprecedented. Trump was right - he drove the turnout yesterday, which was not a good thing it seems.