The three big reasons behind Harris’ humiliating defeat
The politics of today’s left is heavy on social engineering according to group identity. It also, increasingly, stands for the forcible imposition of bizarre cultural norms.
A story in chess lore involves the great Danish-Jewish player Aron Nimzowitsch, who, at a tournament in the mid-1920s, found himself struggling against the German master Friedrich Sämisch. Infuriated at the thought of losing to an opponent he considered inferior, Nimzowitsch jumped on the table and shouted: “To this idiot, I must lose?”
It’s a thought that must have crossed the minds of more than a few liberal pundits and Democratic eminences late on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT), as Kamala Harris’ hopes for winning the presidency began suddenly to fade.
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Bret Stephens is a columnist for The New York Times.
