SO, WHEN A POPE DIES (SHUSH, IT’S RELEVANT) THERE IS A RITUAL THEY GO THROUGH.  I READ ABOUT IT WHEN JOHN PAUL II DIED. THEY DO VARIOUS THINGS THAT IN THE MIDDLE AGES WERE DESIGNED TO WAKE SOMEONE WHO MIGHT NOT BE QUITE DEAD, INCLUDING HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD WITH A SMALL SILVER HAMMER. WHICH BRINGS ME TO…. I HOPE THEY ARE. OTHERWISE IT’S DEAD. AND THAT’S TOO HORRIBLE TO CONTEMPLATE:  Are the Democrats waking the sleeping giant?