Nice piece by EJ Dionne. I would add that institutions are "sticky." They tend not to change much - otherwise they wouldn't be institutions. Trumpism is an assault on the institutions of liberal democracy - his patrimonialism, rent-seeking and nepotism combine with an ignorance of both the Constitution and the laws of the land. The GOP is feckless in holding him to the rules and norms of American democracy. Can we make it to 2018, much less 2020? Are enough Americans strategically spread out and gerrymandered to prevent all but the biggest wave from breaking the GOP hold on the House?
I honestly don't know.
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