How Close Was That Shave?

Amanpour and Company on PBS - with Michel Martin doing an interview with Susan Glasser.

I'll start this at about 7:55, where Glasser talks about how Trump can't let go of anything that strokes his ego - that it doesn't matter how reprehensible the supporters are, he has to love them for supporting him.

And then, Martin kicks it up a notch at about 8:55, and I get to hear high-status national reporters affirm my contention that in the end, it all comes down to the fact that this whole experiment in democratic self-government is being run on the honor system.

So the survival of the republic depends entirely on the actions of honorable people.

Unfortunately, honor is at dangerously low levels in the GOP.

We ain't done dodging bullets, btw. Don't get comfortable.