The Patriot Post® · Republican Wave Reverses Tide of Big Government

Few people remember the last time the Grand Ol’ Party enjoyed this much power. Results from the last few races of the GOP midterm election wave came straggling in, as the race for the 2nd District in Arizona between Republican Martha McSally and Democrat Rep. Ron Barber finished with yet another Republican in the lead. At final count, the 114th Congress will have 247 Republican representatives and 54 Republican senators. Noah Rothman at HotAir writes, “Combined with the GOP’s dominance at the state legislative level (Republicans control 56 percent of seats in the legislatures, the highest number since 1920), and the party’s control of 31 of 50 gubernatorial mansions, the Republican Party will be in the strongest position it has seen since prior to the popularization of Democratic progressivism.” That’s right: voters have rejected the idealized big government utopia of “Yes we can,” the Great Society and the New Deal. The last time this happened with this much magnitude, the TV wasn’t even invented yet. More…