But I admit it's too early to tell. Maybe my policy predictions on Trump will be as bad as my political predictions about Trump.

And, for what it's worth, I'll freely acknowledge that Trump's election is having a very good effect on my leftist friends. Because they fear the new occupant of the White House, they're now much more sympathetic to the notion that there should be limits on the power of the federal government and they're acknowledging that maybe federalism isn't such a bad idea after all.

Indeed, some of them are so supportive of limiting the impact of Washington that they're considering secession! The L.A. Daily News reports on a growing campaign in the Golden State.

"Yes California," a pro-secession group, filed paperwork with the state attorney general in November for a proposed 2018 ballot measure to strike language in the state constitution binding California to the United States. …If its ballot measure succeeds, Yes California would pursue a 2019 vote to declare the state's independence. …Talk of California secession is nothing new.