Wayne Allyn Root is not handing out participation trophies after the GOP’s landslide defeat. In the first installment of a five-part examination, Root argues that Republicans both deserved the loss and were cheated. That is an uncomfortable diagnosis, which is precisely why it is more useful than the usual election-night ritual of blaming weather, messaging, or some mysterious force that always appears after the votes are counted.Root says Part 1 focuses on the GOP’s mistakes. The planned installments will examine weak Republican television ads, voter concerns over “affordability,” alleged Democratic election tactics involving open borders and mail-in ballots, and what he describes as a possible pyrrhic Democratic victory. Root says Democrats may have won decisively while gaining little governing power, and he argues that the result could eventually benefit Republicans in 2028.His opening message is blunt. “We failed,” Root writes, arguing that the GOP’s defeat was earned and deserved. He then offers the other half of his argument: “We was robbed.” Root alleges that Democrats used a deliberate strategy involving immigration, welfare programs, mail ballots, and limited election safeguards. Those are serious claims, and Root presents them as the central argument he plans to develop in the later parts of…

Wayne Allyn Root is making his final midterm forecast with the confidence of a Las Vegas oddsmaker and the restraint of a man who has never met a dramatic political prediction he disliked. Root admits he is human and not always right, then says his record is 99.999% accurate. He says he has made thousands of political predictions during the past 12 years, all on the record through writing, television, radio, and podcasts. Before politics, he says, he spent 42 years making his living as an oddsmaker and was dubbed “America’s Oddsmaker” and “The King of Vegas Sports Gambling.”For this election, Root says he made only two actual bets. The first was a large wager on Ken Paxton winning the U.S. Senate seat in Texas. The second was a bet that Republicans would win the Senate. Root rejects Texas polls showing Paxton’s opponent ahead and argues that voters will not choose a candidate he portrays as hostile to Christianity and supportive of communism. His tone is not exactly the cautious language of a Sunday morning panel show, but caution has never been Root’s favorite political accessory.Root’s House prediction is much less favorable for Republicans. He says, “There is no blue…