… Just as rivers have changed direction, last fall we saw an election change direction in the last month. Talk of a Democratic wave seemed to trigger a counter-movement, attributed by some to the Left’s calls to defund the police, abolish ICE, decriminalize immigration, enact Medicare-for-all, and pack the Supreme Court, to name just a few.
There does seem to be an escalation in fear among Americans of all political stripes and leanings, some of it driven by journalistic sensationalism but a lot more stoked by political arsonists who fan the flames with hyperbole and apocalyptic predictions. They pretend that every problem, every debate is an existential threat to democracy and our way of life. CONTINUED
Charlie Cook