POST MIDTERM ELECTION GLEE — Letters that should have been in the new york times

11.10.22

To the editor:

What a difference a week makes! David Brooks lamented one week prior to the election 'We're about where we were...Nothing the parties or candidates have done has really changed this underlying balance.' He alluded to deep structural differences within the electorate contributing to a hostile, menacing atmosphere. (11.3.22) Why aren't the Democrats trouncing these guys'?) Lo and behold a week hence, he proclaims 'The fever is breaking.' (11.10.22) The election results, while still unfolding, suggest that our country is less divided than it seems and that sowing divisiveness itself may be a less successful political strategy than it has been in the past. If these results encourage respect for one another, respect for the rule of law, and respect for our differences we will have taken a major stride to put Donald Trump where he belongs - in the history books and out of politics.

Larry S Sandberg