Before rank-and-file conservatives ask, “What went wrong?”, they should ask themselves a question every bit as important: “Why were we the last to realize that things were going wrong for us?”

via How Conservative Media Lost to the MSM and Failed the Rank and File – Conor Friedersdorf – The Atlantic.

U.S. President Barack Obama walks onstage with daughter Sasha (2R), First lady Michelle Obama (2L) and daughter Malia (L) before giving his election night victory speech in Chicago, November 7, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

This is a great piece in The Atlantic. Worth spending a few minutes thinking about.