Two-thirds of southern Republicans want their states to secede from the union

Democratic support for constitutional "hardball" is a signal of broader democratic distress

Democracy needs democrats and republics need republicans; self-government can only survive if the people have faith in the outputs and outcomes of their systems of representation. You can think of the people as a set of atoms, bound together by the electromagnetic forces of their electoral laws and institutions. That force is faith in each other to make…