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Willie Brow, San Francisco Chronicle

Everybody keeps asking me, Why did this happen?

Beats me. When it came to the elections, I was a dreamer who thought the Democrats were going to retain the Senate. Instead, we got walloped.

I didnt realize any one person could be as hated across the nation as Barack Obama. Or that someone who had risen so far in politics could have so few friends, even within his own party.

Mostly, the Democrats who were on the ballot away ran from Obama. It couldnt have gone any worse if theyd run into his arms at least that might have energized the Democratic base a bit. After all, the guy did manage to get elected to the highest office in the land, twice.

But the Democrats treated him as a pariah, which simply played into the Republicans strategy of portraying him as a failure.

And then the Democrats ground game got stuffed. In particular, they did nothing to bring out young voters, without whom Democrats just cannot win.

Topping it off, the Republicans were totally out of character they got smart. No Tea Party witches or NRA whack jobs running for the Senate. Their candidates sounded sane.

Hillary Rodham Clinton must be wondering whether she really wants to run for president. Unless there are some serious readjustments to the Democratic operation, she is going to lose.

But Ill tell you who did run a great campaign: Libby Schaaf.

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