When I taught chess, we encouraged young players not to play "hope chess." Which means, making a move based on what you hope the opponent will do, not based on

When I taught chess, we encouraged young players not to play "hope chess." Which means, making a move based on what you hope the opponent will do, not based on what you actually think is the best (or even a good) move. Playing a game based on logic, not based on hope, is both part of having a good strategy for any game and part of growing up. You can't just hope life's obstacles away. And yet, by their actions and their rhetoric, "American liberals" seem to be implying that hoping that Trump gets impeached is, in fact, a viable political program, despite "rationally" knowing that the odds are against it, and that their denial of the reality is more likely to lead to 8 years of President Trump than 0 years. The smugness is just a symptom of a much deeper childishness in the Democratic party.