I see no lack of tolerance by Democrats for “the other side”! Quite the reverse actually. They put up with a lot.

What I see is the law gradually working its way through due process to deal with an ex President who thinks he is above the law and is trying to circumvent the law.

I see some democratically elected politicians and officials doing their best to make sure those efforts don’t succeed whilst others try to make sure they do.

One side is right. The other is wrong. I know right from wrong and therefore what side I am on.

The Founding Fathers were trying to design a democratic process to elect a national leader at a time when most countries were ruled by kings or dictators.

They did not anticipate political parties becoming the norm otherwise they might not have gone for an electoral college.

The big problem they had was how does the voter know who to pick. No TV or modern media the news would take weeks or months to travel across country and no local party office to spread the good word about the candidate.

The Electoral College is just a proxy vote.

So hick farmer votes for a local prominent person someone they trust and who is knowledgeable has traveled and may even know the candidate. That person then votes for the candidate.

By the way a member of the Electoral College can vote for who they like. So say Biden wins a state with 10 Electoral Votes it is possible that one or more of those could pick Trump. There would be legal challenges but it is not a legal slam dunk that just because Biden won that state all the votes are his.

As you say with political parties and mass media this system is no linger fit for purpose and should just be a national election directly voting for the candidate.

Depressing as it is, long term I can only see civil war emerging from the current situation; hopefully a war of words rather than a repeat of the nineteenth century debacle.
California has long been a candidate for succession. It regularly appeared in charts of wealth, often being ahead of many sizeable countries and their economies. But I can see many southern states wanting to split away because of the migration crisis; Abbot sending migrants to sanctuary cities is focusing the problem more but at some point something has to break. Either Trump gets in and sorts out the problem or Biden continues down the path of having his strings pulled by those we cannot see and the border problem becomes intolerable, forcing a split.

The Democrats had their chance for Biden to step down with grace, but they are now far too late.

I wonder if they genuinely believed the legal actions would break Trump so no need to change. After all, the US public - especially the law and order loving Republicans who support him - would never vote for a convicted/charged criminal/fraud. Would they?

If so, a colossal blunder for the incumbent party.

I know I generally agree your posts - or at least the angle they come from - but I am disagreeing with you twice in as many days.

I think this statement about the law is the image the Democrats are desperate to foster, but the US public are not buying it, save those where the door to push is already open.

If he committed tax fraud in his business dealings and they can prove it to the criminal standard, then throw the book. However, the Stormy Daniels thing would not have seen the light of day but for the identity of the Defendant (the Democrat prosecutor has all but admitted it is politically motivated). And as for the recent farce of seeking to stop him stand, that was a foolhardy, self-defeating tactic that indicates a great deal of naiveté at the DNC.