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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)With One Speech, Hillary Clinton Proved She Is The Perfect Democrat To Beat Trump [View all]
Hillary Clinton's foreign policy speech showed that she has the one vital attribute that no other candidate has when it comes to facing off against Trump. Hillary Clinton has the battle sharpened gravitas that Democrats will need to puncture the Trump hot air balloon.
In her speech, Clinton was able to characterize Trump as a clueless amateur, Theres no risk of people losing their lives if you blow up a golf-course deal. But it doesnt work like that in world affairs. Just like being interviewed on the same episode of 60 Minutes as Putin was, is not the same thing as actually dealing with Putin. So the stakes in global statecraft are infinitely higher and more complex than in the world of luxury hotels. We all know the tools Donald Trump brings to the table bragging, mocking, composing nasty tweets Im willing to bet hes writing a few right now.
While Bernie Sanders could brawl with Trump, he and the Republican nominee would have contested the election on nearly equal footing. Bernie Sanders is pushing for a political revolution, while Donald Trump is selling the cult of Trump. Neither one of them has ever served in the Executive Branch or has foreign policy experience.
The Sanders campaign and supporters point to the hypothetical national matchup polls, but those results are hypothetical. Bernie Sanders has never faced the Republican attack machine. Republicans were dying to run against Sanders because they knew that they could pull out the playbook used to defeat every Northeastern liberal from Michael Dukakis to John Kerry. Sanders would have been an easy target because of his Democratic Socialism.
Hillary Clinton showed why she is the perfect Democrat to take on Trump in the fall. She has been through the mud and the political wars. She understands how Republicans fight, and most importantly, she knows how to beat them at their own game. Clinton is battle tested, and her foreign policy speech revealed that she has the right combination of experience, skill, and stature to defeat Donald Trump.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/06/02/speech-hillary-clinton-proved-perfect-democrat-beat-trump.html
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Excellent read. Valid analysis.
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With One Speech, Hillary Clinton Proved She Is The Perfect Democrat To Beat Trump [View all]
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2016
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They've been running for a year, and that one speech was a harder attack than anything Bern's said.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#2
I was very pleasantly surprised... and now I'm realizing that she's at her best
ecstatic
Jun 2016
#12
You nailed it, I think. She's a bit stilted when primary campaigning. And, it may well
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2016
#14
primary brings out her cautious side, which makes her seem less 'authentic'
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#16