You undoubtedly know by now that John Bel Edwards, a conservative Democrat, defeated Republican Sen. David Vitter in the race for Louisiana governor, with 56.1 percent of the vote. Louisiana in recent years has trended even more strongly Republican than Arkansas.

Edwards did more than win. He drove Vitter out of politics. The loser announced Saturday night he'd not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate.

I'll leave it to Rep. Nate Bell of Arkansas (is there such as thing as an IINO, independent in name only, for someone who's a reliable Repblican vote?) for a relevant comment, in the form of a Luke Russet tweet he dug up and retweeted last night:

#Dems can win in the Deep South! So long as their candidate is a veteran who's basically a #GOP & the R is a paranoid prostitute patron