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To: BlueStateRightist

Here’s a link to back up my previous comment:

Democratic donors call for Clinton campaign post-mortem
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/hillary-clinton-campaign-donors-post-mortem-232715

The call for a deep and detailed accounting of how Clinton lost a race that she and her donors were absolutely certain she’d win didn’t begin immediately after the election — there was too much shock over her defeat by Donald Trump, and overwhelming grief. Her initial conference call with top backers, which came just days after the outcome, focused primarily on FBI Director Jim Comey’s late campaign-season intervention.

But in the weeks since, the wealthy Democrats who helped pump over $1 billion into Clinton’s losing effort have been urging their local finance staffers, state party officials, and campaign aides to provide a more thorough explanation of what went wrong. With no dispassionate, centralized analysis of how Clinton failed so spectacularly, they insist, how can they be expected to keep contributing to the party?

“A lot of the bundlers and donors still are in shock and disbelief by what happened. They’re looking for some introspection and analysis about what really happened, what worked and what didn’t,” said Ken Martin, chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and a top campaign bundler himself. “It may take some time to do that, but people are still just scratching their heads.”

Or, in the words of a Midwestern fundraiser who’s kept in touch with fellow donors, “A lot of people are saying, ‘I’m not putting another f**king dime in until someone tells me what just happened.’”


77 posted on 01/23/2017 9:07:06 AM PST by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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To: Qiviut
I'll say this: if Trump does fulfill most of his promises, there is a chance many donors to the Hillary campaign in 2016 may end up supporting Trump in 2020.

Why? Because they'll all realize they have done financially very well between 2017 and 2020. This is especially true of Wall Street investment fund managers and really powerful investors like Warren Buffett. And it Trump could peel off some major donors like Hiam Saban, which would be devastating news against the Democrats (Saban has been a major Democratic donor for decades).

82 posted on 01/23/2017 10:02:08 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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