The Crisis of Permanent Polarization

“I want the Republican Party to be punished. But I probably shouldn’t.”

I have long argued that Democrats should be magnanimous in victory, but even I'm struggling to maintain that posture. If the Republican Party is so intent on playing hardball (to say nothing of the demented voter fraud conspiracy theories), it would be understandable, if not necessarily advisable, for Democrats to return the favor. The mind is strong, b…