Bringing The Right Together Under Tested and Trusted Principles

The recent nationwide electoral shellacking of the Republican Party at the hands of the Democrats reminded me of a key episode in Moshe Rebbeinu's (the name means "Moses, Our Teacher") early life. 

In the third reading of a recent Torah portion (Shemot (which means "Names")), Moshe goes out to observe the Hebrew slaves at Pharoah's behest as part of his duties as a palace chamberlain. Moses sees an Egyptian taskmaster beating a Hebrew slave and kills the Egyptian after seeing prophetically that no future Jewish proselyte would descend from the assailant. The next day, Moshe tries to settle a dispute between two Hebrew slaves fighting amongst themselves only for one of the slaves to sass him back.  Moshe realizes then that G-d allowed the Hebrews to suffer under the yoke of Egyptian slavery due to their divisiveness and their quarrelsome nature.