no Peter12, that isn't it.
It's much easier to blame all center, right of center, and right wing success on the premise that everyone else is too dumb to recognize their own problems.
Only the regressive left can save us all.
Sometimes I wonder if there were any people listening in the post-Clinton loss discussions. For a great deal many people, the status quo doesn't work and the risks associated with the status quo are not as high (for many voters) as the certainty that comes with remaining stuck in their current plight.