Perhaps the best, most cogent, line in the entire post.
The US has not grownup in a vacuum called the Constitution. We have as many beneficial Federal agencies that were not “Constitutional” as we do ones that suck. I bet the only ones who complain are that tiny minority.
“You can argue that’s how the world should work, but it’s not how the world does work. You can’t simply undo decades of history and culture, with almost no support for doing so in your own party, the opposing party, or from the general population.”
How about if the “decades of history and culture” have led us to a headlong rush to socialism? We should support candidates who will continue the rush, just at a slower pace? I don’t get that thinking.