The reference by Lynyrd Skynyrd is to the segregationist George Wallace, who terrorized Black people in the 1960s.

Ultimately, Wallace lost power, and a would-be assassin's bullet put him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

I thought of the song when evaluating last week's vote. I know I did all I could do. I clearly laid out the danger from the Biden administration and the present-day Democratic Party. But millions of Americans dismissed the warning.

Each voter had a reason, but history will show the destruction to our society that will occur over the next two years. Some of us will avoid the worst of it - but the poor will not.

At this point, perceptive Americans will move forward and accept the "will of the people," no matter how misguided it is. This is not a mandate situation; more Americans voted for House Republicans than Democrats.

But the progressive movement was not derailed as I hoped it would be.

Tough two years ahead.