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Some of the stuff that's come out has been metaphorically criminal in it's negligence.

Biden had internal polls showing Trump would take 400 Electoral votes after his disastrous debate. Then it took a month for him to hand the race over to Harris. Outsiders figured this was a managed hand over with Harris being prepped and staffers reconfiguring the campaign behind the scenes. It turns out that's not true. There was no prep, it was a complete cold start. The sheer hubris of that is insane. A responsible leader would have had a team working on that the second they saw that data.

Then her advisors, Biden's advisors, turned out to be a who's who of the corporate country club. Which is why the campaign seemed so at odds with itself. Walz was picked and then sidelined. Progressive issues were bandied about until suddenly Liz Cheney is on board and nothing will change, everything was fine the last 4 years. Again outsiders thought they must have internal polling that showed already high support among all likely voters who lean left, and they had to bring in Republicans to get enough voters in key areas. Again, the outsiders were wrong because who would do that if they weren't forced to?

People worth millions of dollars who stand to benefit from a Trump presidency. I'm not saying this was a designated hit, I'm saying they seemed like Mitt Romney Republicans because it was run by people comfortable with those economic and justice policies.

And I haven't touched Gaza. Well I guess I just did, but we were all there for that discussion so I'm not going back over it more than to mention it.

The DNC hasn't had a real primary since 2008. That's the real problem.

Well of course they didn't, they got their asses kicked. From what I saw they ran the Hillary Clinton 2.0 campaign.

No shit?

A flawless campaign would have won.

There's so much cope out there. Sure she "only" lost by 2 million-ish votes, but when you disaggregate the data and see these votes came from almost exclusively the most embattled counties in the country, 2 million suddenly becomes a much more meaningful number.

Although, I am worried about Republican strategies moving forward. Frankly, Trump's policies will have some very strong negative consequences if he follows through on them. It will be interesting to see Republicans try to win using the "down with the system!" strategy of the past 8 years when Trump is gone and they have the incumbency advantage. If the Dems put someone good up, they'll win handily again.

Every single staffer took their money and failed at delivering what was expected of them. In companies, board of directors would demand clawbacks

How could they try to gaslight people who refused to compromise their ethics into believing that it's their fault without pretending to have run a flawless campaign?

All she had to say was:

"Israel had a right to defend itself, however after their indescriminate attacks on civillians in Gaza, not just the men, but also, the women and children, an act that clearly and undeniably violate internation laws, Israel no longer have the right to defend itself. I will immediately call on President Biden to suspend any and all military aid to Israel. Futhermore, sanctions will be imposed on Israel until they cease their indiscriminate killings."

Then actually make Biden do it. Kneecap him if he doesn't.

And for domestic policy:

"As president, I ensure every American has access to healthcare by calling on Congress to pass legislation that would make Medicare For All a reality in America."

There, campaign saved. Just keep up the public appearances, talk to people, and win the election.

But unfortunately, that's a different timeline. This timeline is fucked.