Hill's Group: Hillary Clinton v Donald Trump: the looming battle for the soul of America
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/05/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-gereral-election-battle-american-future?CMP=fb_guBarring an unforeseen disaster on either side, David Smith on how the two frontrunners are now on a collision course for the presidential election
The bombastic, swaggering, sometimes vulgar billionaire has stunned the political world, plunged the Republican party into civil war and, among the pundit class, relegated the prospect of the 240-year-old republic’s first female president to a footnote. His success has also unmasked a Disunited States wracked by fear and anger and fractured by class, culture, race and educational attainment. The outside world, overjoyed by the election of America’s first black president just eight years ago, is asking: how did it come to this?
Clinton versus Trump has all the makings of a rambunctious, vicious clash of styles. One is a former first lady, senator and secretary of state, a measured planner who appeals to the head but leaves some voters cold. The other is a brash tycoon and reality TV star who appeals to the heart by, in the words of many supporters, “cutting through bullshit” and “telling it like it is”. When the two come to debate, it will be an Olympic boxer versus a street fighter or, according to one Clinton friend quoted by The Hill website, “the smartest person in the room against the class clown”.
This is unchartered territory, even in a nation that has elected actors Ronald Reagan as president and Arnold Schwarzenegger as a governor. George Ajjan, a Republican strategist and consultant, said: “There’s no precedent for a head-to-head matchup between a traditional politician and a purely private sector tycoon on the national stage - let alone one who had his own top-rated TV show. But whether Trump’s campaign can provide enough substance and rigour to compete at a presidential level, or [will] collapse under the weight of its own bombast, remains to be seen.”
More at the link. This is a good read. But I am only posting it in this Group.
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I know it's difficult for those who passionately support the other candidate. I know how disappointing it feels when one "loves" a candidate, only to find that the majority do not share that view and how I continued hoping against hope against the odds.
Perhaps that is why I am so happy that I have wholeheartedly supported Hillary this time around from the get-go. I sincerely believe that she is the best candidate. Yes, she has flaws and I have some very specific nitpicks (some slightly more than nitpicks) with her. But those negatives are FAR outweighed by the positives.
What I most look forward to is NOT having a slew of GOPer RW TPs posted against Hillary on the Home page every time I look at DU. It has been Freeperville MUCH too long around here. 
