of democracy to this election for months now. >> well, thank you. as you remember, and i was listening to everybody throughout this thing, msnbc column in may saying that history was not going to be determined in this election, because of various factors that were taking place. not the least of which the economy and joe biden's job approval in the data was showing that they were not going to be determinative. i reminded people, reminded people, reminded people throughout this that people were looking at a bigger issue. and i will take exception to some of the things that some people have said in this, history is not determinative. especially in disruptive times. and what happens is, you have to look at what is in front of you, and not what you think is going to happen, but what is happening. and all of the data, and everything showed it. i think what we should be doing, in my view tonight, is not