In today’s New York Times, I write that Republicans’ chief imperative is to move to the middle–the middle class, that is.

At one point I note that 60 percent of the electorate, according to the exit polls, felt that McCain was out of touch with people like them, and that 79 percent of people who felt that way voted against him. By my back-of-the-envelope calculations, McCain would have had to win 94 percent of the remaining 40 percent of the electorate to win a majority.

You can comment on what you think Republicans should do now at my Washington Post page.