Hillary Clinton was really full of herself in the final weeks of the election. Like many Democrats and Republicans alike, she was certain that she was going to win. Instead of trying to connect with the regular Americans who ended up voting for Trump by a wide margin, Hillary was busy working on her acceptance speech and making plans for her four years in the White House.
Mrs. Clinton’s campaign was so confident in her victory that her aides popped open Champagne on the campaign plane early Tuesday. But that conviction, aides would later learn, was based largely on erroneous data showing that young, black and Latino voters and suburban women who had been turned off by Mr. Trump’s comments but viewed Mrs. Clinton unfavorably would turn out for her in higher numbers than they ultimately did.
The Times also reported that Clinton also planned for a giant celebration, complete with glass shard-shaped confetti (to symbolize the broken “glass ceiling”) on Election Day. At least the Clinton campaign wisely scrapped its plan to cancel a New York City fireworks show meant to celebrate the victory that never came. When I heard he report of the cancelled fireworks, my optimism started to sore to the sky. It truly was a good omen.
Hopefully that champagne tasted sweet to them, as Clinton staffers are now drinking a bitter mix of vinegar, sour grapes and liberal tears to wash down that significant slice of humble pie.
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