Well spoke, my friend.You hit the nail on the head.

Trump is a down-wing individual.

Left, right and wrong are so not relevant anymore.

Thanks for that info. Allow me to correct your typo - your pharase ("Right and Left . .") should read 'Right and Wrong'", should it not?

dan has been here for a very long time. i think at the outset this comments section used to be a lot more balanced between left and right thinking individuals.

The one with an actual process involving dialogue, where citizens have at least the possibility of presenting reasoned arguments for one candidate over another. Where an actual opinion is more influential than a vote based on nothing but name recognition.

Which is the big reason why the overall movement has been towards primaries and away from caucuses.

Indeed it is. But I didn't realize you shared my impression of politics as a system where things always go from bad to worse.

A whopping 14 states will be holding their Democratic primaries on Super Duper Tuesday, representing over a third of all American voters.

I don't think that all Democrats represent a third of all American voters. Most people, even among those who vote in general elections, are basically apolitical. They regard casting a ballot in the general election as a ceremonial expression of patriotism, but otherwise they view the whole process as somebody else's problem. They don't identify with either major party (although in most cases they have one party they consistently vote for if they vote at all) and they definitely don't vote in primaries.