2016 Postmortem

Hillary was not a problem, that it was all those other things. In my opinion, Hillary was not a strong candidate for current times. That was my feeling prior to the primaries and through the primaries. When she won the nomination, I supported and voted for her. I actually was inspired by her convention speech and had great hope for her. But she was, in my view, one of the reasons that Trump won the GE ... and it makes absolutely no sense to discount that. The Democratic Party establishment has done a relatively inadequate job on the income and job front for decades now. Hillary is and was the definition of establishment. She also brought a lot of baggage with her into the campaign, some of which she deserved and some not.

I do think that Comey influenced the outcome and have every reason to suspect that Russia may have influenced the outcome as well. But I still think this election should have been a slam dunk and it was not. The author of this article has his head in the sand in that regard. Ignoring your weaknesses is a recipe for future failure. That's all.