OK.

Anyone who was paying even tangential attention to the health of the campaigns for the month leading up to last Tuesday knew that we essentially had it in the bag before the night began. I doubt I was alone, though, in feeling like either outcome was kind of unthinkable. Yeah he was going to win, but—really?

A week later and I’m still sitting here in a weird emotional haze. Whatever else we’re all feeling right now, at the top of the list has to be the real-life manifestation of a campaign catchphrase: hope.

Yes, apparently we can.