You know, simply put, there needs to be an adverse consequence for politicians who

[HariSeldon]

6. I think Americans need a perceptual adjustment

Sadly, it probably has to start with the media. They need to shift the focus from the politicians -- whose continued careers may depend on lying on camera -- to people whose careers would be ruined by lying on camera. I think the problem is that the media still believe that the politicians they interview will all tell at least some version of the truth and don't (even after the "former guy&quot have a plan to A) discern the real truth, and B) punish mendacious politicians for their lies. I don't currently see any journalists with the reputational leverage to force politicians into interviews, and that has a lot to do with how partisan America has become: we now -- taken as a whole country -- only value the revelation of misdeeds and mendacity when it's by "the other side."