In the rush to claim victory for Democrats, many pundits are missing that the most likely effect of the House takeover will not be any major policy victories for the left, but rather a long-term benefit to President Trump and his 2020 re-election effort.
Over the last month or so, a great deal of attention has been paid to the #NeverTrump movement, to the possibility that delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland could somehow nominate a more conservative alternative, and to the struggle over the rights of conscience of convention delegates.