A Failure of Character Among Republicans, Evangelicals

One of the better speeches I helped produce for George W. Bush was never given. On election night 2000 - standing outside in the rain, at an Austin victory rally that never happened - I had the copy of a concession speech in my pocket. As I remember it, the first lines were: "I have just talked to my opponent, who is no longer my opponent. He is the president-elect of the United States."