and i say that not being cute. the democratic nominee won the popular vote. obviously this was an extremely competitive race. i would expect that future races will be competitive as well. i certainly think it's true that politics in america right now are a little up for grabs. some of the old alignments within both parties, democrat and republican, are being reshaped. although the results of this election involved some of the specifics of the candidates and aren't going to be duplicated in every subsequent election, democrats do have to do some thinking about how do we make