The ever interesting Mark Lilla in the New York Review of Books on the election. Lilla's verdict: the Tea Party movement is as much Populist as Republican, despite the results, giving the Democrats a chance to seize political momentum in the next couple of years if they emphasize the theme of "fairness."

John T. McGreevy is the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame.

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