Commentary: Bookman: Here’s why the midterm election blowout is actually good for Republicans

By: Jay Bookman

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: November 5, 2026

Words: 792

Last Updated: 4 days, 14 hours ago

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Tuesday night was a great night for the Republican Party.

I’m dead serious.

The GOP needed to be slapped across the face and told to snap out of it. It needed to be kicked in the butt, and kicked hard. The party that once liked to think of itself as the grownup party needed to be sent to its room without supper and have its car keys and phone taken away.

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