Hillary Clinton should elevate Gary Johnson, and insist that he is part of the debates.
I honestly believe that Clinton has the opportunity to exploit some division in the Republican party. She could do it by simply attacking Gary Johnson, reminding everyone that he is the former REPUBLICAN Governor of New Mexico. Every opportunity she has she should attack him as if he were a real opponent in the election, just to elevate him. By attacking him, she makes him acceptable to Republicans who hate her, but who also hate Donald Trump.
Every time she mentions his name she should say, "Gary Johnson, the former REPUBLICAN Governor of New Mexico, who is running on the Libertarian ticket..." Then she should address whatever attack he made against her.
Divide and conquer. She should insist on him being in the debates.
If she can pull enough people away from Donald Trump it could put some states in play like Georgia. It could help her in some of the Rust Belt states where Trump is running close to her.
Johnson is begging to be a spoiler for the Republican party. Let him have his wish.
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Johnson is just polling points from being able to appear on the presidential debate stages this fall.
"Thirteen percent in the polls. Oh my gosh. Looks like we're going to get in the presidential debate," he said. "Keeping in mind, just in the last six weeks, 13% is double what it was just six weeks ago."
Johnson said he thinks he'll get the 15% needed to make the debate stage because there's a lot of interest in him and his vice presidential nominee Bill Weld because of dissatisfaction with Donald Trump. A candidate must reach 15% in five polls selected by the Commission on Presidential Debates to participate in debates.
As per CNN.
He knows where his inflated numbers are coming from, and they are coming from disenchanted Republicans. Hillary needs to let him play the role of spoiler.
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