The Empire Wrecks Back

The fallout from the deliberately inflammatory Rebellion PAC ad continues, as it seems to have created a massive rift between Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, and his vanquished primary opponent Haley Stevens. Stevens, whose fiancé Jason Turkish already publicly announced he was endorsing AES' Republican opponent, came out with a lengthy list of demands for El-Sayed before she'd deign to appear with him. El-Sayed, who'd already disavowed the ad and was reportedly ready to more explicitly condemn it, bristled at Stevens' ultimatums. Now the unity event is off, and Republicans are salivating at another Dems-in-disarray opportunity.First thing is first. While I agree with those who attribute this whole cascade to the fallout from that terrible ad, that in no way excuses Stevens' wretched choices here. She's responsible for her own choices, and these choices are pure wrecking behavior. It's all the more frustrating because Stevens' initial concession and endorsement…