 What matters is not how we feel, but what the numbers tell us. An unsentimental analysis of the cold, hard numbers, which have no personal feelings or political loyalties, should inform what we decide and whom we nominate. If we're going to choose a particular path, we should be clear-eyed about its consequences. Blindness is not bliss, and the terrifying threat of a Trump presidency is coming. I mean, that's Richie Torres.