
The nation appears on track to repudiate Trump but not Trumpism, as evidenced by the number of Republicans who are holding on to their seats. Faced these last few weeks with the burgeoning reality that their candidate could lose the presidency, it seems Republicans have fallen in line to retain power within the Senate, which would, barring the results of a couple of valuable runoff elections in the state of Georgia come January, preserve the legitimacy of a hardline conservative court.