The final stage is acceptance

Mass. Marrier continues to come to terms with the expected re-election of progressive yet fatally flawed Dianne Wilkerson in the 2nd Suffolk:

... Wilkerson is not the only egomaniac who expects and often gets voters to overlook her inability to control her appetites and her disregard for the rules the rest of us play by, so long as she can show the a record of good votes. Yet, her prolonged and painful disregard for law, decency and the public should disqualify her from consideration for office. ...