Ruth Marcus: “I am reeling, to be honest…. I cannot fathom the notion of Trump as a ‘better politician.’ Everything that happened over the last few weeks, in particular — all of his unhinged remarks and self-inflicted wounds, all the things that appeared to drive his own advisers around the bend — does not suggest ‘canny politician’ to me.”
“Likewise, I think Harris ran, from my perspective, a very good and disciplined campaign — far better than I expected, with a far more energized and unified party than on the day Joe Biden withdrew.”
Maureen Dowd: “We must now fathom the unfathomable: All the misogynistic things, the racist things, the crude things, the undemocratic things he’s said and done don’t negate his appeal to millions of voters. Because he will once again be our president, and he has declared that he has ‘an unprecedented mandate.'”
