2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wow - the concern trolls were right. [View all]reflection
(6,286 posts)And he no more "bashed" Clinton than she "bashed" him. They had substantive differences on policy and they aired them out. She gravitated to some of his policy and that's either because she agreed with him, or felt she had to in order to win. The process is what's supposed to happen. And when he bowed out, he got behind her full bore. I personally think he made Clinton a better debater and a better candidate. She just lost, it happens. As for conceding in a timely manner, I recall Clinton hanging in well past her shelf life against Obama in 2008 and he still managed to beat McCain like a rented mule. There's plenty of blame to go around, but I could say "had Clinton never run, we would have won this close election" and it carries the same weight.