I still think that all this talk of the odd percent here and there misses the point. The worst candidate in US history beat Clinton. Now, to my mind, Clinton would have been a great candidate in another time, indeed she would have beaten McCain and Romney if it hadn't been for Obama.

But, America is looking for different answers than the ones she provides, the old verities about Wall St and Big Business and Free Trade no longer ring true for many who desperately need a Democratic legislative programme.

Yes, it's absolutely true that, whatever the political question, Trump is not the answer. But the success of his insurgency demonstrates that the odd percent wasnt gonna cut it. Cos even if Hillary won the WH, the GOP won both houses, so she'd have been legislatively dead in the water but she'd have been blamed for the deadlock and the GOP would have won again in 2020. Hillary did NOT enthuse people about her Presidency. The Democratic Party did NOT enthuse anybody about them winning the House and the Senate, they were all about minimal, marignal pointless improvements; almost like they don't really want the responsibility of making real changes.

At least, the Dems can look to 2020 with hope that they can utterly reverse the situation

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