She's Gone

Now that even Clinton has conceded she will not be the nominee of the Democratic party this year, finger-wagging beyond Stephen Colbert's most contentious dreams has begun in earnest.

Steve Benen considers lists of reasons offered by sources like the Wall Street Joural and Time as to why the once seemingly-inevitable nominee ended up disappointing.

From "misjudging the mood" to "Clinton fatigue," he sums them up nicely:

She went positive when voters were less engaged, and negative when voters were more engaged, which became a drag on her favorability numbers. The media that was too quick to call her the presumptive nominee became something of a foil. The “sniper” controversy and the “gas-tax holiday” idea raised serious doubts about her credibility.