"Abandon"? No, misjudged, perhaps. Early analysis of anything is frequently inadequate, and this may very well prove to be so also, regardless of who is saying it. And, yes, as a 'high information voter', I do realize that you are just giving out analysis you have heard by all sides. If you think about it, that's also what people were doing when they were talking about the election being pretty much decided for Clinton. It does little good to mouth even common analysis right now, but you are simply exploding with it. But "abandon" isn't the case. That's hyperbolic in a close election anyhow. The problems of the rust belt are very complicated. 


I realize that you have said many of these things, yes, before the election, also. Bravo, if that's what you need to hear. But many people have said many things and many of us were worried about the election. If you recall, there was little assumption on this blog that Clinton would win.