One thing I just don't get at all

[Metaphorical]

54. There was something that I learned after 2016

During Clinton's campaign, either Charles or David Koch approached Hillary Clinton about endorsing her over Trump. She told him where to shove it. I thought, then, and am convinced even more, that this was a major strategic error. She should have accepted his endorsement. Had she done so, she would probably have reached out to the coalition of Republicans who were becoming very nervous about Trump, and may have been able to eke out enough Republicans who would have accepted the Koch endorsement without actually losing any Democratic support.

Kamala Harris is the Democratic nominee, but she is also the Vice President of the United States. This means that her constituency even now is not just Democratic voters, but also Republican voters, Independent voters ... everyone. I don't think the Clinton's campaign understood that, even if Hillary likely did. Trump of course doesn't understand that at all. He believes that the only ones who are his constituency are those that are loyal to him, and he is actually under NO obligation to return that loyalty.

I suspect that Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris have had a long conversation. Kamala earned Cheney's loyalty, even though she does not fit into the Democratic mold, and more to the point Liz Cheney also earned Harris' loyalty.

IF WE ARE GOING TO HEAL THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE TO GET PAST THE PARTISAN DIVIDE ... ALL OF US. There are people here who are going to have trouble accepting that, but it's the reality that we face. Loyalty is earned, but it has to be mutually earned, and that means accepting that there will be people who you may not agree with on all things, but who are willing to take oars and help push this ship forward, regardless of where they came from.