Shelby Steele: A Referendum on the Redeemer - WSJ.com

Whether or not the Republicans win big next week, it is already clear that the 'transformative' aspirations of the Obama presidency—the special promise of this first black president to 'change' us into a better society—are much less likely to materialize. There will be enough Republican gains to make the 'no' in the 'party of no' even more formidable, if not definitive."