Valerie Maciel and her son, Sal, watch the presidential election results at the Utah Democratic election night party in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. (AP Photo / Laura Seitz)
So what couldn’t happen (we’d learned from the polls) Had happened before 12 o’clock. There’s much to discuss about what all this means. But later. Right now I’m in shock.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”