A friend directed me to a blog that purports to explain how Hillary Clinton, the most unpopular candidate in recent American history, managed to lose the presidential election to Donald Trump, the only candidate who may actually surpass her in unfavorable regard.

That was quite a feat and everyone involved deserves a measure of credit.

This is a brief outline of what happened in the United States during a global election cycle that was driven by a pent-up demand for profound political change.

Bernie Sanders did not have a complete plan when he announced his run for the Presidency in 2015. Along the way, he set in motion many disparate things that were already struggling to take form. As they coalesced, the election gameboard changed. Thus, the strategies changed, and for Bernie, the goals changed, as well.

For the Mathematically and/or Integrity Challenged:

Jill Stein (and her voters) are being blamed for causing Hillary Clinton to lose to Trump. Lets see if that is even possible. I used data from the Politico website...there are probably variations in the "official" vote total at this point, and if you manage to find one that is enough different from this one to make a difference, then I would like to see it. For now, I have gone through every state via the Politico website, and these are the results I found.

President Obama, as the highest elected official of the Democratic Party, was suppose to run the DNC. Instead, he allowed the Clintons to control it through the appointment of Debbie Waserman Schultz, as its chairperson. I now believe she was appointed on the recommendation of the Clintons and Obama went along with it. Many of us celebrated when the DLC was disbanded, what we did not realize was that the Clintons had moved their operation to the DNC.

Progressives have been saying it for thirty years.