His infectious narcissism and incessant victimhood fueled this cult of personality, which he valued more than the office he held. He’s lost his grip on the office, but he’s doing everything he can to hold on to the cult, by claiming he was robbed. It remains to be seen how many he’ll ultimately take with him. But we can be sure the answer will be too many.

It took me a long time to come to the following belief: I want both parties to be healthy, because we need both parties to be healthy to have a strong country. A dysfunctional Democratic party leads to over stepping among Republicans and bad debates that don't create good policy. A dysfunctional Republican party leads to...well we've all seen that and it isn't good governance or policy. I want both parties to be healthy and competitive because I think we'll get the best governance and policy from that.