One thing I should have made clear earlier

Exactly one year ago, as I was on my way home with groceries, I was accosted by a television reporter. It was the day after the municipal elections; he shoved a microphone at my face and asked me how I was feeling about the results. I answered with relative confidence, but then he followed up with a more specific question, at which I stammered, and, after a prolonged pause, I apologized and…