We can only hope. Ted Cruz is now the King of the Tea Party Ugly. Which Republicans created by gerrymandering. If it were not for gerrymandering, the GOP would not even be able to hold the House, yet alone any chance of winning the White House.
The GOP could very well take the Senate next year, after all they have God and the Koch Brothers on their side. And sure they could cause a lot of people a lot of pain for a couple years. But that’s what Republicans do for a living.
The brightest star in the sky of course is Hillary Clinton 2016. An enormous game changer with 8 years to most certainly replacing a few conservatives on the Supreme Court with Liberals. An exceptional change in America.