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In reply to the discussion: I sure hope the BoBs and Greens and the rest of the alt-left are happy! [View all]Dustlawyer
(10,539 posts)with objectivity. Some here will still claim that Hillary was the perfect candidate with no flaws, it is always someone else fault.
If we are to succeed in the future we must embrace the populist wave. Americans are tired of their politicians selling them out to big donors. To deny it or say that Democratic politicians are not swayed by the campaign donations because they are somehow immune to the effects of power and money is to bury your head in the sand!
Trump succeeded because he tapped the populism sweeping the country and received massive airtime the whole campaign. Our populist candidate was given almost no airtime other than to have the MSM, people like Tweety, only talk about him as a Socialist fringe candidate with no chance. It didn't help that the DNC and HRC's campaign colluded to defeat Bernie. So we picked the most "Establishment" candidate we had. We definitely did not have our best foot forward.
Hillary is obviously the better choice between her and Trump. She is very capable and experienced and she was well funded, especially since the DNC was giving her almost every dime of the Party fundraising in the Primary. She should still have won but for the MSM, Putin and Wikileaks, but she didn't.
To blamed Bernie for the loss is sour grapes and counter-productive to the effort to regain the House and Senate. We should be looking for the real causes and learning what to do, and not do, to accomplish our goals.