Hi Friend, Well, that was an election, wasn’t it? As I write this, the big lessons and next steps out of what happened on Tuesday are not clear, largely because we still don’t know who will be in majority control of the House and the Senate. But here is what we do know, three things that are incredibly germane to our shared mission of bringing the nation and both parties together to address our major challenges. First, we can all be inspired by the words of some of our closest allies in Congress, uttered after they were victorious in the general election (and after making it through a nomination process that in both parties is still too often dominated by the extremes). Listen to the bipartisan co-chairs of the Problem Solvers Caucus: Rep Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ): “Common sense won. Extremism lost.” Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA): “Our People’s Movement is about building bridges at a time when too many are trying to burn them.” And illustrating the point we make all the time – that this movement is not just for centrists, independents, and moderates, but for liberals and conservatives as well who believe in two-party solutions - note the words of progressive Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT), now the senator-elect from his Blue state, saying he will bring “The 'Vermont Way' of mutual respect, civility, and finding common ground to Washington, D.C… I am ready to bring that approach and get to work on Day One in the Senate to address the urgent challenges we face…" Second, many of the new members of Congress of both parties have the potential to be problem solvers, based on their statements and records. We all need to do what we can to encourage them to have their Capitol Hill careers guided by a commitment to bipartisan progress, to not be captive to their camps’s extremes or a leadership that too often caters to those extremes. Finally, the conclusion of voting in the midterms is the real starting gun for our 2024 effort to make sure America elects a unifying ticket to the White House, either one of the major party candidates, or, if necessary, a No Labels ticket. | 
