How the Clinton victory party went from coronation to despair
By Myra Adams • 11/12/16 12:02 AM
The first public sign that Hillary Clinton's campaign was unsure of victory was when they canceled the fireworks scheduled for 9 p.m. on election night.
As it turned out, there were fireworks on Nov. 8, but not from a barge on the Hudson River. Instead, it was political fireworks exploding after the greatest upset in modern presidential history. The degree of the upset was further accentuated by the enormity of the physical site chosen for Clinton's victory party, the Javits Center in Manhattan.
Keeping with Clinton's theme of becoming the first female president, Javits offered a gargantuan glass ceiling to hammer home the meaning of her impending victory.
As the New York Times reported, "The symbolism seems clear. Mrs. Clinton has referred repeatedly of busting through 'the highest, hardest glass ceiling' — at least figuratively — by installing a woman in the Oval Office. If Election Day breaks her way, she will address the nation beneath a literal one."
It would have been a perfect photo opportunity. One could imagine Katy Perry's song "Roar" playing in the background, with Clinton hoarse from yelling the names of all the famous women who helped her break the gargantuan glass ceiling that towered above.
But, as I am fond of saying, "How do you make God laugh? Tell him your plans." God definitely had a different plan for that evening. Clinton could never have imagined she wouldn't even enter Javits on election night.
Besides the symbolic glass ceiling, the selection of Javits signaled Team Clinton's total confidence that victory was assured.
My first visit to Javits was on Monday when I picked up my press credential. I was astounded by what I saw. It looked like grand scale preparations for a national nominating convention with an assumed outcome rather than an event where the outcome was undetermined.
The streets were already blocked, causing traffic havoc with battalions of police ready for anything. Hundreds of journalists were already at their battle stations and rows of satellite trucks lined the streets.
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