"It was clear from the start that Clinton was struggling to reassemble the Obama coalition."

[HassleCat]

1. That question of identity politics again.

I prefer to call it what it is, racial politics. Marion Berry was the master and nobody will ever do it as well as he did it. Even so, we can do it to a degree, if we do it right. If we can figure out a way to convince black and Latino voters we will work hard for them and win for them, then every eligible black and Latino voter will vote, and they'll all vote for us. Whether or not this alienates white voters depends on what we do for them, what effort we make to show them they don't lose anything because of our efforts on behalf of blacks, Latinos, women, LGBT people, etc. Nothing wrong with identity politics if we do it right. We're just doing it wrong, that's all.