From The American Conservative, Daniel Larison on how the GOP establishment’s worst-case scenario is here. Jonathan Chait on Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and the Republican establishment’s tragedy of the commons. Expect the GOP establishment to start looking at the bright side of Trump. Timothy B. Lee on Donald Trump’s best strategy for winning the White House. The rise of Donald Trump is a terrifying moment in American politics. What should experts do when a vacuous blowhard wins the New Hampshire primary? Daniel Drezner on the ethics of advising Donald Trump. Donald Trump explains American politics in a single sentence: We’re being ripped off, and Trump and Sanders are the only two candidates who are really saying that. Paul Waldman on the big difference between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.
From NYRB, Elizabeth Drew on the collapsing center. Two of the intellectual pillars of the Black Lives Matter movement (kind of) endorsed Bernie Sanders. The Bernie coalition: In Iowa and New Hampshire, Barack Obama won over high-income liberals; Bernie Sanders’s campaign points in a different direction. Brendan Nyhan on Hillary Clinton’s challenge: Peddling pragmatism. So will Obama rescue Clinton? The president may have to decide which Democrat he favors before the Illinois primary on March 15. Jay Carney: Obama wants Clinton to win.
Erik Loomis on why you should care more about the general election than the primary. “REMINDER: Your emotional attachment to any candidate is meaningless & will vanish alongside human civilization in the coming apocalypse”.
