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I’m going to share more of the letters I’ve been sharing over the last couple days. But, before doing so, I wanted to clarify one point that has come up in some of the responses. I don’t share this pessimism – either characterologically or as a matter of prognostication. But it’s out there. So I want to engage it. It’s a fact of the political terrain at this moment whether it is accurate as an appraisal or helpful in the effect. In any case, I wanted to clarify that I do not mean to channel my own take by sharing what many readers are expressing.
Along those lines, here’s a note from longtime TPM Reader AF …