Brian Gilmore '92 published an article in The Bradenton Herald arguing that the GOP's 'Southern Strategy' has failed.

Gilmore writes, "John Sununu, an adviser to the Romney campaign, commented that Obama needed to "learn how to be an American." In the end, the country rejected these low appeals, just as the vast majority of Americans are rejecting the new secessionists who have surfaced after the election.

These are tremendously positive signs for the United States. Now, almost 150 years since the end of the Civil War, we are at last putting the stain of race behind us."

Read more in The Bradenton Herald, "GOP 'Southern Strategy' is not working"