I have been thinking for some time now that they did not move against Donald Trump sooner because they just did not believe he would win. I think that is more and more apparent. They were 100% certain Hillary would be the next President so there was no need for such drastic and unpredictable action, it was to high risk, and with a 100% win, in the bag, (so they thought ) unnecessary.
And if the politicians on the Left had so little understanding, what about their slavish lick-spittles in the media?