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Hillary was a poor candidate. She lost Michigan by 14,000 votes and she never even brought up that Obama and the democrats bailed out GM and Chrysler thereby sa
by diogenescynic 10y ago
Hillary was a poor candidate. She lost Michigan by 14,000 votes and she never even brought up that Obama and the democrats bailed out GM and Chrysler thereby saving many of their jobs and livelihoods. She was campaigning with lines like "when they say I'm playing the women card--I say deal me in!"
Meanwhile, Trump was saying things like "remember when the cars were made in Flint and you couldn't drink the water in Mexico? Now they make the cars in Mexico and you can't drink the water in flint."
Hillary failed to relate to voters. She lost the majority of women and working class, who should be the reliable democratic base. She was the image of robotic boredom and I voted for her. Tim Kaine was a waste of a VP spot and a snub to Bernie. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Donna Brazile made Hillary look completely untrustworthy. Hillary arrogantly expected Obama's coalition to fall in line behind her without offering them anything to rally behind other than again Trump, which clearly wasn't enough.
Democrats have to own this failure and ask themselves what they could have done better.
- kevlar1818 10y agoI certainly agree with you, and thanks for putting to words many of my thoughts. However I also believe that there is some truth to most explanations for this election in the HN threads and various op-eds. There's too many factors to reduce it to just one party/group to blame.
- r00fus 10y agoYou nailed it with the VP comment. What the fuck did Timmeh bring to the ticket? VA? Arguably, but that's a low bar to hurdle. If Hillary was playing to win she should have nominated a true-blue progressive and especially one that could have harness some of the OWS/99% energy (without actually formally supporting either). Her campaign was about Her. Problem is, many many folks are just busy surviving and didn't see themselves with "Her".