Right this time?

Over the past year, the American people have relearned how horrible it is when Republicans control all branches of government. The sweeping victories by Democrats in last week’s elections around the country demonstrate that.

During the presidential campaign, I repeated over and over that Donald Trump would be the gift to Democrats who keeps on giving. I was sure that Americans would never elect someone who is so obviously unqualified, disgusting and horrible in almost every way. I was confident that Mr. Trump could not possibly win. When he did, I wondered how I could have been so wrong, wrong, wrong.

Or was I?

If Hillary Clinton had become president, she would have had to deal with a Republican Congress. As they