Ron Brownstein

We're okay. I mean, we were packed and ready to go, but the evacuations never got down as far south as us. They really kind of stopped in Santa Monica. But, you know, Tim, I mean, like everybody else, we know people who have just been utterly devastated about this. I mean, when you think about it, there were the two largest fires.

We're okay. I mean, we were packed and ready to go, but the evacuations never got down as far south as us. They really kind of stopped in Santa Monica. But, you know, Tim, I mean, like everybody else, we know people who have just been utterly devastated about this. I mean, when you think about it, there were the two largest fires.

We're okay. I mean, we were packed and ready to go, but the evacuations never got down as far south as us. They really kind of stopped in Santa Monica. But, you know, Tim, I mean, like everybody else, we know people who have just been utterly devastated about this. I mean, when you think about it, there were the two largest fires.

One was on the kind of the, you know, the heart of the west side and one was on kind of the heart of the east side. So it feels like everybody in L.A., knows people who have been displaced or face these unimaginable losses. And it's, it's, it's going to be a long road back for, you know, not only the city as a whole, but for so many individuals, it's just a tough time.

One was on the kind of the, you know, the heart of the west side and one was on kind of the heart of the east side. So it feels like everybody in L.A., knows people who have been displaced or face these unimaginable losses. And it's, it's, it's going to be a long road back for, you know, not only the city as a whole, but for so many individuals, it's just a tough time.

One was on the kind of the, you know, the heart of the west side and one was on kind of the heart of the east side. So it feels like everybody in L.A., knows people who have been displaced or face these unimaginable losses. And it's, it's, it's going to be a long road back for, you know, not only the city as a whole, but for so many individuals, it's just a tough time.

I think that there was both because they were both a dependent variable of the larger dynamic. And the larger dynamic was that a considerable majority of the country was dissatisfied with the results they got from the Biden presidency. And in the normal hydraulics of American politics voted for the party that was not in the White House.

I think that there was both because they were both a dependent variable of the larger dynamic. And the larger dynamic was that a considerable majority of the country was dissatisfied with the results they got from the Biden presidency. And in the normal hydraulics of American politics voted for the party that was not in the White House.

I think that there was both because they were both a dependent variable of the larger dynamic. And the larger dynamic was that a considerable majority of the country was dissatisfied with the results they got from the Biden presidency. And in the normal hydraulics of American politics voted for the party that was not in the White House.

I have said, and I believe the most shocking thing about this election was how normal it was. I mean, you go through, given that Donald Trump is anything but a normal candidate, and yet voters more or less treated him as one. In that, through American history, as I said, when people are unhappy with the way things are going, They vote for the other party.

I have said, and I believe the most shocking thing about this election was how normal it was. I mean, you go through, given that Donald Trump is anything but a normal candidate, and yet voters more or less treated him as one. In that, through American history, as I said, when people are unhappy with the way things are going, They vote for the other party.

I have said, and I believe the most shocking thing about this election was how normal it was. I mean, you go through, given that Donald Trump is anything but a normal candidate, and yet voters more or less treated him as one. In that, through American history, as I said, when people are unhappy with the way things are going, They vote for the other party.

And, you know, we saw in both the exit polls and the AP vote cast, which are our two main sources so far. We'll get more later on what voters did and why. You know, and they used to be Coke and Pepsi, you know, like kind of this rivalry. But they ended up being very, very similar in this election in terms of what they came back with and what they found. Almost identical.

And, you know, we saw in both the exit polls and the AP vote cast, which are our two main sources so far. We'll get more later on what voters did and why. You know, and they used to be Coke and Pepsi, you know, like kind of this rivalry. But they ended up being very, very similar in this election in terms of what they came back with and what they found. Almost identical.

And, you know, we saw in both the exit polls and the AP vote cast, which are our two main sources so far. We'll get more later on what voters did and why. You know, and they used to be Coke and Pepsi, you know, like kind of this rivalry. But they ended up being very, very similar in this election in terms of what they came back with and what they found. Almost identical.

And they both found that roughly 60 percent of Americans disapproved of Joe Biden's job performance and 80 percent plus of those disapprovers voted for Trump. They found that 70% of Americans described the economy as negative in negative terms, and 70% of those people voted for Trump. That was essentially what we have seen through American history.

And they both found that roughly 60 percent of Americans disapproved of Joe Biden's job performance and 80 percent plus of those disapprovers voted for Trump. They found that 70% of Americans described the economy as negative in negative terms, and 70% of those people voted for Trump. That was essentially what we have seen through American history.

And they both found that roughly 60 percent of Americans disapproved of Joe Biden's job performance and 80 percent plus of those disapprovers voted for Trump. They found that 70% of Americans described the economy as negative in negative terms, and 70% of those people voted for Trump. That was essentially what we have seen through American history.

You may have seen the one data point that really underscored this to me was in 2008 when Barack Obama won to succeed the unpopular outgoing president of the other party, right? 62% of voters who said the country was on the wrong track voted for him.

You may have seen the one data point that really underscored this to me was in 2008 when Barack Obama won to succeed the unpopular outgoing president of the other party, right? 62% of voters who said the country was on the wrong track voted for him.