Victor Davis Hanson writing in Pajamas Media gives advice to the right:

It seems to me that conservatives have a golden opportunity to offer criticism and advice in a manner that many liberals did not during the last eight years. By that I mean I hope there are no conservative versions of the Nicholson Baker Knopf-published ‘novel’ Checkpoint, the creepy documentary by Gerald Range, the attempt to name a sewer plant after an American President, or the celebrity outbursts that we have witnessed with the tired refrain of Hitler/Nazi Bush—that all have cheapened political discourse. When I hear a partisan insider like Paul Begala urging at the 11th hour that we now rally around lame-duck Bush in his last few days, I detect a sense of apprehension that no Democrats would wish conservatives to treat Obama as they did Bush for eight years.

In the future, criticism should be offered in unified pro-American tones, rather than anti-Obama screeds. When disagreements arise, they should be couched in a sense of regret rather than ebullition. There should be no conservative counterparts of Bill Maher, Michael Moore, or Al Franken.

It seems to me that if being "nice" would win elections, we would be congratulating McCain as McCain was constantly scolding the critics of Obama and promising to run a "respectful" campaign.

The right won't see much in what Obama proposes to do as "pro-American", so it will often be "anti-Obama". This will be seen as "anti-American" by the intolerant left. VDH presumes too much good will on the part of Left.

There's something oddly preemptive in the advice to avoid screeds. There isn't even a good bumper sticker yet and I can recall the anti-Bush venom was flowing through the MSM in November 2000. I'm waiting to hear Ann Coulter's reaction to not be a conservative counterpart of Bill Maher, Michael Moore, or Al Franken.