As the crowds dwindle, the president's audiences gradually get down to the nut, and I do mean nut. Ultimately, this is what he's going to rely on to keep his presidency alive and his ass out of a federal prison. For all the intricate plots that have circulated concerning his plans to play monkey mischief with the midterm elections, the president's fundamental electoral strategy remains violence, or the specter thereof.
He's not depending on lawyers, or on arcane parliamentary maneuvering. It is the image of masked goons smashing windows and beating up Capitol Police officers. And if he can't manage full orchestration every time, a small performance like the one in Youngstown will serve his purposes just as well.
Those chants of "USA" celebrating the beating of a woman opposed to him are the music behind his life now. It's not that events like these are unknown to our politics. The same episodes occurred during Richard Nixon's re-election campaign in 1972, and they were a regular feature of George Wallace's rallies during his various campaigns throughout his career.
But neither Nixon nor Wallace were as reckless as this president is. His heathen disregard for the rules and norms of government has no room for debates. It's all bloodthirsty crowds and blood-chilling cheering all the way down.
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