The Republicans lost the momentum they've enjoyed since Reagan, and they've lost all sense of party discipline. The latter, for a right-wing party, is particularly devasting.
IMO, this was a pivotal election. I'm no fan of Clinton in an ideological sense. But I think his survival and Newt's departure marks one thing positive: The nation has been in a hole for many, many years; now, at least, it has stopped digging.
Carl Remick