This is too big a country for that. Rather, a different response has already set in. It is as palpable as the heavy, unbearable air of Arkansas in August. It is not contempt or disdain but just a vast indifference. And for Arkansas in particular, it's a rather poignant sensation, after all the hopes our native son raised.
Light lie the ashes of our pride.
But a different day and a different mood will come. It will just take a while.