Wussification

Could  there be any more stark contrasts between the intestinal fortitude of our two political parties as it relates to power and action than what we saw this weekend in Washington, DC and North Carolina.

President Obama gave a calm, reasoned, milquetoast explanation about how Russia helped influence the presidential election and that the US government hasn't really responded to this unprecedented attack on American democracy. At the end of the day, Donald Trump will become president on January 20th and there isn't a damn thing Obama or the Democrats can or will do about it.

Juxtapose that with the Republican North Carolina legislature who called a special legislative session to enact a new set of wide-ranging policies specifically crafted to emasculate the powers of the incoming Democratic governor. 

Republicans at seemingly every level of government now have completely abandoned any pretense of abiding by the traditional norms and customs of politics while the Democrats are helpless to stop these moves and are themselves incapable of copying them for their own benefit.

The wussification of the Democratic party continues.