AP headlines GOP victories move nation to right.
The article itself gives the president plenty of quotage from his news conference yesterday wherein he explains away the misunderstandings and ignorance of the populace that serves him and its recent errors in the election. The article then gives the Republicans a couple of quotes to respond.
However, whoever wrote that headline happily conflates country with government. The elections did not move the country. The country used the elections to move the government to the right. More aligned with the country’s beliefs than the government proved to be in the years 2007-2010, most particularly in the years 2009-2010 where the Democratic Party held the legislature and the executive.
However, whoever wrote that headline happily conflates country with government.
A common and rather revealing mistake.