Did you have this?  When I was a little kid… I had this jigsaw puzzle.. of the US.  The states were made of wood… and you’d build a map of America.  It was hard… because states don’t have interlocking tabs like other jigsaw puzzles.  It’d be great if a little chunk of Utah stuck out the side… so we could conveniently lock onto Colorado.

But I don’t think Utahn wants to lock onto Colorado.  At all. 

Colorado went for Biden.  Nevada and Arizona are leaning that way.   We do not click into place neatly with our neighbors.

But we’re not surrounded by Blue.  Wyoming and Idaho rode the Trump train… and as I watch the TV folk play with their electronic maps…. I can’t stop thinking about the wooden puzzle with the brightly painted states in a hodge podge of colors.

As a kid … the problems with the map were simple.  Square states gave no clue where they’d belong.  Your little brother could easily swallow Rhode Island.  But in the end… with a lot of practice… you could take states of all shapes and sizes… fit them together into only beautiful colorful country.

And it’s why I feel sorry for the winners of this election.  They have to put the country back together.

As you start the job… the states are scattered all over the place skiddleewumpus.   But any 8 year old knows…  if you’re willing to do the hard work… the pieces all fit.

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