Ten Reasons Why Hillary lost - And they are probably not what you thought

[Tom Rinaldo]

23. People were happy saying Clinton's campain was brilliant when Trump seemed to be in her dust

We have to be open that there were failures in her candidacy also when she failed to decisively defeat a candidate as unpopular as Trump. No where on you list do you even hint at Clinton being a less than ideal candidate or running a less than ideal campaign, or being in any way responsible in part for the outcome.

I wrote the following in my DU journal on September 30th:


Beware of Overconfidence

Trump is having a melt down this week, he's had them before. Any breaking frightening hard news could wipe the slate clean and trigger another reset. Hillary has been smart to focus on what a disaster Trump is, but she needs to keep broadcasting a strong message of change also. This is a restless public election year.

In a nut shell, give Obama credit for rescuing our economy from the chasm and restoring us to growth - but stress that the mission now is making sure our economy works for all of us. Argue that the failed Bush economy set us back a decade. Now though we finally have the chance to do what Democrats historically do best - fight for and deliver economic well being for all Americans - not just the well connected. That is the change most urgently needed. We crawled our way back out of the pit - it's time to start building our future again.
Posted by Tom Rinaldo | Fri Sep 30, 2016, 03:56 PM (4 replies)