Oh, oh, oh, and a happy new year.

I'm Michael Steele.

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All right, folks.

So this is the year in New Year special.

Yes, I always hated these things where they kind of

let's take an evaluation of what happened the past year.

And let's look forward to the future.

OK, so we're going to do an evaluation of what happened this past year.

See what happens in the new year.

But we're going to try to do it a little bit differently.

No guest today.

This is just me musing about the past year and musing about the future.

As we end 2018 and begin 2019, which if what we've already seen

is any indication is going to be a hell of a ride for 2019,

for not just those looking to unseat Donald Trump or Donald Trump

trying to keep his seat heading into 2020, but for the American

people, especially, you know, how we respond

to state and local and national events, we'll say a lot about the

direction we want the country to go in, the kind of people we want to be.

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