From National Review, Ian Tuttle on why the Supreme Court is not a sufficient reason to vote for Trump: Weighed in balance, Donald Trump could be more of a threat to the Constitution than a Hillary Clinton-appointed Supreme Court liberal majority. Trump’s “rigged election” argument comes straight from the GOP playbook: He’s maximizing the number of voters who’ll reject the results of the election, with potentially calamitous consequences. The political process isn’t rigged — it has much bigger problems (and more). Tanya Luhrmann on the paradox of Donald Trump’s appeal: How can a political candidate as offensive and outrageous as Trump be so popular? Trump proves Republican Obama hate was never about Obama’s ideas: “Trump’s racism demonstrated to most Republican voters that he stood with them on the essential divide that ordered their political world — one defined by identity more than ideology”.
Matthew Sheffield on how the conservative media echo chamber is making the Right intellectually deaf. Conservative talk radio host Sean Hannity is fed up with the Republican leadership criticizing Donald Trump and said he plans to blame the GOP establishment if the party’s nominee loses on Election Day. Trump may start dragging GOP Senate candidates down with him. Insiders to Trump: Drop out — “I’d rather take our chances with nearly anyone else than continue with this certain loser who will likely cost the Senate and much more”. Could Donald Trump drop out? Some bettors seem to think so.
Democrats, looking past mere victory, hope to end the Trump movement. The Democrats are surprisingly unified — that should help Hillary Clinton. How Hillary Clinton created her plan for America — behind-the-scenes. The Clinton presidency is already taking shape — will the Left have a voice? Bernie Sanders is fundraising for a new organization “to take the next steps for our political revolution”. James Gregory on radicals in the Democratic Party, from Upton Sinclair to Bernie Sanders.
