The absolutism and radicalism of today’s Republican Party is the biggest threat to the country that McCain served and loved.
Leonhardt is right: the Republican Party has become no more than a pack of nihilist vandals in thrall to a corrupt bully — and it is the gravest threat the country faces.
Though I am saddened by the failure of the Republican Party to step up and show a scintilla of backbone, I am optimistic overall. As I predicted after the election, the courts have held fast and, excepting FOX News, the media have been no less than heroic. I believe the American people are sound, and that we’re going to see a historic bloodletting in November.