what is it you saw, the big knock on last year s campaign, a whole bunch of people didn t turn out. maybe didn t think there was something worth turning out for. last night northern virginia decided there was something important turning out for? my first reaction was i felt such relief. not just as a democrat but i thought, okay. we are not going to disintegrate into a fiery pit of racial hatred and division. that is not what s going to happen here. and if gillespie had won were by hobbling together a coalition of i m not that close to trump but accept some way to get elected, and be successful, i was very concerned not just for the democrats chances in 18, just what that poor tendwould pr country. a year ago tonight, when it happened. it was it was for me the unimaginable. which is meaning, not that we didn t know it was possible we