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