REPORT: Hillary & Dems Still Trying to Figure Out Election Loss; Unsure About Future

While President Donald Trump continues to build his administration, second place finisher Hillary Clinton is reportedly still assessing what actually happened.

We’re living in a strange time when the Democratic party finds itself without an elected or appointed Clinton at its center. Sure, they’re still around, and as idolized as ever, but their concrete influence isn’t what it once was. That uncertainty is causing many in the party to pause.

Politico reports:

“She understands that a forensic exam of the campaign is necessary, not only for her, but for the party and other electeds, and for the investors in the campaign,” said a close Hillary Clinton friend in Washington who, like several others, declined to speak on the record because their conversations with one or both Clintons were private. “People want to know that their investment was treated with respect, but that their mistakes wouldn’t be repeated.”

For his part, Bill Clinton has spent considerable time poring over precinct-level results from the 2016 race while meeting with and calling longtime friends to rail against FBI Director James Comey’s late campaign intervention and Russia’s involvement, say a handful of Democrats who have spoken with him.

And the Clintons? Anger, annoyance, and frustration is being directed their way.

Their current political standing within the party is somewhat precarious, defined by a mixture of admiration for the family balanced with frustration, and in some cases, anger.

And some Clinton supporters in the states are irritated by the lack of a formal, public-facing autopsy from her campaign since the absence of even a preliminary acknowledgment of fault has made it harder for the party to raise money on a local level — donors feel burned.

“There’s huge annoyance in the states,” said one swing-state party leader. “People assume they’re done, and they’re more powerful if they take that back seat. [For now] there’s short-term fatigue, but it will settle into respect.”

As for the Democratic party, it’s safe to say it has done some crumbling.

The party has a long way to go in order to regain its proverbial political footing across the country,” said interim DNC chair Donna Brazile

Not relying on Clinton, she said, would be “like taking your running back and placing them on the sideline just because you lost the season. As Democrats, we need to keep everyone on the roster — to recruit, raise funds, and more — even if they are no longer part of the starting lineup.”

Hillary Clinton was considered inevitable.

In 2008, the Democratic Party checked the race box, and elected the first black man as president. Eight years later, they believed the gender box requirement would be filled, and Hillary would be the first female president. They weren’t counting on Trump and a swell of frustration from Middle America.

If the Left in D.C., Hollywood, and elsewhere continue to rail against the voters who propelled the newly inaugurated President Trump to the White House, they’ll find a second Trump term placed in their laps. Trump is a politician the likes of which we’ve never seen. Placing seasoned Republicans opposite him didn’t work in the primary, and in the general election, he kept a well-known, female career politician from making history.

The Democratic Party may wonder what’s next, but it seems clear that their future will not contain a Clinton at its core. Much like this new era of “President Trump”, such a future is brand new, uncharted territory.

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