From New York Times opinion, I'm Michelle Cottle.

I'm Ross Doussinth.

I'm Carlos Lozado.

And this is a very special post-election episode of Matter of Opinion.

Okay, late night guys.

How's everyone feeling?

Sleepy?

I'm very tired as well.

Not as tired as I feared I would be.

I am grateful.

I am feeling grateful that the election did not come down to 2,700 votes in suburban Philadelphia, which there was a window of about 45 minutes to an hour there when I was afraid that we could be headed towards the Florida in 2000 scenario, but for like two different Midwestern states.

So I'm grateful for that.

And, you know, I mean, I, the election basically unfolded the way I expected, which has not happened in a presidential election since 2008.

I would say it was the last time when I went into election night,

the things that I expected to happen just happened.

So it's an odd,

it's an odd feeling,

but I guess I have some pundit vindication this morning.

There you go,

Carlos,

what about you? I'm taking this was not the way you thought things

were going to go. You know, I really had, I mean, it isn't the way I thought things were going to go,

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