With the election of Donald Trump, reality TV culture has become mainstream culture.
A number of factors contributed to the election of a former reality star who has, in his presidency, shown to be a relatively lazy and scatter-brained leader who lacks skill in both foreign and domestic affairs.
Seeking to avoid similar mishaps -- and another Congressional investigation into their election night methods -- they plan to inject election coverage with some of reality television's openness.
"To somehow view money as not having an effect on election, a corrupting effect on election, flies in the face of reality," Mr. McCain added of the court's 5-to-4 decision, authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy.
This election matters because of realities -- the realities of global warming, the economy, the Middle East, nuclear proliferation, civil liberties, species extinction, poverty here and around the world, and on and on.
As liberals set about limiting the power of the monarchy, they converted the ideal of constitutional government, accountable to the people through the election of representatives, into a reality.
Within the election of Mr. Obama resides the reality that he is a man who lives comfortably with his Blackberry and, because of that, inherently understands how the world now works.
Although some partisans have roused concern about the integrity of the 2016 Presidential election, in reality, the administration of American elections is in better shape now than it has been in a long time, following on nearly two decade's worth of improvements to voting machines, ballot design, voter-registration systems, and polling place management.
While the recent conversation about criminal justice has turned to the potential implications of Donald Trump's election, the reality is that most of the action in America's criminal justice system is controlled by each state's own criminal laws, not the federal government's.
And, by taking part in the televised debates, he could impose a dose of reality on the election that would otherwise be missing.
