Dick Spotswood: For America to continue, political bubbles must be burst

North Bay Democrats are angry. They’re fearful that a 249-year-old experiment of self-government is collapsing before their eyes. They’re experiencing the sage prediction of “The Old Curmudgeon,” H. L. Mencken coming true.

On July 26, 1920, the legendary writer and cynic wrote in his Baltimore Evening Sun column, “As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last...