I hope someday after this election is over, someone on the "inside" writes a credible account of the thought process in Bernie Sanders' decision to fight on to Philadelphia and not concede the race before. None of the theories being advanced by outsiders make a lot of sense to me and I'm curious if there's some sort of outside-the-box strategy here or if it's just a stubborn emotional response.
Trump seems to be in trouble because of his attacks on that judge. Mr. Trump will be in and out of trouble a lot in the coming months. A writer named Noah Millman has an interesting theory about how and why Trump does things like that. Basically, it's that Trump operates from the premise that he always wins so when he loses, it has to be someone else's fault. And he'll say just about anything to keep that fantasy going.
This morning on CNN, I heard a Paul Ryan supporter (I guess) wonder aloud why Ryan endorsed Trump. Seems obvious to me. Ryan has legislation that he wants to get passed and he figures President Clinton won't sign it but President Trump probably will. Also, you don't get far doing anything in a political party if you turn on its nominee.
Amidst the bigger headlines last night, did anyone notice who the Republican candidate is for Barbara Boxer's Senate seat in California? There isn't one.
Frank Rich thinks that Hillary Clinton's best Trump-basher will not be her husband or Sanders or her running mate or even herself. It'll be President Obama. Well, he's good at it.