Flailing arms, pathological ambition, the unseemly sight of Democratic Presidential candidates

How fitting that Twitter — a social media platform apparently built for bickering — co-sponsored a political debate on Tuesday night that often descended into an unintelligible screaming match among too many candidates whose differences belie a vast common ground.

Any one of the candidates in the Democratic race would be among the most progressive leaders ever elected to the White House, so common sense suggests that a few contenders bow out, to clarify the choice and ensure that a consensus nominee can emerge. That would be welcome. But disarray has a way of keeping even the slimmest of hopes alive.

Senator Warren seems a strikingly mad figure waving her arms and hopping around

as if propelled by some mad dance, and Biden who is clearly a suitable case for cognitive assessment incoherently fumbles on

God Bless America