First, you could make a good argument that, of all the realistic possibilities, last night’s outcome was the one that conservatives could have most hoped for in the federal government. Held the House, check. Held the Senate, check. Held the Supreme Court, check. Kept Hillary Clinton out of the White House, check. And, with regard to the latter, the razor-thin, not-even-a-plurality victory for this nonconservative Republican is just right.

Second, for domestic social and economic policy, President Trump needs to make good appointments, but conservatives can breathe a sigh of relief with him and the new Congress. It’s foreign policy that is the immediate job one for us.

And, third, we will see furious (in both senses of the word) activity by the Obama administration and its bureaucrats over the next two-and-a-half-months. They will issue finalize bad regulations, distribute legally dubious regulatory “guidance,” file ridiculous lawsuits, and then set fire to the White House while President Trump is being sworn into office. Get ready.