The results of this election are catastrophic. It is not enough that we lost the presidency but also the Senate and the House.

People are doing plenty of hand wringing and finger pointing. The protests continue in urban centers. But did those protesting vote? Or did they vote for a third party?

We must own this mess. Hillary Clinton and others pleaded with us to volunteer and get out the vote. They warned us about how we would feel the next morning if that man won.

We did not believe it would ever happen. Or at least that we would have the Senate. How deluded.

But I don’t want to come to the middle. I want a strongly left message that supports workers, that protects vulnerable groups, that protects the environment, that promotes justice.

So I am going to take action to bring people into the Democratic Party. I don’t think a third party is viable in the sense that it could not beat the Republicans for years.