Did Democrats take Obama for granted?

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

He consolidated the party too well that it prevented other Democrats from gaining influence due to the benches in many red states being wiped out in '10, '14, and '16. This is the downside of the ruling party playing defense during the last six years of his presidency while Republicans recruited many talented individuals to rebuild the party after the GWB years. There was simply too much hubris on the dem side that they were content with gridlock in congress while they foolishly thought that demographics would keep the white house in their hands for eternity. Obama was a good president who should have done more to dispel the lies against him and recruit more new charismatic dems to run in Middle America. The democrats should nominate someone that can connect with the WWC because they are the most elastic swing voters historically, and the minorities will vote for who ever is nominated if he or she can present a strong message of hope and change that Obama articulated so well in his 08 campaign.