What's Ignored

The primary season -- dramatic as this past one was -- should not last 37 years. For one thing, it's just an unnecessary length for what it needs to accomplish. For another, it's such a distraction. It's true that we've mercifully entered the stretch run for the end of this administration, but it would be nice if there was more focus on all that's been done (and being done) in our name, rather than just the loading gate for the next race. As he has for some time now, Andrew Sullivan is staying on point:

It matters not a whit what fantasy the president had cooked up in his own mind about what he was doing. This is what he was doing.