True enough. But this isn’t about how people *should* behave; it’s how the most common sense psychological appraisal makes it clear that they *will* behave. If daddy beat you when you were a child, you grow up angrier at mommy for not stopping him or calling the police.

So you’re saying you think it’s going to be a blue wave in November? People are going to be so grateful for all the help they received they’ll show up at the polls to say so? Wouldn’t it be better to face the facts now while we still have time to change them?