A majority of America did not care who created the mess — they wanted an alternative, they wanted revenge.

As the campaign for president came to a close, there were tell-tale signs of the wheels coming off the Clinton campaign bus. There were too many undecideds, who in the end broke against the incumbent, against the establishment.

And all those angry white males.

Some of them were white men, others were brown and black men, and some were women. But there were too many angry genetic white males and the Clinton campaign ignored them.

Then there was the failed media campaign.

Two of the cardinal rules of politics were violated by Hillary Clinton, both lessons I learned 40 years ago in my first term in office. First, never attack the voters. No matter what you think of your opponents, do not call their base of supporters indecent, shameless, or deplorable. Secondly, never utter any opinion or position in private that you are not willing to say in public. If that was true in the 1970s it is more true today when everyone in the room has their own recording device.