Election Day QOTD

"On Tuesday night, Donald J. Trump is odds-on to win at least seven of the 11 contested Republican presidential primaries. If he does so, he is better than odds-on to be the Republican presidential nominee. The facts are as stark as the slopes of Lookout Mountain in the early morning light. It is a consummation devoutly to be wished, especially by those of us who see the Republicans as having been cruising for this particular bruising ever since it so greedily ate the monkeybrains in the 1980s. But, from the people who make their living at being Republicans, we are seeing the kind of existential panic that you only see once or twice in a century. It's Watership Down, with Super PACs and Mitch McConnell." -- (emphasis added) Esquire.com's Charles P. Pierce observing that the Stormtrump effect is a product of decades of dog-whistle racism, xenophobia and wealth worship promoted by the Republican / New Confederate / Stupid / Shooter's Party, which now sees itself on the edge of the abyss.