November 2020

How tempting it is to leap ahead to the end—or simply to post a downcast photo of he-who-shall-not-be-named with the all-in-caps words: YOU'RE FIRED! How tempting to shout KAMALA DEVI HARRIS from the rooftop. But it's revealing to remember the process. This was the process. It’s Wednesday, the fourth, at dawn. I’ll be writing this in real time, in stages, adding on news breaks as they come—at least up to the moment when I must file this. I have no idea how long this will take. Weeks? A month? Agony. This is not what any of us were expecting. What we have got to keep in mind: 1) We told everyone to please be patient ; we cautioned everyone that this could take days or much more. We should listen to our own advice. 2) The razor edge margin of the vote in some places—say, Georgia—demonstrates the fortitude of those voters who stood for...