Things Clinton Democrats don't seem to get

[Simfan34]

Southern Gothic has a clear point on the DNC's short-sightedness: just look at their performance on the state level and during the midterms. Those could have been avoided had there been an attempt to capitalize on Obama's winning coalition and boost turnout.

Talking about winning the next two elections won't do anything to change the fact that Democrats will continue to face an obstructionist House, gerrymandered past 2020 by Republican state legislatures. Yes, the demographic trends remain in their favor and the Republicans are clearly doing nothing to change that. Hispanics and other minorities are not simply going to spontaneously start voting Republican. But that should not be an excuse to avoid formulating any kind of long-term strategy.

Also, if Hillary is unpopular now, just think how unpopular she'll be in four years' time! Given this election's failure, until now, to be the Clinton blowout one would expect it to be, I have to imagine the GOP could nominate pretty much anyone, and they'd win (especially given the fact that a mild downturn, at least, is almost certain-- unless you want to argue we're going to go a historically unprecedented 12+ years without a recession) ; even a rock, or, heck, Donald Trump again.