EDITORIALS Moderation in all things
The view the morning after election day
Posted: November 5, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
PLEASE, could we avoid all the usual talk about the great new wave that’s coming in American politics, about Tuesday’s “transcendent” and “astonishing” election results, and all the other over-the-top and under-the-bottom reactions? All that’s happened is that the political tide has just retreated a few inches down the beach.
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Editorial, Pages 14 on 11/05/2009
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