Think of Trumpism as a poison, and the body politic as, well, a body. I am feeling optimistic that the poison this body has taken won't kill us. That the body is slowly expelling the poison from its system. Case in point: The 6th district Congressional race in Texas. Another case in point: Mitch McConnell voting in favor of taking up the bipartisan infrastructure bill. McConnell may want a nice new bridge in Kentucky with his name on it but, who cares? The point is solely that Trump put out a statement saying the Republicans should resist any infrastructure bill until after the 2022 elections, and McConnell defied him. McConnell has been the embodiment of the remaining Trumpist poison in the system since his master's slinking departure on January 20th. Now he may be showing some independence of thought. Heck, in a world in which Dick Cheney's little girl can sound like the Voice of Reason: bars are all set pretty low.