OPINION: Democrats working through the five stages of grief, still in denial

Washington usually lives up to its reputation as a place where time stands still when all people in all the other places want to move, if not at warp speed, faster than Congress will. The Democrats, still as addled as the famous duck hit on the head by the farmer’s wife with a long-handled wooden spoon, are still trying to get through the famous five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. They’re still stuck on denial. How could such a thing happen when we’re so wise, so good, so compassionate, so sincere?