The night before the midterms, someone made a brilliant, sorrowful observation about the state of MAGA. The insight came from an unlikely source: comedian Conan O’Brien. And it came in the unlikely form of a parable about auto manufacturing.

“Cars used to look wildly different, each one,” O’Brien said. “And then they started using a wind tunnel to design them, and all the cars started looking the same,” because manufacturers settled on more or less one design style that makes for “the most aerodynamic shape.” That’s “why a Ford and a Maybach and a BMW and a Porsche all look like this — ‘cause it’s the most aerodynamic shape,” he said. Then he delivered the kicker: “I think that in modern politics we’ve gotten to the point where someone figured out if you don’t have a soul, you’re more aerodynamic, and you’ll go faster.”

Days later, after the midterm election results proved that the American people felt the same way about a number of soulless politicians throughout the country, one political figure made an effort to stand out — rushing to show himself the fastest-moving Republican, and the most aerodynamic vehicle for achieving the will of the people.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis identified Israel as the goal-setter behind the disastrous Iran war, and their goal as “regime-change in Iran.” But “that’s not something that we’re gonna be able to impose,” DeSantis said. “That would require massive amounts of boots on the ground, massive amounts of treasure that the American people are not interested in providing.” He called out Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for giving conflicting justifications for the war, and also argued that the Ayatollah are now “more powerful” than before as the Trump administration’s hamfisted attacks “drag on.”There’s no denying that what DeSantis has learned from this year’s elections is true: Americans don’t want more war, and we........

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