Why the Democrats lost

I see Democrats are now in the morning-after round-robin firing squad mode, blaming everyone but themselves for Clinton’s loss. It was the FBI. It was Wikileaks. It was the Russians. It was the dumb, deluded voters. It was the campaign managers. It was the Electoral College system. It was sexism and misogyny – the glass ceiling. ……….

No, it was none of those things. It was simply:

a)      A lousy candidate

b)      A lousy economy after eight years of a Democratic presidency

c)      A lousy out-of-date message that didn’t sell

Once the party gets out of its sulk and faces up to reality, these are fixable problems. Get a better candidate. Get a coherent, up-to-date message that sells in today’s world. And hope that Trump gives you a better economy for the next presidential election year.