Nor did he propose an audacious new philosophical approach to governing, unless you consider basic competence to be revolutionary (on the other hand, given the Bush administration's record, I concede the point). foreign policy in a dramatic new direction - he has been as hawkish as John McCain on Russia, for example - nor did he stump for bold new social initiatives. Think about it: the most left-wing presidential candidate since George McGovern ran on tax cuts! Yes, he was against the war, but he did not campaign on taking U.S. Unlike Ronald Reagan in 1980, though, Obama didn't run on an ideologically distinct platform - which makes it hard to claim his victory as a mandate for a new era of vigorous liberalism. In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was a part of mainstream life here in Dallas on Tuesday night, Barack Obama carried Dallas County. John McCain said in his extraordinarily gracious concession speech - tragically, the best speech of his campaign - electing our first African-American president is a great thing for America. And all credit to the president-elect for magnanimously reaching out to us bruised and battered conservatives in his victory address, quoting Abraham Lincoln's hauntingly beautiful line, 'We are not enemies, but friends.' Yep, he's my president too. I mean, I am a Republican, and I've had it with my side, who got the thumping we deserve. That's not to take anything away from the magnitude of his win or the excellence of his campaign, with its distinctly Reaganesque panache.

Rod Dreher is a columnist and online editorial page editor for The Dallas Morning News and writes the Crunchy Con blog for .īarack Obama's smashing triumph is a victory for the idea that Not Being a Republican is a grand and glorious thing.

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