Winning feels great. But the best don’t settle and assume they’ve figured out how to succeed forever. New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, upon winning the Super Bowl this month, declared that despite the great feeling of winning, he was concerned that he was already “five weeks behind” for the next season. Champions are always looking to the horizon, trying to figure out how to succeed again, rather than spending too much time dancing in the end zone.

Republicans hold an incredible number of levers of power in American government, from the federal to local level. With Democrats licking their wounds and trying to figure out a way forward — tack hard left? Move to the center? Print more “Nasty Woman” shirts? — the GOP is feeling pretty great about itself.