2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How Clinton lost Michigan and blew the election [View all]ooglymoogly
(9,502 posts)A blitzkrieg; a firing squad of unfounded lies and innuendo, eliminating the vote of the room temperatures, who are want to believe any conspiracy that suits their fancy; sleeper Comeys' illegal, clumsy and dastardly laying of hands on the scale; Russia and Wikileaks severe, deadly and most importantly, reckless involvement; the third way's stupid and short sited leadership of the party; (example; heavy support of blanch Lincoln and other full blown DENO'S while not supporting Bernie a liberal ). Lincoln, a dino, had no chance of prevailing when a more liberal candidate who the dem leadership snubbed, left without funds. all these things adding up, leaving long lasting consequences on Obamas' supprt and the midterms; thus falling on Clinton, who's base is now disheartened; Obamas' early disasters when he had a democratic senate and more moderate house. That, "third way"attitude, diminished the trust of the dem base, a severe blow to future elections; now add on this tin can; Andrea Mitchell, leading the charge, on a loop, literally a drumbeat, keeping the "email" story drummed up to a fever pitch, while many others wanted to just let it go after ("enough of her damned email" . But Andrea kept it front and center, chirping to her fellow reporters how big and important this story was when it was not, drumming this hypocrisy up to the election results.. And that is just a few; along with big money and many similar unseen's; a "perfect storm" in which Clinton had to sail sometimes blindly..... and still she won the vote by almost three million votes.
AND THAT IS PRETTY MIRACULOUS!. I would have been mighty proud to have her as my president.
That said, Bernie was my first choice and I believe he could have won.