Democratic Primaries

People on the right love to trumpet their anger, it is what they live for.

The sort of people on whom this election will turn are people who hate quietly. It is a new emotion for them, that they honestly would rather not be feeling, and they are disinclined to make much noise over it. They know people really shouldn't allow themselves to be moved by hate, and feel a little embarrassed to find it a leading emotion for them. But hatred for and disgust with Trump are widespread among the voting public, and run to deeper depths with each passing day. If I were to answer honestly questions on a poll meant to measure 'engagement' with current events, I would be written off as not too likely to vote at all by standard metrics. The fact is, I am just waiting to vote, and so do not care much about the froth of the byplay of news and commentary. Punditry is going to make the same mistake in assessment they did before the Congressional elections in 2018.





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."