PERCEPTIONS OF WINNING AND LOSING

He says it so I don't have to 

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/stop-whining-move-forward
It’s amazing how quickly conventional wisdom can congeal. It’s even more amazing when it plays to Democrats’ habit of garment-rending and self-flagellation. . . . [read on]

Trump takes a victory lap for something he had nothing to do with
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1735250

Do these two things