I just coined this phrase "laissez-faire democracy", and I'm gonna stick with it. You(an abstract person not Steve) either have universal suffrage and you count all the votes and you let the chips fall where they may, or you're a hypocrite if you profess to love democracy.

I guess that's why, while I find Trump disturbing in so many ways, I'm not actually afraid of the possibility that he'll become President. First, I think it's a very low possibility, if democracy is allowed to work--I'm an idealist that way. And second, even if he does, the normal institutional checks--not a thumb on the scale of an election--will rein in Trump's worst impulses.

Which leads to the fact that it's disturbing how little faith these "party elites" have in both the country's institutions and its people. [James Earl Jones voice] I find their lack of faith very disturbing. Christ, they should just butt out and let us have our election in peace! (the last bit was in normal voice).

I'm rooting for the outsider on the Democratic side. Go Bernie!