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Clinton Campaign May Have Been Too Smart to Win
New York Magazine ^ | 12/14/2016 | Ed Kilgore

Posted on 12/15/2016 4:29:45 PM PST by Trump20162020

The hardest thing about explaining very close election defeats is that you can talk yourself into believing any number of factors, large or small, could have made the crucial difference. Hillary Clinton’s defeat came down to 100,000 votes in three states out of nearly 130 million cast nationally. That’s a deficit so tiny that the search for a single culprit will probably take political detectives down the dark road to madness.

It is understandable that within the ranks of the Clinton campaign’s own high command, it is an article of faith that FBI director James Comey cost HRC the presidency by making the ridiculous email-server issue the dominant subject of conversation during the crucial last days of the campaign. It was an external event that came out of the blue (or more specifically, out of the fevered libido of Anthony Weiner) and reinforced doubts about Clinton’s trustworthiness among a small group of undecided voters in key states.

(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016issues; clinton; donaldtrump; failedfraud; hillary; hillary2016; hillaryclinton; smart; trump
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1 posted on 12/15/2016 4:29:45 PM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

Arrogance. Manipulation. Scheming. Intimidation. Collusion. Subversion. Lying. Retribution. On and on and on.

EVIL!


2 posted on 12/15/2016 4:31:58 PM PST by Gaffer
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Trump turned Blue states Red. Not a trivial factor, jackass.


3 posted on 12/15/2016 4:32:50 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Trump20162020

“it is an article of faith that FBI director James Comey cost HRC the presidency” Usually the false premise comes at the beginning if the article. They must be getting smarter to put it in later.


4 posted on 12/15/2016 4:33:01 PM PST by Fungi (Having my fungus and eating it too.)
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To: Trump20162020

HAHAHA!


5 posted on 12/15/2016 4:34:39 PM PST by JennysCool
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To: Trump20162020

Yeah, that’s the ticket, they tried every other excuse....*LOLOLOL*...poor bass turds got aways to go to alien abduction.


6 posted on 12/15/2016 4:34:46 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Trump20162020

the author

7 posted on 12/15/2016 4:34:50 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Trump20162020

“...very close election defeats”
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Say what?


8 posted on 12/15/2016 4:35:07 PM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: Trump20162020

It’s amazing how many Idiots voted for Hillary


9 posted on 12/15/2016 4:35:16 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: Trump20162020




10 posted on 12/15/2016 4:38:09 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Trump20162020

I think these people had better rethink the definition of Smart.

One thing to consider is success is a result of being smart.

Another thing for them to consider is Actions speak louder than words. They talk a mile a minute but when it’s time to act...Failure!


11 posted on 12/15/2016 4:41:30 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Trump20162020

Hillary and the Democrats lost the lelection the day she uttered the words, “...Basket of Deplorables”. Up to that point, Trump support was out there, but it was fractured, and hidden.

But that statement, which focus-grouped VERY well with the media and lesbians, designed to be played like the racist card, made it CLEAR to anyone not living in the liberal la-la bubble just how ARROGANT these people really were.

It was a coordinated, oft-repeated, pre-prepared talking point that blow up like a nuclear bomb in their faces.


12 posted on 12/15/2016 4:41:43 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Trump20162020

As I’ve said before, Hillary lost because too many people came to see what she really is. A combination of every fault and corruption but lacking even minimal sincerity or principles.


13 posted on 12/15/2016 4:41:45 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: Trump20162020

Yeah, that’s it, they were, ah, too smart, too smart to win!


14 posted on 12/15/2016 4:41:47 PM PST by relee (Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: Trump20162020
An excellent article, and thanks for posting. Yes, this does shed a lot of light on how ostensible political professionals could possibly have missed the Trump tide. It was a combination of weaponized polls that were taken as gospel and an over-reliance on modeling that was not adjusted to reflect current data. And yes, that'll do it.

The candidate has to listen and act, though, and before pointing too many fingers at the staff for professional malpractice we have to consider that deaf ears and stubborn arrogance are equally deadly. Could be both here.

15 posted on 12/15/2016 4:44:05 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Trump20162020

Horse puckey. The had all their voter fraud in place in the large cities, but didn’t count on the turnout in suburbs where they voted against Hillary.


16 posted on 12/15/2016 4:44:20 PM PST by omegabea
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

The author is mentally deranged. His candidate lost the election and he is claiming it is because they were so smart. His picture in no way looks to prove his point as he looks like he is asleep and a mind-numbed zombie.


17 posted on 12/15/2016 4:46:28 PM PST by Gumdrop
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To: Trump20162020
The Clinton candidate was too scarily dishonest, creepily insane, and palpably incompetent to win.

That said, I only scanned the article; and that brief exposure was nearly nauseating.

18 posted on 12/15/2016 4:46:29 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Trump20162020
The author's numbers need to be updated:

Trump total margin of victory in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania - less than 80,000.

Total votes cast - almost 137 million.

Also of interest:

2012 - Obama Total Votes - 65.9 million

2016 - Clinton Total Votes - 65.8 million

19 posted on 12/15/2016 4:48:21 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: JimSEA
Hillary, To know her is not to love her. That was why they kept her away from everybody. But when you snub the voters they will not turn out for you.

Trump, Has a tendency to grow on you. And he campaigned like crazy. He made sure that every voted out there knew he was fighting for their vote.

Which is why a friend of ours cast his first vote for a Republican in his entire 60 odd years.

20 posted on 12/15/2016 4:50:08 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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