Too many of us rightly feel a sense of loss, wrongly turn to politics to fill the hole in our lives, and then grow increasingly frustrated when the political process invariably fails to live up to the expectations we place upon it.

Politics Can’t Fix What Ails Us David French 5.4.2023

In reading the various takes and responses online, it occurred to me that some Harris voters were still holding onto the idea of partisan politics as a beacon of hope. They still believed that if the right person wins, we might return to a time when things were good and normal, when things were stable again. The arc could still bend towards

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