The day is going well.    
God bless America.

There will be no decision tonight. States continue processing ballots that were cast weeks ago.
By state law, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania are not allowed to even begin processing ballots before Election Day.

"We have miles to go... "

Trump falsely claimed victory.  
Voting stopped yesterday.
The counting has not yet been completed;
counting will continue 'til all the ballots are counted.

As votes are being counted, hospitalization for covid-19 is reaching record highs in the midwest and southwest.  
The surging pandemic increased the complexity of voting as well as processing the ballots.

The counting continues, there's NO winner to announce.

We are a deeply divided country.

It is important to remember it is Republican State legislatures that prevented Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania to get started counting early vote.

Pollsters have to figure out what's not working with polling.

The counting continues.    
Democrats have confidence the Supreme Court will wait for every vote to be counted.  
It's the law.

We all need patience.

Sad that mail was stacking up in post offices.

Military votes have not yet been counted.

We all should wonder why Republican State Legislatures (in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania) would not permit county election boards to begin counting mail-in ballots until November 3rd.

Trump encouraged Republicans to vote on Election Day.    
Biden encouraged Democrats to early vote.

The 2020 voter turnout is the largest (ever). Counting the ballots is taking longer than it might have because so many ballots were cast and because the count is so close.

Trump's same day vote is what was reported first in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia.

Now, the mail-in votes are being counted and reported in those states.

Pennsylvania's mail-in ballots have to be removed from two envelopes: first from the outer envelope, then from the 'secrecy' envelope, then unfolded and "stretched out"... all preparatory to count each ballot.

          If counting every vote STOPPED now,  
          Biden is at 270 electoral votes,  
          and he would be declared President-elect.

If the Democrats win the battle, they lost the war.  
There was no blue wave.

Democracies are fragile.

There are lots of feelings on top of fatigue in 2020.

Legal votes are being counted carefully and accurately.

We need to ignore the noise out there,

and remain patient and calm.

Because, by and large, Republicans participated in same day voting, and Democrats participated in mail-in voting, the tallies for different states have shown red or blue mirages which shifted to the other color.

Voters on both sides experienced the disappointment of watching the tally shift from a lead for their candidate.

Let's hope Republican legislatures realize that delaying the count of mail-in ballots prolongs the counting process and exacerbates the pain.

Yes, the votes are tightening in Arizona;

Biden's lead is growing steadily in Pennsylvania.

Arizona is accustomed to voting by mail so that's what Arizonans did, they voted by mail for both Biden and Trump.

Mail-in voting is new in Pennsylvania:
Biden encouraged voters to vote by mail, to vote safely during covid;
Trump encouraged voters to vote on election day, he calls covid a hoax.
Do we wonder why the mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania are predominantly for Biden?

In 2016, when the election results were painfully unexpected, Hillary Clinton received a phone call from Barack Obama. He told her, "It's over. For the good of the country (it was time to stop hoping for a miracle)."

Trump is used to beating the odds; his supporters have watched him do it, time and time again.

He contracted covid-19, and because of the medical treatment and therapeutics available to him, he was out of the hospital and back on the campaign trail in miraculous time.

Trump is used to "winning".  If this is his first time to lose, it's going to be that much harder. He needs Republicans to help him understand "for the good of the country."

For some the announcement took too long,
for others it should never have come.    
Donald Trump received more than 74 million (and counting) votes;    
Joe Biden received more than 81 million (and counting) votes.

People wearing masks are flooding into the streets to celebrate. 
Joe Biden was elected 46th President.    
Pennsylvania put him over the top.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris adds her message of inclusion to Joe Biden's commitment to unify the country.

Mitch McConnell has an important role to play for our country to heal.

Emotion is running deep on both sides on a truly historic day.

The President-elect is honored and humbled to serve the American people.  
He has a huge challenge to guide healing and unity for our country.

Covid is a deadly pandemic; it is rampant in the U.S.
Americans are suffering in an economy saddled with the coronavirus.

President-elect Biden is playing fair:    
"If we can decide not to cooperate, then we can decide to cooperate.    
That is our mandate."   

Covid cases are soaring.    
Americans are suffering and dying.
Americans are suffering economic disruption and financial hardship.
We must focus our attention on controlling the pandemic.

There are 71 days 'til the inauguration.  
President-elect Biden is focused on the pandemic.  
It is humbling that Joe Biden is willing to take on the tremendous challenge to bring healing to our country.

Joe Biden was not my first choice in the primaries,
but he continues to show himself to be the right president for the time.  
He brings life and political experience to serve the country with wisdom and humility. There is no doubt why his primary opponents vigorously supported his nomination.
Joe Biden is authentic; he has lived his life in full view of the world. He has a calm unassuming sense of confidence that promises the opportunity for reconciliation and unity in our country.

The transition is moving forward despite the roadblocks.

Oral arguments in the Supreme Court about the future of the Affordable Care Act seem promising for the well-being of the American people.

Trump and Pence observed Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery.  
The Bidens observed Veterans Day in Philadelphia.

With great respect and tribute to all who have served and serve today.

Nation Before Self

Republican Senator James Lankford said on a Tulsa, OK, radio interview that President-elect Joe Biden should be receiving intelligence briefings.

Senator Lankford is a member of the Oversight Committee. He said, "There's nothing wrong with a former vice president getting the briefings to be able to prepare himself so that he can be ready. Kamala Harris is on the Intelligence Committee, she has all the clearance she needs to receive the briefings. If that's not occurring by this Friday, I will step in to push them, this needs to occur."

*Every major news outlet in the country called the 2020 election for Joe Biden last Saturday, November 7th.

If we learned anything from this election it is that we are in a very fraught time for our fragile democracy.  
Yes, more than 81,000,000 Americans voted to remove Donald Trump, but more than 74,000,000 Americans voted to give him a second term. There are clearly two broad coalitions of voters who are fundamentally at odds with one another.

There are two visions of political power in America.
There is the democratic vision which is shared power. The people who follow this principle see that power is derived from the people and flows out from there to a variety of places where elected and appointed officials act on behalf of the people.    
The other vision is autocratic in nature. It is power that derives from the leader who demands blind loyalty.

The GOP has become the autocratic party. When their elected officials speak or act, it is always to please Donald Trump. And they do so because they know if Donald is not pleased, they will have their sphere of power taken away from them either by being fired or losing his support at the polls.

Alas! Donald Trump is living the 2020 experience: he got covid, he lost his job, and he's getting evicted.

More than 74,000,000 Americans who love our country support a person who makes all his decisions on the basis of what is best for him.

We must not sweep our differences under the rug. We must confront what divides us and work to build on all that unites us, restore our government, and heal as a nation.