anthonyking:

I have been reading a lot about how poorly Hillary Clinton has run her campaign for President. At the beginning of the campaign, she presumed herself the front-runner and the presumptive nominee.  On December 30, 2007, she said about the campaign, “It’s not a very long run. It’ll be over by Feb. 5.”

It reminds me a lot of Bush’s declaration that we’d be greeted as liberators in Iraq (trumpeted by his infamous “Mission Accomplished” stunt). Bush and his administration decided their prediction would be fact and did not plan for any other outcome. We’ve been paying the price ever since.

Hillary and her campaign did the same thing (though admittedly, it has led to no loss of life). But they believed Hillary would be the nominee and that the whole campaign would be wrapped up on Feb. 5, so they made no contingency plans:

—They failed to organize in caucus states. Then tried to argue that those defeats did not matter.

—They “just discovered” that their “Texas Will Save Hillary” plan probably won’t work because of the way the Texas primary is organized, even though that information has been available for months.

—They also did not bother recruiting a full slate of delegates in Pennsylvania.

Hillary likes to say she’s the candidate who will be “Ready on Day One.” But being “ready” means being prepared for all possibilities. We don’t need another President who’s only “ready” for their wishes to come true.