Why Trump COULD Beat Hillary -- With Good Advice for Hillary
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This is not an anti-Hillary post. As a Berner, I am not anti-Hillary.
While I don't necessarily like this guy pushing his own channel at the video's end, I think he gives good advice.
His advice for Hillary is to not adopt Trump's theme of "outsiderness" -- but instead, to positively push for her experience, qualifications and know-how in engaging the larger world.
When Trump attacks, Hillary has to reframe her campaign language around her insiderness, and adapt her own "language" approach: On the experience end she needs to harp on the reality that she was helping run the country when all Trump ever ran was a TV show. On the know-how, she can let him proceed to brag about deal making and then react with detailed analysis of HIM causing his deal failures.
Running with the 'woman-as-outsider' tack could work, but not the way she's been using it, so she needs to:
1. Be clever with slogans rather than tactful.
2. Allow the press and her opponents to define the terms of engagement, and then react by denying that she is the things they say she is -- this is the most important start-off strategy, I think.
3. Don't change her strategy as Donald attempts to cripple it -- don't be reactive, defensive.
4. Don't attack Trump proactively, but just allow him to dismantle your weapons.
My strong belief is that when Hillary uses Obama's "please proceed" strategy in debating him, that tack will inevitably CAUSE TRUMP TO BEAT HIMSELF.
Personality and identity will define this campaign.
She must make people like and trust her. Hillary supporters can help her brand image with undecideds.
I wouldn't dismiss these ideas if I worked on Hillary's campaign or were a die-hard Hillary voter.
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