@jumbanho (re the superlative, obviously a bit hyperbolic, i don't want to be in the business of comparing Obama to Pol Pot and claiming Obama more destructive. there's an implicit "of what?" i wanted to push back hard on the Yglesian erasure of what Obama's choices did to the consensus surrounding the legitimacy of the United States' core institutions. That's where "most destructive" is arguable, though again, i think it prima facie hyperbolic and not really a "thesis" to defend.)