In culinary terms, February’s limited tasting menu of Democratic presidential votes – Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina award 155 delegates, roughly 1/13th the 1,991 needed to secure the party’s nomination – soon becomes a March smorgasbord of main courses.

Hoover Institution fellow Michael McFaul questions the intelligence community for evidence to back up their conclusion that Russians prefer President Trump as the Republican nominee and Bernie Sanders as the Democratic nominee for president. McFaul also criticized the Obama administration for the lack of action after receiving intelligence in October 2016 about Russian interference on behalf of Trump.

Hoover Institution fellow Michael McConnell discusses how we elect a president as well as the caucuses, primaries, and convention systems. McConnell also talks about why we have an electoral college and whether there is a good system for resolving disputed elections.

Tempting though it is to mock Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for his ideals and mannerisms – a task made harder when one’s writing on a Sunday night and Curb Your Enthusiasm is about to air – maybe it’s time for Republicans to cool it with the dreams of a Trump cakewalk and down-ballot mayhem in November and think of the self-styled “Democratic socialist” in more formidable terms.