Like many people, I've been thinking a lot about lessons to be learned from this week's national elections. Then I remembered this post I wrote 2-1/2 years ago. I believe that my prediction then that the Republican Party's shift to the right, occasioned by the rise of the Tea Party movement, would hurt it in the long run has proved true. I also expect that the party will get the message, and that we will soon witness a messy but definite move towards more moderate positions that will eventually make it a force to be reckoned with again. Until then, we should expect a great deal of finger pointing, soul searching, self-assessment and shaking out of the more radical elements. I plan to write more soon about why, quite apart from who won and who lost, this election gives me so much hope for America.
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