I don't know how I'm going to make it through 4 more years of this clown. And he's proved surprisingly hard to combat. Liberals tend to focus on appealing to our "better angels," and conservatives on whipping up fear and anger.

It may be that the only way to fight fire is with more fire, but I'm also pretty sure that people who believe in love and hope don't want to become like their opponents. That leaves them stuck.

But we should never ignore the importance of focusing on the economy-- and not just the numbers, but the economy as it is perceived by regular individuals. All of the data-crunching and important indicators are meaningless to people whose expenses keep going up while their salaries do not.