Around 7:45 on election night, when Hillary Clinton and her aides still thought they were headed to the White House, troubling news emerged from Florida. Steve Schale, the best vote-counter the Democrats had in the state, told campaign officials they were going to lose the biggest battleground in the country. First came a call from White House political director David Simas to Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook. “You need to concede,” urged Obama, who repeated the message in a follow-up call to Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta. Those who have been fascinated with Hillary Clinton for the past quarter-century may want to add “Shattered” to their libraries.

Source: National Post April 18, 2017 15:22 UTC