What a mess. People are starting to say nasty things, and the worse it gets the worse it is for us as Democrats and for all American citizens.
The good news is that now voters in other states will have a meaningful role to play. The bad news is that it will get harder and harder to get media play for hugely significant differences between candidates. (<== WARNING: candidate bias apparent in reference selection.)
The best thing any of us can do, I think, is to sternly rebuke anyone we see making crappy arguments. We need to respect the humanity of each of these candidates. The issues of race and gender are stressing this campaign (and have in fact already made it historic) but that is not what the campaign is about. It is about who would make a better president and who presents a better vision for the future of the Democratic Party and the country.
Ok, that’s my bit.
