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In reply to the discussion: Susan Sarandon: "all I know is that I just can’t live with myself if I don’t say something." [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)and said something like,"I hear your voices. Maybe NAFTA wasn't such a good thing for American Workers. I can only promise that you WILL have a voice in my administration."...but he didn't.
He didn't acknowledge The Left even once.
That was a calculated campaign strategy. He calculated he could win without The left.
He was wrong, and admitted as much in a Jon Stewart interview.
Anytime a politician loses an election, it is a Failure of Leadership. It is the campaign's JOB to motivate the voters.
It is never the fault of the voters.
Those who insist on blaming the voters are setting up more failures.
However, if Leadership can do a courageous inventory, and look at the places THEY failed, progress is possible.
If the troops are not motivated to fight, it is the failure of the commanding officers, not the troops.