At his newsletter Frank Bruni passes on a pretty good metaphor for the feeling of dread generated by the approaching election.
Good Lord! There are still six weeks to go. is a more dreadful description yet to come?In The Atlantic, Charlie Warzel wrote: “As we lurch closer to Election Day, it’s easy to feel as if we’ve all entered the Great Clenching — a national moment of assuming the crash-landing position and bracing for impact.” (Gwen Toole, Pensacola Fla.)