Today is the day.
I’ll share some thoughts on the election in a bit. But I wanted to start with some more personal or rather organizational ones.
I was thinking this evening that for all Donald Trump has tried to soil us, none of it can take away from me my love for the pageantry of democracy, my love of this country. He hasn’t been able to break us. I’m sitting here watching Springsteen sing in Philly, immense crowds behind him. This is a Democratic celebration, just one slice of America, not the whole thing. But something is different about this moment. This is not a normal election. I’ve thought more and more about this as a year of transgression. So many lines crossed, promises broken, so many things we never thought we’d see have happened. But here we are, bruised and transgressed. But still here and unbowed.
With all luck, by Wednesday morning, America will have dodged a catastrophe. But everything will go on. The damage wrought by this election is deep. We will be here to explain the story as it unfolds, bring you the news. My big goal for next year is to do more of it, pump up our ability to more original reporting. That’s why I’m so focused on getting all our regular readers to sign up for Prime. For most of you it’s not a heavy lift. Just 14 cents a day. Join us now. You’ll see the difference. And you’ll make a difference.
This has always been implicit in Trump’s message. Today he made it explicit. “The world hates us!”
I hope you join us tomorrow night to watch the results come in from around the country. As you’d expect we are going to have live election results from every federal election in the country, plus governors’ races. But in addition to all the usual bells and whistles we’ve got one really cool addition that I’m really looking forward to using.
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Let me share with you my take on the race on the day before election day.
Having been found by a federal judge to have tailored their voting law reforms specifically to target black voters, the North Carolina GOP is out this morning bragging about a dip in African-American voter participation.