And, Joe, you and Ryan put your finger on it: Trump is in your face because Americans are becoming tired of playing the punk's game. Anyone, anything is better than what's on offer; respect for Congress and the Court at dismal lows.

Reason cannot prevail because America, now firmly in the grips of the Age of Acquiesence, gave up resistance to wealth and arbitrary power generations ago. There was a time when the middle class and working men and women had influence on national affairs. Finance has replaced industrial "capitalism."