arthur brooks<u+2019>s perceptive op-ed <u+201c> how trump filled the dignity deficit<u+201d> (nov. 10) begins by saying the pollsters and pundits got the election wrong. actually bill clinton and president obama are responsible for hillary clinton <u+2019>s loss. a washington post report in early august 2015 said that <u+201c>bill clinton had a private telephone conversation in late spring with donald trump . . . encouraged trump<u+2019>s efforts to play a larger role in the republican party, . . . and then analyzed trump<u+2019>s prospects and his desire to rouse the gop base.<u+201d> without this, donald trump may not have even run for president. toward the end of the campaign, president obama repeatedly asked people to vote for hillary clinton because she would continue his agenda. however, since the polls consistently showed about 65% of americans thought the country was moving in the wrong direction, why would they vote for mrs. clinton to continue in that direction? d.l. cuddy raleigh, n.c.
trump<u+2019>s win was own-goal for democrats - wsj
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