2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSanders Is A Class Act...Beyond Fairness
Unless I have missed it, I have not read any threads that addressed the issue of Clinton's greatest weakness (according to the polls).
That is: Her trustworthiness and honesty as seen by the electorate.
The numbers vary, but it is around 80% to 20% in favor of Bernie Sanders. This is huge.
I don't mean to imply that this subject has not been discussed here. In one way or another, it has been brought up and fully dissected.
The only person I have not seen bring this issue up is Bernie Sanders himself.
It could be very easy for Sanders to pound Hillary on the trustworthiness issue at every opportunity. But he hasn't. As a passionate Sanders supporter, I have mixed feelings about whether Bernie should talk about honesty and the fact that Hillary is trailing him on this issue by a huge margin. There is another part of me that completely admires Bernie for not touching the honesty issue.
Trustworthiness and honesty go the heart of a person's character. There can be no greater reflection of what a person is about than how much they can be trusted.
So, on one hand, I wish Bernie would start addressing the honesty issue. But on the other hand, I respect the fact that he has risen above such an easy target. A class act.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)untrustworthy. And if they don't, they won't change their mind now.
She has to know that it is hanging there, though. And what she did in with the auto bailout smear only added to what the voters think.
mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)"Show, don't tell." Sanders does a lot better showing that he's more trustworthy rather than telling it. If he did tell it, I don't think it would work to his favor.
WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)I can't put my finger on it. Maybe you could expand.
ON Edit: Do you think it would be seen as a cheap shot?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)IIRC, her distrust was at 87 percent among those voters for whom that was a top concern.
The Roux Comes First
(1,299 posts)Unfortunately the slimeballs and sleazebags that have taken the other party over (talk radio, Fox, and most of the MSM either the genesis or full-on enablers) have so enthusiastically inherited such a long despicable history of making up crap about the Clintons that as I see it, there is nothing to be gained here.
No way our candidate should wander into that swamp! He and we should be above that.
WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)I like your take on why Bernie doesn't go into that "swamp." You may have something there.
Raster
(20,998 posts)If she becomes the candidate, her only hope is that voters distrust the Repub more than her, which is not an easy sell.