J.R. Dunn – I admit I was worried last January. It really seemed as if the Left had taken it all and that nothing stood between them and their goals. The Supreme Court, Electoral College, HR-1, criminalization of firearms, rollback of immigration reforms, and all that just to start.

I wasn’t alone in this. Submissions here at AT relentlessly beat the doom and damnation drum: it was all over. The Terror was about to begin. Prepare for the American Gulag.

But all the time, something kept telling me: they’re leftists — they will screw it up.

What a difference six months makes. The race has not gone to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. Continue reading →