Table of Contents Preface Introduction: How Did It Come to This? 1. Bouncing on the Rails 2. The Gingrich Effect 3. "Independents" and "Democracy" 4. The Electoral College 5. Microcosm of the Nation: Spotlight on Washington State (Part 1) 6. Microcosm of the Nation: Spotlight on Washington State (Part 2) 7. A Brief Historical Survey of the U.

S. Congress 8. States, Municipalities, and Counties 9. Lay of the Land, 2018 (Alabama-Montana) 10. Lay of the Land, 2018 (Nebraska-Wyoming and DC) 11. Coming Out of the 2018 Midterms (Pacific Coast, Western Interior, Midwest, and Southwest) 12. Coming Out of the 2018 Midterms (Northeast, ­Mid-Atlantic, Appalachia, and Southeast) 13. Playing a Field of Two 14.

Stacking the Deck 15. Missed Opportunity: The Kavanaugh Hearing 16. Three Walls 17. Spinning the Mueller Report 18. Justin Amash: A Bold Statement 19. July-September 2019: Embarrassing Developments 20. Impeachment and Acquittal: A Foregone Conclusion 21. Covid-19: Division Trumps Unity 22.

Law and Disorder 23. Flipping (and Flopping) the High Court 24. The Year 2020 In Review: A Step Back 25. A Sad Ending Epilogue: Let It Go Bibliography Index.