2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Three major tactical mistakes by the HRC campaign [View all]Scruffy1
(3,257 posts)His whole campaign was an atavistic endeavor to go back to the old days before automation replaced millions of jobs. The labor needed to produce everything has been steadily decreasing for a long long time. Besides which, once you have an automated process that is well controlled it makes no difference where you put it. One company I worked for manufactured the first year of new product in the USA and moved it to China after the bugs were worked out. The jobs are never coming back. But, I think the big mistake was getting into a wrestling match with a pig. Trump managed to grab headlines everyday and manipulate the media to his will. This was a tactic to screen and obfuscate any positive message from the opposition. A lot of voters don't believe the Democratic Party will treat them any better so they might as well vote their prejudices. I like Hillary, but I just don't think she's that great at the art of selling. Some have it and some don't. You can blame racism, sexism, and the media but in the end , it's the candidate who has to close the deal in spite of the obstacles. Blaming won't fix this. We need to get organized for 2018.