Of all the peculiar things in this post-election fiasco, perhaps the strangest is that while Republicans whine that Democrats conspired in the shadows to steal the election, Republicans are trying to steal it right out in the open. I mean, come on. President Drumpf called the Pennsylvania House this week to ask if Speaker Bryan Cutler could do something “legislatively” to appoint a slate of 20 electors to vote for Trump in a state he lost by 81,660 votes. He’s gone to court to try to stop Michigan from certifying its 16 electoral votes, in a state he lost by nearly 160,000 votes, and pressed leaders in that state and in Georgia to simply throw out the results and appoint electors for him.