• The first lady told the press that Joe Biden is running again. Fine, but who’s going to tell Joe?
• Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R.) has called for a “national divorce” in which red and blue states go their own ways. It’s unclear who would get custody of Georgia: Republicans run the state government, but the state also voted for Joe Biden and has two Democratic senators. Quite a few large American states are more purple than red or blue. Many others contain pockets of both political cultures: Illinois is dominated by blue Chicago, yet nearly 90 of its 102 counties are solidly red. As the argument progressed — if that is the right word — it became clear that what Greene really seeks is federalism, with a national government confined to those tasks the states cannot manage for themselves. Her error, a characteristic one, is to describe that goal in the most confused and incendiary terms possible. Let red and blue states govern themselves more, and there will be less need for them to feel perennially aggrieved at one another.
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