IMO there is no building up of Clinton, they need to tear down Trump

[kcjohn1]

So far I have heard little Trump bashing, more trying to tell us how great Hillary is and how she is with "us". I don't think that is winning strategy. Rightly or wrongly Clinton is very well known figure with strong feelings one way or the other. Nothing that is said in this convention or subsequent campaigning is going to convince people to change their minds.

I was skeptical Obama supporter in '12, but his campaigning won me over because it had less to do with Obama but more about Romney. That campaign perfectly showed Romney as billionaire who was with the 1%, and didn't give a shit about you even if you were white working class male.

They need to do the same with Trump. His bigotry is well known. But they need to really hit him on failed business, scams, and how incompetent he is. His whole image is how great of businessman he is, but he is the biggest loser and pretender there is. They should just spend 80% of their efforts on him tearing him down on this point. No one likes scam artist and pretenders.

[bigwillq]

1. I'd rather they build up Ms. Clinton

Instead of focusing on Mr. Trump.
Sell the product, the brand. Convince voters why they should vote FOR the candidate.

[kcjohn1]

6. You don't market Ford Fiesta like a Mercendez

You have to work with what you have. You may find Clinton as the greatest thing since sliced bread, but when politician has horrible unfavorables/trust issues, you can't win on policy. Its just a losing strategy.

[bettyellen]

2. No- we need to all be supportive of the nominee. It's the purpose of the convention.

Trump bashing comes later.

[emulatorloo]

3. IMO you've got it wrong. We have a positive story to tell and it will be told

Yes Trump will get his due. But we have a great platform, great policies.

[MerryBlooms]

10. Yes! All of this!!

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Seeing a good mix

And this is hitting its stride. Very good speeches.

[emulatorloo]

7. Senator Franken is killing it!

[kcjohn1]

9. Franken doing great job!

This is how you tear down Trump. You need to do this 100x.

[Ace Rothstein]

5. Nope

You need to give people something to vote for, not tell them why they shouldn't vote for the other guy.

[Hav]

8. I guess you like Al Franken right now.

That is how it's done.

[kcjohn1]

11. This should be the theme of the night

Just speaker after speaker. Just like GOP convention. You need to have tying theme.

[guillaumeb]

12. Agreed and recommended.

Use the Karl Rove strategy of attacking your opponents' presumed strong points.