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Opinion in Brief

John Goodman: "What is producing so much anger among Democrats and among the liberal media? I suspect it's because Trump appears so simple and mercurial. ... His political positions seem to emerge off-the-cuff, by Twitter or impromptu press conference or whim. Like the little girl who declared the emperor had no clothes, he appears to be discombobulating the body politic without any evidence of scheming or careful calculation. Then there is identity politics — which is what the Democrats have been all about for the past several decades. While Democrats were appealing to blacks as blacks, Hispanics as Hispanics, women as women, gays as gay, etc., Donald Trump was the first Republican in modern times to interject identity politics into a national election. It was the oldest form of identity politics in the history of elections — all over the world. It's called nationalism. ... That's why Trump did better among blacks and Hispanics than Romney did. It's why he got more votes from white women than Hillary did. It's why the Democrats are in trouble going forward, despite the continuing missteps by Republicans in the White House and on Capitol Hill."