....for the well written and well considered post, VMM.
The sad result of this election did not come as any big surprise to me either. As a rural Democrat I have often felt, in recent years, like the poor relative that gets a card from the city relatives during the holidays, but am never invited to the get-togethers downtown.
Post script: I posted here under the handle "Puha Ekapi" but owing to the recent hack, I was unable to retrieve a new password owing to the fact that I use (for ALL discussion forums) a throwaway email address and I couldn't even remember which one it was. Happy to have the site up and running once more. I lurk far more than I post but I appreciate the knowledgeable progressive pro-2nd amendment members who post here 
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