"This Is What We Are, and What We Are Going to Be"

"The more banal fallout of this all is that America remains a nation split between red and blue, with neither party gaining a decisive advantage. Republicans cannot triangulate or realign the electorate in such a manner to doom the Democrats to irrelevancy. Democrats can't seem to excite voters enough to revive the promise of an Obama-esque landslide. Democrats have the edge to flip the House next year, while Republicans should be the favorites to retain Senate control. The 2028 race is probably going to be a closely divided slog, no matter whom the major parties nominate."

Ross Barkan at New York looks at the state of American politics, six months into Donald Trump's second term.

As does Andrew Sullivan at The Weekly Dish.