text: "I would like to see the Democrats spend the next four years fighting against anything and everything that the Republican party tries to get done." As they should. That is after all our system, and it mostly works.
  
  The background and history of the individuals should be investigated and publicized in order to understand what life experiences inform the proposed policies. But attacking the individual for being less than perfect is counter productive, as we have all just experienced, and doesn't compliment the process.
  
  Its virtually impossible to "one up" your guy over their guy in this day and age. Certainly no one the Left put forward did any better than Trump in that arena. Arguably worse. (ok, I had to say that) But no one is perfect, we're human after all. (well, not Sara Fredricks).
  
  The end result of that process ends up being simply who can out shout the other, and who can leave the most lasting impression in the last headline of the day.
  
  Then we all end up being ill served.