CHUCK TODD: The fascinating aspect of this is: neither party is going to be satis- they're not going to accept defeat. The question is do you accept defeat because you don't like the vote count, or do you not accept defeat because you don't like the way the party did it, right? You know, my greatest fear about this election is- if Trump wins, I think it- for a generation is what they believe this is how you conduct yourself in politics, and that this will cement this for a generation. I fear the transactional nature of him could actually turn the party into a kleptocracy if we're not careful. And one thing about political parties when they lose, they end up trying to emulate the party that wins, not necessarily. And while Democrats have been trying to be the anti-version of this- losing two out of three there’s going to be its own reckoning inside left that could have some saying, “hey, if you can't beat ‘em, join ‘em”, you know, whether it's lying or exaggerating, whatever you wanna-- and I do think that that is- that is what I think is on the ballot about our politics going forward for another half-generation
