"And, Reg -- Behghazi did actually yield something for conservatives: it helped them defeat Clinton."

I don't actually think this is true and I can explain my reasoning. The Benghazi nonsense was so obviously a sham that most people knew that it was only a political sideshow.

So, I don't think it would have any actual effect on how people would vote. The only people that would believe the Benghazi stupidity were people that never would have voted for Hillary Clinton anyway. So, I don't think it swayed anybody that would have cast a vote for her into the camp of "Never Hillary!"

The Republicans did invent it to try to do damage to her but they only looked foolish doing so and revealed what giant liars they are.

So, the people that fell for that, whatever voters did, never would have voted for Hillary anyway even if the Benghazi nonsense never happened. I think the stuff Hillary actually did hurt her far more than Benghazi...the private server thing was amazingly stupid, and she really did that.

Honestly, the country had reached a point where they just did not want any kind of "mainstream politician" on the ballot. They wanted somebody that would take a different approach rather than "the same old politics."

This was across the board, Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. Did not matter what "team" you were on. Anybody running that was "same old politician" was going to struggle...and they did.

On the Republican side Trump cut through his opponents like a hot chainsaw through butter. Mocking them, calling them names and acting like a total clown but Republican voters ate this up because no politician ever acted like that and he said things to and about them that they wanted to say. Lyin' Ted, Little Marco, Jeb "Mama's boy" Bush...it was a disgrace but they loved it.

And I have to admit when it was happening I laughed a lot because it was so insane and over the top...and his opponents could not figure out what the hell to do against him. I have to admit I never thought that "Mr. Grab Them by the Pussy!" could win in the main event though. Republican voters, the supposed "values voters", the "conservatives", never would vote for a guy that had no respect for women, families, religion, and thought that bankruptcy was a brilliant business move because you can waste other people's money and walk away laughing.

Trump did not represent anything the Republican party and conservatives stood for. So, how could he win?

Well, he did not beat Hillary...Hillary and the Democrats beat Hillary. Trump intentionally ran a losing campaign. It was a joke. He was not trying to win, nor did he want to win. He was just trying to be a circus clown so he could get his own circus on television.

This is the worst thing the Democrats have to face. They pushed Trump over the top. They did it.

In Michigan there were more than 50,000 ballots that had been filled out where the voter voted Democrat across the board...but they left the the section for president blank. Meaning these voters were Democrats that could not bring themselves to vote for Hillary Clinton.

A mistake? Absolutely. Had they voted for Clinton, Trump would not have won Michigan. You can bet this did not just happen in Michigan...so, as much as I am amazed and appalled that people could vote for Trump, I am disgusted that the DNC tied a rope around their neck, tied the other end to a giant boulder, and then tossed it over the side of the boat and yelled "Don't worry! We can't still swim!" as they sank to the bottom of the ocean.