Did Hillary Clinton lose because she was forced too far to the Left?

[TheBlackAdder]

69. There are dozens of factors, but the main was that she did not follow Reagan/Bush's lead.

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During the Republican primaries, Reagan and GHWB were bitter adversaries. They hates each other.

When I say hated... THEY FUCKING HATED EACH OTHER!


They had two options:

1) keep the divide in the party, ensuring a Carter re-election, or join forces.
2) join forces and form a coalition that that helped deliver the White House for 3 consecutive terms.


Had HRC selected Sanders as her VP pick, instead of Kaine (relatively unheard of outside of his sector), she would have had cross-over Republicans and a slew of Independents backing her. The BoBs, who did not return, were only a small facet. Jill Stein is insignificant, since Johnson took 3 times the Republican voters away from Trump that Stein drew.


When Kaine was selected, there was a gasp heard around the country, followed by, "Who the fuck is Kaine?"


I know there are a bunch of people who pin this on Russia, Stein, Sanders, etc. But, when looking objectively, the voids seen in predominately solid Democratic sectors of battleground states indicates that there was a moderate lack of energy in the Independent community. Sanders had the ability to draw Indys and Republicans, into the fold as well as the extreme left of the Democratic Party, combine that with Clinton and she would have survived anything that was thrown at her.

(Note: I expect this to get juried, as it always does. So far, they've survived takedown attempts in the past.)

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