"If the Democrats somehow manage to take the House or prevent the Republicans from gaining eight seats in the Senate, it will be a shocking and astonishing surprise that will make Trump's 2016 victory seem perfectly normal and predictable by comparison. The truth is that Democrats and old-fashioned McCain-style Republicans are relics of a forgotten America. The new America has embraced Trump, and by November his approval will be well above 50% even in the non-Rasmussen polls. Soon Democrats won't even have the power to manage a filibuster, and the dismantling of the old America can begin in earnest.
There really isn't anything Democrats can do in terms of messaging or policy. The fact is that Trump's message works. All the hatred, bile and stupidity that he beats into the heads of Americans every day is bringing out the worst in us, and there is no defense against it. The media is on his side, repeating and amplifying his words 24/7 and making his caveman mentality an inescapable touchstone of our culture. We are all living in his made-up fantasy world and there's nothing we can do about it. America is gone, and we as a people have proven through our complacence and sheltered ignorance that we do not deserve the great nation that our founding fathers built."
