Francis Wilkinson, Columnist

Clinton Must Begin Waging Her Next War

If she wins, here's how she can throw her usual caution to the winds.

November 4, 2016 at 5:04 PM UTC

Francis Wilkinson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US politics and policy. Previously, he was executive editor for the Week and a writer for Rolling Stone.

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If Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election on Tuesday, she will be under no illusions about what awaits. Even if Donald Trump is defeated, the political party that nurtured his dangerous ambition will not be. (And Trump may never concede defeat in any case.)

Barack Obama was elected president in 2008 amid waves of euphoria. By the night of his inauguration, with the U.S. losing thousands of jobs a day and the world hurtling toward a second Great Depression, Republican leaders had decided to oppose every remedy Obama proposed in an effort to break him.