Good morning. It is Saturday, November the 8th. I'm Ali Velshi, and we begin this morning

with the questions that have consumed the punditry in the wake of this week's elections. Should the

Democratic Party swing left or tacked to the center? Should they rally behind progressive candidates or moderates?

These questions are all, every one of them, a trap.

A trap set by Donald Trump and his Republican Party to keep Democrats on the defensive

rather than continuing to listen and respond to their own voters.

Democrats had a clean sweep around the country on Tuesday, winning both

gubernatorial races by unexpectedly wide double-digit margins and capturing key down-ballot seats

in district that voted for Trump just last year. It was a resounding rejection of Trump's authoritarianism

and a demand for relief from the rising cost of living in an off-year

election, which is exactly why Trump and his party are desperately trying to distract the public

by fearmongering about a communist takeover.

Take a look at what's happening in different parts of the world, but now the Democrats are so extreme

that Miami will soon

be the refuge for those fleeing communism in New York City. They flee. They flee. Where do you live,

New York City, but I'm trying to leave because I don't want to live in a communist regime.

New York Magazine's Ed Kilgore put it, quote, spinners are going to spin.

And there would be those who argue that Zoran Mamdani and his loud and proud progressivism,

or Abigail Spanberger and her cautious centrism hold the keys to the kingdom for Democrats going

forward.

But the reality is more nuanced, end quote.

That's right. The reality is more nuanced. Tuesday's clean sweep was not about ideology. It wasn't

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