The meat and bones of traditional American political discourse are falling by the wayside. Where there used to be a productive back-and-forth and search for common ground, there is now an inflexible and relentless us-versus-them mentality.
This year, Donald Trump has made waves by spending a lot of money, getting on a stage in front of CNN cameras and essentially saying, “how hard can this president thing be, really?” What started as a funny joke to…