2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Ten Reasons Why Hillary lost - And they are probably not what you thought [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)by 60,000 votes.And Obama should be wary of clear cut comparisions - he never really won rural voters either. But yes HRC needed to tend to her firewall. That doesn't explain the vitriol towards her.
2) I don't know what more she could have done, offer blood perhaps, because she adopted some of Bernie's ideas.
3) And that is a massive lie. No where did Hillary ever say that, and no where did you ever hear it from her mouth. No doubt some Clinton supporters have been antsy but Hillary never said that herself.
4) The Establishment message was utter nonsense and voters fell for it. Every administration needs an establishment- I bet some of the anti-hillary progressive crowd , looking at the hot mess of people Trump has lined up for government, are wishing Obama's "establishment" could stay on right? That's the problem with demonizing people, you end up throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
Hillary would have made a great president if she had the support. She has more than demonstrated throughout her public service career that her intent is sincere. She really wanted to improve the lives of Americans - if that doesn't make her "good" enough for you, I don't know what will. The fact this goodness could not be seen is the tragedy, a competent woman - with flaws yes, who doesn't have them? - was dragged down to the level of a vulgarian, smeared by both the left and the right. I'm amazed she still managed to win the popular vote by millions.