And Now It Begins

"Conservatives,...pocket the fact that the awful culture war has been replaced by a legitimate political competition whose locus has moved rightward. What's left of the rancid war are guerrillas in the Hollywood foothills, pot-shotting at Pat Robertson and other bogeymen. But at the big-league level of presidential politics, it's over. Say good-bye to the Michael Moore Mockathon. Say hello to the spirit in the sky."

-- Daniel Henninger, on the death of identity politics and liberalism - and the re-emergence of real Americans - in this election cycle. He's writing for The Wall Street Journal