Beautifully articulated, @noellemcafee.net . Thank you for your leadership!

good, because it is also not what I am saying.

also, racism is not 'whatever', and I dare say more of a contributing factor then you might be supposing

Trying to understand what happened is fair/warranted/essential and I hope democratic leaders are acting on those insights. Responsible discourse is something we can all contribute to. I respect your voice, we should all have one, but I disagree 'Harris promising more of the same' is the lesson here.

No, I missed the 70% qualifier. I would also stand by having a stable democracy as ‘good’, which I think was the case before January of this year.

Aren’t they telling us everything is great (and healthy) now? I appreciate the sentiment but far too simplistic, if not grossly so in particular to say Harris promised more of the same. Inflation WAS going down …. It’s not a democrat pres. campaign that is the reason for the free fall into fascism