wanted, i would go to the roof and shout. but it doesn't work that way. and what we're seeing here is a case study in how american democracy works and doesn't work in a sulfurously polarized age. you're question is are the democrats up to this? i argue that the question is, are americans up to it? because the republicans have opted out of this debate. they have chosen to follow a single person, a single will to power, and have basically ceded, outsourced the government of this country to the american president and to 50 democrats in the senate and nancy pelosi's narrow majority in the house. and so i think if you want to look at this moment in a broader sense, it's a miracle in a way that president biden has gotten