2. Trump will lose. @jbouie called it in June (altho he forgot to include "women" in the firewall. (Men!)) https://t.co/MVtzB9oBIb
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) October 28, 2016
I wholeheartedly endorse Erica Grieder’s thesis here:
3. I know @jbouie is right bc *this is exactly why Mitt Romney lost*. Here's my post-mortem from 2012. https://t.co/vciVQWMTd8 pic.twitter.com/3gMlzNaxDT
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) October 28, 2016
7. It's easy to lose sight of that bc the failures are so visible. As a result #2016 is destroying our confidence in each other & ourselves.
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) October 28, 2016
9. And since that sounds a little woo-woo, let me point out that it is not. GDP grew 1.4% in the second quarter & 2.9% in the third.
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) October 28, 2016
10. What changed between Q2 & Q3? Hmm, maybe it was our collective post-RNC/DNC consensus: "wtf, lol. Ok, Clinton it is"
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) October 28, 2016
Nothing important has changed since last night — the Repubs, and their abettors like James Comey, remain venal; Hillary Clinton is chugging along to become our first female President; and we Democrats, perennial eeyores that we be, are in more danger from our own panic than any outside forces.
Eleven days (quickly becoming ten!) until this election is finally over, and we can get on with our lives.
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