Now that we have a friendlier and more interactive commenting system, it’s probably time to try out an Open Thread enabling readers to talk about whatever they wish. Go to it, Animals. I’m off to church and will see you tomorrow (or maybe later today if news breaks).

Selah.

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Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York Magazine; a longtime contributor to the Washington Monthly; and a former policy adviser to three governors and a U.S. senator from his home state of Georgia.