One can complain (and I do, justifiably) that the political press shouldn't mostly be about Republicans kicking the soccer ball and then all of their little 5-year-old selves chasing it around, but still politics is inevitably part theater, even though it shouldn't be the worst of Vaudeville (the best of Vaudeville would be fine). And if the Dems don't even show up to the stage...
Sternly worded tweets don't count.
