Jonah, I was struck by how much David Brooks’s John Ford Western theme channeled Barack Obama, circa 1995: “We have this strong bias toward individual action. You know, we idolize the John Wayne hero who comes in to correct things with both guns blazing. But individual actions, individual dreams, are not sufficient. We must unite in collective action, build collective institutions and organizations.”

If the idea is for Republicans to become the party of community organizers, I don’t think Brooks is gonna have a lot of takers.