The Senate is the big prize. Until recently, Democrats felt confident they could get the four seats they needed to take back control if [Hillary] Clinton is in the White House and Vice President Tim Kaine held the tie-breaking vote.

If [Donald] Trump drags down a bunch of Senate Republicans, the post-election GOP assessment will be much more pessimistic.

Republicans think that [Ted] Cruz would be like Barry Goldwater. He'd lose in a landslide and pull the party down with him. They'd lose Senate and House seats.

Even if [Donald] Trump concedes, some of his supporters have promised to take up arms against [Hillary] Clinton.

No one is predicting that the Democrats will get the 30 pickups they need to take back the House majority.

There's a lot of anxiety about terrorism among the country at large. There's also a feeling the country has stagnated.

Ted Cruz is a small-government conservative.