One thing the VP debate did was highlight that Donald Trump has done the GOP a great favor: his audaciously abhorrent behavior has given cover to the routinely odious nature of their "standard" views.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich