So Goes the Nation

You can’t build a national party on post-nationalism

MORE was lost on November 7 than an election. The project of making the GOP a truly national majority party also evaporated. And it did so despite the fact that a Republican president was given an unparalleled opportunity by 9/11 to build such a party on the foundations of a new, inclusive patriotism.

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John O’Sullivan

John O’Sullivan is a senior fellow at National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review.

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You can’t build a national party on post-nationalism

MORE was lost on November 7 than an election. The project of making the GOP a truly national majority party also evaporated. And it did so despite the fact that a Republican president was given an unparalleled opportunity by 9/11 to build such a party on the foundations of a new, inclusive patriotism.