Posted on 09/21/2016 5:20:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
This past weekend’s bombings in New York and New Jersey and the stabbing of nine people in a Minnesota mall — now being referred to as terrorist attacks — have led some observers to suggest that these attacks could help Donald Trump. Washington Post reporter Chris Cillizza wrote on Monday that “chaos, uncertainty and anxiety will work in Trump’s favor,” and Trump adviser Alex Castellanos said that “Trump is strength in an uncertain world.”
But is this really true? The 2015 attacks in Paris and San Bernardino didn’t really move polls about a then-hypothetical Trump-Clinton matchup.
Moreover, in a result reported here for the first time, the 2016 Chicago Council Survey found no difference in support for either of the current major-party presidential candidates just after the Orlando shootings in June.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Candidates without self-admitted brain-damage are probably advantaged more.
While I can’t stand Chris, he is spot on here “chaos, uncertainty and anxiety will work in Trump’s favor,”
Leave it up to the MSM to shill for Clinton even where there is no relationship involved.
That’s impartial analysis, alright.
Apparently Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Expert Dina Smelz lives in the land of wishful thinking.
Wonder if the “We out like Taliban!” protestors in Charlotte are in Clinton’s basket of deplorables.
Is Baghdad Bob stull alive? He could become the chief editor of the Post
Sadly, if 3 cities were nuked today by people named Mohammad, Rashid and Ahman 50% of the country would buy the story that Trump is to blame.
Which is probably the "end" result of Obama's "means".
That’s what he thinks of first?
Will it help or hurt his Heinous?
Sad and disappointing - but not surprising.
Does this “journalist” actually believe her own “b_ll___”?
Does she at least talk to anyone with an IQ above room temperature?
Beltway types live in such a complete bubble it’s truly hard for us to fathom.
Clintoon doesn’t have any “national security experience”. Unless you count her experience in Benghazi.
She probably speaks with Huma.
I have that Winston Smith feeling again.
The ironfisted omnipotence and control of the autocrats more concerned with political ramifications rather than people is duly noted in their favorite agitprop.
The MSM is sure acting like our side did in the waning days of the losing McCain and Romney campaigns when we did a ton of wishful thinking to avoid talking about the obvious loss coming our way.
They won’t allow reading of the article with adblocker.
Pretty capitalistic of them, isn’t it?
If Donald Trump had been running for the presidency in 2012, Hillary would have blamed him for the attack in Benghazi.
I just watched 1984 on Amazon Prime. Amazing how timely it is.
There is also little evidence that anything will help Hillary.
He is right for the wrong reasons,
Americans have the attention span of a flea, these attacks will be long forgotten by the election. Look how Orlando is already forgotten. Hell, if Americans remembered and learned anything from 9/11 no Democrat would ever win again.
Now if attacks happen the weekend before the election then maybe
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