“[T]he race isn’t going to be the kind of victory any of us hoped for; but equanimity is a good trait to have at times like this. Things looked worse four years ago, at this point. Look, I expect it’ll be close; and no one here can assure a win by any means. But the internals matter, and as best as I can find out, in an honest assessment of the facts, they are looking pretty good to us. Better than the early exit polls have led people to believe.”

I’m giving you what I believe is the honest to goodness truth about what the people seeing the most reliable information, such that it is, are thinking