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So it is a little after 11 p.m. You're probably listening to this. I don't know, maybe sometime overnight, maybe in the morning. You probably know more than I do.

As of right now, it has been a pretty rough night for the Democrats.

There's no way around that.

Again, you probably know more than we do. It is pretty clear that the only path that Kamala Harris has now to the presidency is holding

the blue wall.

And that seems very uncertain.

You know, I've seen, I always want to be very upfront with all of you, right, about what we're

seeing.

I actually saw some information just now that made me think that this race, the presidential race, may not actually be settled.

You know, those blue wall states are possible.

There's no point speculating there because, again, you probably know more than we do.

The votes are going to be counted and we'll see what they come out to.

But there's no question that there has been a,

you know, a rightward drift in many parts of the country. What's also true and, you know,

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