Can he put that dreadful day behind him? It isn’t unthinkable. Trump, having been banned from Twitter, can no longer silence anyone with a single push of the enter key. And four years is an eternity in politics, enough time even for events of that caliber to fade sufficiently from the Republican memory. The problem, at least right now, is that Pence seems to be going about this the wrong way. Appearances with congressional Republicans can help, the Heritage Foundation does admirable work, but the way to win a GOP primary is no longer by going through elite institutions. The smoke-filled backrooms have been fumigated; the gatekeepers are all retired. These days it’s about waging the culture war, owning the libs on Twitter, working on splashy if important legislation that bans critical race theory or vaccine passports. Yet somehow it’s tough to imagine a YouTube show called The Pence Report wherein the eponymous host rants about the encroachment of socialism onto Blue’s Clues. It’s been a wild ride for the former Veep, but what ultimately does him in might be that which was once most attractive about him: he’s just too nice for the political moment