Yeah, people forget how quickly things can change. It’s not all that long ago that all four Dakota senators were Democrats!

I was talking to a younger friend recently and pointed out that in summer of ‘96 several highly respected national columnists were predicting that Clinton would finish 3rd and combined with three straight 400+ EV wins by Republicans that the Democratic Party would soon cease to exist. Of course, after Clinton got 370 EV that fall, that talk quickly disappeared.

I know that now it seems like the sharply divided country will continue forever, but every “forever” in the past has failed to endure. None of us know what event(s) will makes things change, but they will.