As the national political dialogue has grown increasingly chaotic, conflicted and unmoored from basic facts, political junkies may have begun to wonder if they’re the crazy ones. The so-called reality-based community seems to be imploding, with the media treating a thin-skinned would-be strongman with multiple felony convictions as the almost-inevitable victor of an election where, in all likelihood, he will fall short of a popular-vote majority for the third straight time.
That may all have changed with President Biden’s abrupt withdrawal from the race and a surge of enthusiasm and fundraising for Vice President Kamala Harris, his anointed replacement. On the other hand, it may not. The recent Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity serves as a reminder that the supposed institutions of democracy will not save us. It’s the people who will save it, if anything does.
