There are places Hilary Clinton could have campaigned for months on end and not have been competitive. That was the issue, Hillary Clinton was not nationally competitive and Bernie Sanders sure as hell wasn't either.
If the attitude going into the primaries is "We'll show them!" and the mandarins decide to throw their support behind another candidate who lacks national appeal just to prove "America is ready for _________" well, we're probably going to lose again. A Trump record that we find deplorable (smirk) will probably be perceived as a record of excellence by the imbeciles who voted for him. Think of just how low the bar was for George W. Bush, it's even lower now. If Donald Trump doesn't grope the Duchess of Cambridge on live television he is probably doing pretty good if you're Paul Ryan or Whatever Koch.
Underestimating Trump was a huge mistake, oblivious indifference to the thinking of those who supported Trump was a huge mistake. We desperately need to break out of our own narrative and recognize where middle-America actually is and respond accordingly. That will make some people uncomfortable.
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