{"id":35538,"date":"2012-11-07T16:18:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T16:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/the_day_after_ii_mitt_romneys_concession_speech\/"},"modified":"2012-11-07T16:18:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T16:18:39","slug":"the_day_after_ii_mitt_romneys_concession_speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=35538","title":{"rendered":"The Day After (II): Mitt Romney&#39;s Concession Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nation, as you know, is at a critical point. At a time like this, we can\u2019t risk partisan bickering and political posturing. Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>And we citizens also have to rise to the occasion. We look to our teachers and professors, we count on you not just to teach, but to inspire our children with a passion for learning and discovery.<\/p>\n<p>We look to our pastors and priests and rabbis and counselors of all kinds to testify of the enduring principles upon which our society is built: honesty, charity, integrity and family.<\/p>\n<p>We look to our parents, for in the final analysis everything depends on the success of our homes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/decision2012\/mitt-romneys-concession-speech-full-transcript\/2012\/11\/07\/99f9c98c-28a0-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_story.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nation, as you know, is at a critical point. At a time like this, we can\u2019t risk partisan bickering and political posturing. Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people\u2019s work. And we citizens also<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=35538\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics-politics","category-us-presidential-election-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}