I can see a thought process behind the idea. At the same time it would be difficult for me to accept that the powers that be on the Left would agree to hand off to a man that is about to set them back 30 years.
After all their hard work over the last 30 years, they are about to watch Trump reset to Reagan’s day, and perhaps even farther back.
As for the after election protesting and buses, this may have been a contingency plan worked out weeks before. The people were already on board for pre-election protesting.
Flip a few signs and back out on the streets with them.
Perhaps they believed their own stories about Trump. They believed it would be a contested election and that he would come out damaged enough to hurt the party.
Face it, no one gave Trump a chance. But if the PTB thought Hillary was just too damaged to adequately take control, it would behoove them to have a “controversial” Republican to steer them back into Congressional Control.
Hillary was impeachable just based on what we know now with Wikileaks. They really need that Wikileaks story to Go Away. Soros is featured in it. If Hillary wins, Wikileaks is still in play.