2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why all the navel gazing and tortured reflection? [View all]Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Hillary won Michigan. No doubt in my mind. Her lead in Florida going in was statistically insurmountable. Polling and exit polling in Wisconsin showed she had a solid lead. But whoops...nothing to see here. Move along and think about how we will do better "next time" what coalitions will we build? How will we bring in the "white working class".Navel gazing will put us in the permanent Minority. Navel gazing is the ultimate denial that the system is not dirty as all get out. Like the PAN party in Mexico for example. For 80 years, it was structurally impossible for them to win an election because of the vote rigging by the PRI (not that I am pro PAN in anyway)..all this navel gazing is going to do is ensure that we progressives/liberals are in a permanent minority. Figuring out the perfect "strategy" to win at the ballot box will get us no where. You do understand that elections are routinely rigged the world over don't you? Next step will be to start jailing political opponents and "opposition leaders". We are on a slippery slope and navel gazing ---why oh why did we lose. Will not advance our cause one iota.