AN ARROGANCE JUSTIFIED BY NOTHING: “As Harvard law professor Adrian Vermuele noted after watching Wilson, Lemon, and Ali in action [on CNN], ‘It’s perfectly rational for ordinary Americans to reject any possibility that this class should rule them, even if the alternative is Donald Trump.’”

Related: CNN’s Reza Aslan responds to the horrific news that Rush Limbaugh was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer by tweeting, “Ask yourself this simple question: is the world a better place or a worse place with Rush Limbaugh in it?”

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Compare:

Tulsi has gotten more support — or at least grudging likes — from the right than her actual politics suggest she should, and there have been explanations ranging from her comparative hotness to her willingness to diss Hillary. But I think it’s also that she’s not constantly displaying the rather icky tropes of America’s anointed class. Instead, she seems like an actual human being.