From early indications it's looking like liberals and progressives are hellbent at tripling down on failure. The Trump revolution was a yuuuge shock but had the warning signs over Hillary's toxic legacy and repugnant qualities been paid attention to then history may indeed have been different. A funereal sense of defeat, bitterness and anger is suffocating rational thought and the reaction to Tuesday's shocker is not one that bodes well for long-term success.
Efforts at pressuring the Electoral College into reversing the results of the election only serve to make Democrats look like sore losers. Granted that the Electoral College sucks and is an affront to democracy but before Hillary was blindsided there were no complaints. You can't change the rules of the game AFTER you lose and the longer that it goes on, the more that the public will come to view liberals and progressives as petulant babies.
The thousands who have taken to the streets in protests coordinated by shady groups like MoveOn.org and others are only doing harm to their cause. You are not likely to sway anyone to your cause by blocking off highways and impeding their right to free passage, there will inevitably be violence and property damage as hooligans join the crowds and this is going to backfire spectacularly when that happens. Despite the growing election trutherism, conspiracy mongering about right-wing coups and hacked voting machines the fact is that Trump and the Republicans won and ongoing attempts to overturn the results and intimidate Americans by running amok in the streets is only going to damage opposition chances in 2018 and 2020.
The constructive thing do do would be to purge the party of all Clinton loyalists, burn thing to the ground and start over from scratch. A complete housecleaning at the corrupt DNC is in order and Howard Dean is not the answer. Once that particular swamp has been drained it would be wise to install those who are inclusive, forward thinking and above all neutral as leaders and take cybersecurity more seriously.
The party's failure to cultivate young political talent so that there would be no repeat of 2008 when Obama snatched away the nomination to which Hillary was entitled has left the Dems with an empty bench. Forget about Sanders and Elizabeth Warren who both disgraced themselves by becoming surrogates for Mrs. Clinton, a woman who embodied everything that they made their names in opposing. They are facing long enough odds now that Chuck Schumer (D-Wall Street) will be assuming control of the Democrats in the Senate anyway. Like a parasite, the establishment Dems will continue to feed on their host. According to The Hill, an early look at potential 2020 presidential contenders includes longtime insider Tim Kaine whose pick as Hillary's running mate was yet another example of who she truly represented.
One thing is imperative and that is that liberals and progressives and their political party stop looking down at white working class voters as hillbilly white trash undeserving of their attention. It would serve liberals and progressives well to familiarize themselves with the work of the late, great Joe Bagean t whose book Deer Hunting With Jesus is a must read for those looking to do an honest assessment of Trump's victory. By shunning millions of white voters in rural and deindustrialized areas, the cultural elitist Democrats have nurtured the very populism that was finally driven to grabbing their pitchforks in 2016. People are hurting badly thanks to the one-sided global trade deals that are backed by Clinton and establishment Dems and the Obama administration's refusal to hold Wall Street and the big banks accountable was akin to rubbing salt into their open wounds. Reaching out to this forgotten demographic is a key to any recovery from Trumpageddon.
The Democrats sowed the seeds of their own defeat and as it sits today haven't learned one damned thing. When you are in a hole the logical answer is to stop digging, not ask for a bigger shovel.
A failure to recognize the catastrophic failure of going all-in on Hillary will only serve to render the blue jackass extinct.
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