2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI can't help but think it could be Bernie out there making these speeches excoriating Trump.
It's too bad, really.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)That's one of the reasons I prefer Hillary, I think she's better at being blunt and cutting with trump.
boston bean
(36,220 posts)But I will agree, I think Hillary was even better than Elizabeth Warren. But Elizabeth was good!
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)That's for the VP candidate or the surrogates to do. The presidential candidate debates the opposition, but must maintain a presidential demeanor in doing so. The attacks have to be subtle and refined, not bare toothed.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)not the candidate, in part because she's just very good at that sort of thing. It sure was a ripper.
msongs
(67,394 posts)boston bean
(36,220 posts)CrowCityDem
(2,348 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)boston bean
(36,220 posts)chillfactor
(7,573 posts)is doing a better job of eviscerating trump than Bernie could....she wiped the floor with trump and the GOP today!
brooklynite
(94,489 posts)I feel he's too set in stone on his issues, and his speeches which never seem to change. I worried that he'd decide to just keep giving his basic campaign message and assume he didn't need to change or take on Trump directly.