Towing The Line

“Barack Obama's election is both an astounding political victory -- and the end of an era for black politics.

...The idea of black politics now tilts away from leadership based on voicing grievance, and identity politics based on victimization and anger. In its place is an era in which it is assumed that talented, tough people of any background will find a way to their rightful seat of power in mainstream political life.”

-- Juan Williams, on the "breathtaking leap" many - white and black - may not be ready for, in The Wall Street Journal.