As one of the guys to see the TEA Party wave of 2010 early
And saw the election of Donald Trump coming early
I can say about 2018, the GOP is screwed
Yup, and they deserve it. I’m not looking forward to impeachment proceedings but that’s probably what the Dems will feel their mandate is. Trump should work hard to finish off the tax reform bill and signed it and then spend the next year destroying the GOP instead of working with them...I’d suggest use the Dems and a few GOP to get infrastructure done. Immigration isn’t happening with this bunch and neither is Obamacare. Stop fundraising for the GOP...Try to take out the GOPe with Dem support...Fight impeachment hard in 2019 and try to get re-elected in 2020 (all the while supporting anti establishment, pro MAGA candidates). Work with reality
I think you've hit on an important element of this discussion that people are missing.
Trump has tapped into a deep distrust of government, of the swamp, of people being sold a bill of goods in the name of diminished sovereignty and little respect for the Rule of Law. He (and Bannon....let's not throw out the baby with the bath water) rode that to the White House.
This loss is not a cause for fear, but for awakening and mobilization. There is a need for Deplorables to start their own "farm system" as the Tea Party did, for vetting and prepping candidates. The GOP won't help...we gotta get moving on our own.
That said, when I see people arguing, cynically, that critics of Roy Moore should have purged their music and video/movie collections of all works featuring David Bowie, Chuck Berry, Led Zeppelin, the Who, R Kelly, and others, then we are in trouble.