In one of the most divisive election seasons I can ever recall witnessing, we have been watching politicians slowly being herded into one of two camps. They aren’t traditional divisions based on red and blue or left and right. Increasingly, the swamp is being forced to ask whether you stand with the Freedom Caucus or the Squad. “Moderate” is a dirty word. Trying to be a successful moderate in Washington today is roughly as easy as a transgender hooker angling for a position as a priest. This choosing of sides carries over to the major issues being debated in this election and it does so in a way that is making many liberal analysts quite nervous.
Aside from the economy (yes, that’s an important one), the other key issues all boil down to questions of personal safety and security and the need (or lack thereof) to ensure that people feel that they live in an orderly society and not…
