2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: New National Poll: Trump Surges into Virtual tie, Clinton Fades again [View all]EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)Let's assume she wins the nomination. We will be going into the GE where as yet she has not been seriously swiftboated as she will unquestionably be by the right.
If Kerry could be done in by some Vietnam lies as badly as he was, HRC is going to be attacked on (a) her foreign policy failures with Libya at the forefront, (b) her flip flops and my God they are numerous, (c) the Clinton foundation, (this will be hit hard), (d) the email scandal (and if there is an indictment, the election will be lost even if she is found innocent)
I can already see debates between Trump and HRC which will be nothing but attack after attack and little positives for a vision of America except slogans. Most of it will be strident and pushed.
What is really disturbing is she is this close to a madman in the polls, and trending downward. Wait until the PACs start getting behind the Donald, and the GOP machine swallows its pride and begins to back him for the sake of congressional control and the supreme court. Only a few moderate republicans might vote for HRC, but they really dislike her as much as Trump. If enough neo-conservatives endorse her because they love her foreign policy, then she will get some moderates, but I believe the GOP voters are also a bit war weary and are not as supportive of neo-conservative foreign policy as they were under the Bush regime. Bottom line, turnout will be muted which never helps Dems.
I beleive she will be the Dem nominee, but it will later be viewed as the biggest mistake the party has made in decades in nominating such a flawed candidate.
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