Conservatives quite reasonably feel some antipathy toward Barack Obama, but his convention speech Wednesday night contained elements conservatives should applaud and from which modern “progressives” should learn.

Obama made his remarks before a mural of the U.S. Constitution, rooted his remarks in that Constitution, and emphasized that change should and could occur within this excellent system and with reverence for “this country that we love.” This stands in stark contrast to the tenor of today’s race-baiters and rioters, and their elected Democratic enablers, whose message is that America is almost irredeemably racist, with the whole system so corrupt that it must be bypassed, including, perhaps, with violence.