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I am uplifted by Tuesday's presidential election results because I believe we have a good chance to start turning things around in the country for the better, from economic issues to social issues and matters of national security and the rule of law. There is one subject, however, I feel compelled to address above many others today, as I see it raised by so many Democratic leaders and many liberals throughout the country -- inclusiveness.
ABC's Gloria Borger's on-air elegy for the Clinton campaign included a lament for "all the little girls [Hillary Clinton] promised to show a female president." Carl Bernstein, Clinton biographer and half of the Watergate duo, who was also serving as a commentator for ABC, likewise worried about the feelings of "little girls" who were "deprived of their aspiration" of seeing a woman president by Clinton's loss.
If Tuesday were a novel, or even a dream, we could finish the last page and put the book down to wake up to realize the book included no literal truth, that neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton had been elected president of the United States. That's how 6 in 10 voters would have felt, saying in the exit polls that both candidates were "unfavorable and untrustworthy."
I wouldn't say the mood among Republicans is exactly giddy. Even Fox News seemed a little bit stunned by the news that Donald Trump had been elected president of the United States.
It's important to recognize Veterans Day is set aside for the people among us - our friends, neighbors and family members - who have served. This year marks the 63rd anniversary of the Korean War Armistice and the 43rd anniversary of the withdrawal from Vietnam.
While we often lament division in politics, sometimes a house divided can stand strong. Such is the case with the Washington Legislature, where it appears that Republicans have retained control of the Senate and Democrats have retained a majority in the House of Representatives.
Hillary Clinton, holding hands with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, waves to a crowd outside a New York hotel as she arrives to speak to her staff and supporters after losing the race for the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. Earlier in the day she conceded the race to Republican president-elect Donald Trump.
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If any state can offer a troubled nation some sense of perspective in the wake of Donald Trump's shocking presidential win Tuesday, it is Alabama. About 63 percent of the state's voters preferred Trump.
I don't mean to suggest ambitious Republicans - or Democrats for that matter - should copy the GOP standard-bearer's braggadocio and flippant responses or stock up on red power ties. Love him or loathe him, there is only one Donald Trump.
For decades the Democrats have fought to improve the lives of the middle class families. Listed are some of the hard fought victories for the American people: forty hour week, federal minimum wage, the G.I. Bill, Social Security, Medicare, Civil Rights and Voting rights acts and the Clean Air and Affordable Care acts.
Election Day 2016 is upon us, and voters in Virginia will cast ballots today from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. Our friends in West Virginia may vote from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Tens of millions of Americans will trek to their local polling places this day to cast their ballots, and we encourage all eligible voters to join them and make their voices heard. Locally, voters will make their choices for a variety of offices, picking winners to serve on city and town councils and school boards across the region, and all voters will select a member in the United States House of Representatives for their individual districts.
How to make sense of what's happening as polls close on election night In the race for president of the United States, everyone's vote counts. But some count more than others.