2016 Postmortem

Bash candidates all you want, they're professionals, they can take it and in my opinion they should have their feet strongly held to the fire. A strong debate is a good thing but when you start trashing the other candidates supporters, especially in a primary when you will eventually need their support if you win, you risk alienating them to the point where they will not be there for you at the end.

Supporters of both campaigns engaged in Internet stalking. Clinton supporters complained the loudest but the Bernibros had a counterpart in the Hillbots and they were nasty. Moreover, beyond the keyboard pundits, who let's face it do not speak for the candidate and whose yammering should be ignored, The Clinton campaign made a point of doing this early on a high level with supporters like Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright hurling invective at young female Sanders supporters.

I realize that many here are furious that some Sanders supporters struck back by not voting for Clinton. There is an old saying about cutting off your nose to spite your face that applies here. But those Clintonites who refuse to get past this and examine why she lost are guilty of the same shortsightedness.