Why isn’t it enough to point out a fact: HRC had the highest “unfavorability” rating of any democratic candidate, EVER. It is not intelligent at all to promote a candidate like that. Right?. Yet, promote her the DNC did. Hence, a great share of the blame for this loss must go to the DNC. Of course, you can blame…

Cleared the way how? Bernie got demolished in the primaries- which went strongly for Clinton.

“Tax credits are just giving people money.”

For all kinds of reasons, of course, probably most of them dumb as hell.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/11/donald_trump_is_a_moderate_republican_that_s_why_he_s_winning.html

Of course voter suppression is a problem. But this is 16% decline in participation by registered voters. So purges from the registered rolls are irrelevant. Look, there’s no use in claiming that Democratic turnout was depressed in a variety of key places in a variety of key demographics. And as long as you insist that…

All I can hope is that this spells the quickened doom of neoliberal policymaking in the Democratic party. You want to know what spelled the end of the Dems this election cycle? Being unable to differentiate themselves very well against “traditional” Republicans on economic matters.