That’s the second line from FDR’s campaign song “Happy Days Are Here Again,” and at Need to Know we have a little fun with it. You’ll see (it’s the not the familiar rendition).

The podcast is a romp through Tuesday’s results and there is, naturally, a good deal of exulting. We cherish the victories of those we admire (too many to list) and, sure, we’re only human, enjoy the defeat of some who richly deserved it (yes, that means you Sandra Fluke!).

But it would not be Need to Know if Jay didn’t elevate the discussion with reminders about the sacredness of the vote worldwide. He reports in particular of a conversation with a Cuban dissident. So much courage and decency. To be the kind of nation that sides with dissidents, rather than their oppressors, is one of the reasons we care so much about politics, and it’s why this was a particularly good week not just for the United States, but for freedom-loving people everywhere.

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