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Still pretending this election outcome had nothing to do with racism I see leftofcool Nov 2016 #1
Or sexism. Or Comey. Or Gerrymandering. Or the media. Or Russia. JTFrog Nov 2016 #2
1 uponit7771 Nov 2016 #28
I think we were poised to win until Comey pushed the false narrative, and the media insured that still_one Nov 2016 #33
And cover it they did. using the word criminal, let is hang for a week, then bring it back up two boston bean Nov 2016 #57
It sure did Boston. She won the popular vote, and she has more character and integrity still_one Nov 2016 #65
Exactly, that one is hilarious! treestar Nov 2016 #63
It was tRump she was running against, it shouldn't even even been close. JudyM Nov 2016 #66
Lol, ok. nt JTFrog Nov 2016 #67
I think the racism issue falls under #1 in the list SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #3
1, this is my hopeful take ... that the DNC will realize how many people will tolerate overt racism uponit7771 Nov 2016 #29
True, after President Obama had been elected twice treestar Nov 2016 #64
I'm not saying that at all... I don't think these were the most important factors in the outcome Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #11
Of course not. Just pointing out that bigotry wasn't the only thing that mattered. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #19
Bigotry isn't in the top 5 though uponit7771 Nov 2016 #30
Not even saying THAT. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #38
Exactly, Ken! True Dough Nov 2016 #52
Racism & sexism were not tactical mistakes by Hillary Nevernose Nov 2016 #37
Or the damn electoral college! treestar Nov 2016 #62
She won lunamagica Nov 2016 #4
... popularly, but lost electorally. Like Al Gore. closeupready Nov 2016 #6
her ads were all reactions to trump. Cobalt Violet Nov 2016 #5
From feed back that we were getting Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #7
I agree. A lot of the qualities we thought were awful about Trump The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #8
I think we (and her campaign) did NOT expect the weird appeal Trump had on the GOP Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #12
But they should have. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #14
yeap, polling America is dead to me... not even a post mortem of WTF happened other than uponit7771 Nov 2016 #31
I agree. lovemydog Nov 2016 #22
The way I NOW see it .... LenaBaby61 Nov 2016 #9
THANK YOU ! all the others are peripheral to the FBI, Russians, voter suppression and endless dronin uponit7771 Nov 2016 #32
Exactly! Madam45for2923 Nov 2016 #59
No. That's not why she won more votes but didn't achieve a majority in the Electoral College. MADem Nov 2016 #10
just to re-iterate, I don't think those factors I listed were most important in this weird election Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #13
More mansplaining b.s. nt duffyduff Nov 2016 #15
What's your take? lovemydog Nov 2016 #23
All these DU campaign experts mcar Nov 2016 #16
Your list is food for thought Yonnie3 Nov 2016 #17
That's one of my takes on this election--after 8 years of a Democrat as president, not Nay Nov 2016 #69
I think she ran a fairly good campaign many a good man Nov 2016 #18
They never crafted a SIMPLE economic message? You mean, they never did the impossible? pnwmom Nov 2016 #20
I hear you... part of it is they were too honest. Trump of course gave dumb, simple, dishonest Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #21
You're both right. This is the Democrats' challenge. yardwork Nov 2016 #26
yes, exactly. It's an ironic tragedy that Hillary actually was the most honest of all of them Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #35
And John Kerry. yardwork Nov 2016 #39
But Bill's election was light years away from now. And she wasn't running against Obama, pnwmom Nov 2016 #34
I've been thinking about that too. lovemydog Nov 2016 #24
Yes, I know what you mean Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #36
Message doesn't actually have to be the truth. LisaL Nov 2016 #42
Yup. Trump has proven you can lie through your teeth about everything pnwmom Nov 2016 #43
Do we want to win elections or not? LisaL Nov 2016 #46
You are certainly correct. Scruffy1 Nov 2016 #58
I think the lies on social media had a much greater impact than we realized. yardwork Nov 2016 #25
Mistakes were half of it BeyondGeography Nov 2016 #27
Warren wasn't the best option pnwmom Nov 2016 #44
And that's precisely why she's so popular among those who hate Hillary. athena Nov 2016 #47
Exactly. n/t pnwmom Nov 2016 #48
She didn't try because Hillary was going to beat her BeyondGeography Nov 2016 #54
And yet this "poor campaigner" somehow managed to have the "black vote pretty much locked up." pnwmom Nov 2016 #56
1. Podesta's lack of taking internet security serious. 2. The campaign not taking Bill's advice NWCorona Nov 2016 #40
Hillary also took way too much time off. Ace Rothstein Nov 2016 #41
She did really well in the debates. athena Nov 2016 #45
She was good in the debates. Ace Rothstein Nov 2016 #50
1) Bernie warned about focusing so much on personality issues. SMC22307 Nov 2016 #49
true... but it was more than simply a foul mouth Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #55
I agree, but if there are voters who are being crushed economically... SMC22307 Nov 2016 #68
Regarding Number One RandySF Nov 2016 #51
yes, the GOP has once again proved themselves to be the most shameless motherfuckers on Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #53
You know what's really horrible? All my life I have watched the shameless Nay Nov 2016 #71
yep... it's damned depressing Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #72
She ran a very good campaign overall - her only "tactical mistake" Cosmocat Nov 2016 #60
I admit I thought after that tape women would bury him treestar Nov 2016 #61
yes, there was some real insanity going on in this election Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #73
Disappearing after election night? After Trump's "lock her up".... JTFrog Nov 2016 #70
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