General Discussion

In the Times article, while she seems to be quite confident in assessment about what Biden did wrong, and why Kamala lost, she fails to show the same insight regarding her own loss in 2016.

She mostly blames factors that were beyond her control: Russian interference, Comey's decision to announce an investigation of her so close to the election, etc. She acknowledges "mistakes," but mentions only one: her decision to use personal email.

Seriously, if that's the only mistake she thinks her campaign made, then she's as clueless today as she was in 2016. The things she cited certainly played a role. But look, populist sentiment was running very high in 2016. Trump took fool advantage of that by barnstorming across the country with one huge rally after another. Meanwhile, Hillary chose to spend most of her campaign operating within her comfort zone -- i.e., confining most of her appearances to small groups of well-heeled donors. That decision only served to reinforce the claims that she was "elitist."

I believe she also made a huge blunder with regard to the speeches to Wall Street banks. When Bernie mentioned it during the primary, that would have been an opportunity to either explain herself, or at least own up to what she said and get the political hit behind her. But instead she stonewalled, which left her wide open for the Wikileaks drop that hit just a few weeks before the election.

These were entirely unforced errors.