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Conservative: Stop Scolding, Dems!
βOne lesson the left should learn from this election is that you donβt win elections by becoming an angry scold,β notes F.H. Buckley at The Wall Street Journal. βIt isnβt patriotic to think that American history is a list of things that should never have happened and that half of Americans are garbageβ; βtodayβs left is elitist and the right is populist.β βAn older set of progressivesβ took pride in America βand how we differed from other countries.β So: βIf the left wants to find a way back, it should start by taking ownership of everything in our past, the good and the admitted ill.β βOur absolution from history, and our sense of patriotism, can be found only within history, which has always offered its sources of redemption.β
From the right: Shaping the New GOP
βWhen Donald Trump took the oath of office in 2017, his party was dividedβ; eight years later, βhe is the GOPβs undisputed leader,β observes Matthew Continetti at The Free Press. βThe Republican Party has changed in a more populist and nationalist direction,β and its 2024 platform adopts βpositions on trade, entitlements, and peace that had been long associated with the Democratic Party.β Meanwhile, the Democratic Partyβs βtolerance of social disorder and its adoption of equity over merit, open borders, gender ideology, and censorship,β plus the Biden inflation and migrant crisis, brought in βa decisive shift toward the Trump Republicans across the country.β But beware the βdangerβ in taking Trumpβs βdecisive victory as an unqualified endorsement of his personality and program.β
Libertarian: Kamala Couldnβt Win a Fair Fight
βAs pundits, pollsters and wonksβ try to explain why βKamala Harris did so poorly on Election Day,β Reasonβs Christian Britschgi offers βa clear, obvious, overall reasonβ: βher experience as a prosecutor left her ill-prepared to compete in a fair fight.β In that career, βHarris enjoyed all the unfair advantages that Americaβs judicial system confers.β As a US Senator, βshe shined in committee hearings by asking unfair, leading questions to captive testimony givers.β But βwithout her prosecutorial safety net, Harris floundered.β For weeks, she βattempted to correct for her flaws as a terrible retail politician by hidingβ from media interviews. That didnβt βwork in a tough election where voters are expecting you to affirmatively make the case for yourself.β In a fair fight against Trump with no prosecutorial advantage, βshe proved totally outmatched and unprepared.β
Obituary: Bernie Marcusβ Unapologetic Zionism
βBernie Marcus, the billionaire Home Depot founder and philanthropist,β died at 95 and βin the process of giving away the majority of his fortune,β mourns Commentaryβs Seth Mandel. He βsaw what Jewish students were up against and wanted them to feel a sense of pride and comfort with their Jewish faithβ before getting to college. βMarcus had also given to organizations like Hillel Internationalβ and in programs to send young Jews to Israel. βHis unapologetic Zionism was matched by his unapologetic advocacy of economic liberty and the free market.β When he βwas accepted to Harvard Medical School but couldnβt afford it,β he βfound other dreams β one of which was the concept that would become Home Depot.β The lesson: βWe could do with less apologizing for success β and no apologizing for Zionism.β
Lawfare beat: Rout of the Flying Dutchmen
Trumpβs victory turns the various cases against him into βlegal versions of the Flying Dutchman β ships destined to sail endlessly but never make port,β explains Jonathan Turley at The Hill. βIf there is a single captain of that hapless crew, it is Special Counsel Jack Smith,β who just βbecame a lame-duck prosecutor.β New York Judge Juan Merchan βcould sentence Trump to jailβ but βsuch an abusive sentencing, even a brief one, would likely trigger an expedited appeal and would likely be stayed.β And the Georgia case βis legally flawed and likely to fail on appeal.β Winning on Tuesday may not end all the βlawfare battles,β but βmay effectively end the war.β
β Compiled by The Post Editorial Board