It is always almost safe to say things from a distance that could apply at any time but cannot be confused as current endorsements or the opposite.

I found these on a memory feed from another year.

• I can hardly ever get to sleep on election night. It is worse than Christmas Eve.

• So, thank you all for running. Stay engaged. Stay positive. Be kind to each other in a tough-love sort of way. Keep leading us to think and ask hard questions.

• You have to admire candidates. It is a vulnerable and frightening role to play. You have to stay humble, but the whole process wars against humility. You have to be confident, but the game is risky. You know better than most of us how thing work and how to get things done.

• Congratulations to all the Fresno candidates who will wake up tomorrow morning as winners.

• Congratulations to all who did not win. You engaged and the process counts.

• You have earned a right to be invited to a few more tables and to speak for a few more folks than before.

• November is going to be a pretty big deal.

• I have never had a 100% satisfaction election night. I have had a couple of 100% shocks. I am shocked about some of the results tonight. A couple of contests probably had too many candidates … but thankfully, we still live in a country where we cannot regulate that.