Here we are, a week after the midterms, and things are still up in the air. Some locations still haven't even finished counting, and lawsuits are beginning to fly. The promised Red Wave has become more like a pink trickle. The talking heads and Republican pundits are wondering: "Where did we go wrong?". "Did we have the wrong message?" "Was it all Trump's fault?" "Did we have bad breath?" "Did we use the wrong deodorant?"
The Republicans still trust in the integrity of elections, despite knowing that there will be cheating. We are like Charlie Brown, running to kick the electoral football over the goal, knowing that Democrat Lucy will snatch it away at the last minute. We keep believing that, despite history, things will be different next time. Already there is talk of looking forward to fixing things in the 2024 election. In 2022 we were going to fix everything wrong after 2020. When does it stop?