Russel: Trump won big, Republicans less so… Here’s the lessons for 2026
By Robert Russel | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
Donald Trump’s impressive electoral victory is indeed a mandate for the man and his agenda.
For Republicans in Congress, it was an underwhelming fizzle. With 10 or more House races slipping through their fingers, atop four senate races yet again blown by Mitch McConnell’s epic incompetence, one almost wonders how Republicans even got a majority at all.
The answer is Donald Trump.
It was Trump, not Mike Johnson, who rescued hapless Republicans from the odor of Project 2025 by linking Democrats to the Harris-Biden record, and by providing a 20-point electoral platform of positive action to solve real problems.
And but for Trump, and a grassroots army of both underpaid and volunteer ballot chasers who worked ...