sitting here talking about a republican field that is being dominated by trump-ism, by conversations about pardons for donald trump. you have president joe biden out on the stump today, with union members, touting his economic accomplishments. i ve gotta tell you, the split screen, i know we ve got a lot of split screens. but this one really reminded me of what a unique moment in history we find ourselves in. when the democratic front runner is focusing on the substantive accomplishments of his first term, and the republican front runner is under indictment. and somehow has enough power to get all the other candidates talking about whether or not they re going to pardon him. right, it s like the kind of thing you use to see in a corrupt local government. and sometimes people would run for mayor on things like that. whoever thought that we would have that in the presidency? we americans only get great presidential leadership if presidents are afraid, if they cross certain lines, if th