Democracy remains

The midterm elections seem to show that the Donald Trump magic is pretty well gone. So why does he continue to run? I have a few answers.

First, there’s his megalomania. He craves attention. He must be the bride at every wedding.

And add to that his belief that running for president will protect him from the multiple criminal prosecutions he faces. He hopes that those on the MAGA fringe will protect him from prosecutors and that, if indicted, we’ll face “problems ... the likes of which perhaps we’ve never seen.”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said last year that Trump “seemed determined to either overturn the voters’ decision or else torch our institutions on the way.”

But, I believe that on Nov. 8, voters showed that democracy is still important to them.