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Democrats unsure Hillary Clinton can beat Donald Trump in general election
washingtontimes.com ^ | January 3

Posted on 01/04/2016 10:03:59 PM PST by Helicondelta

Democratic Party activists are conflicted over whether Hillary Clinton can take on Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump in the general election, with some fearing she provides too much ammunition for the flamboyant businessman's style of attack.

While Mr. Trump is leading the national polls and calling the shots in what's become a circuslike GOP primary season, Mrs. Clinton tops a sedentary Democratic race with two other opponents respectfully nipping at her without doing much damage - and party stalwarts are happy to have it that way. "I hear a lot of people saying, 'You know, I've watched the Democratic debates and the Republican debates, and they're so different. I'm sure glad I'm on the Democratic side and they're talking about the issues. They don't always agree with one another, but they explain why," said David Allen, a Democratic Party leader in Barnstead, New Hampshire. "Democrats have resolved themselves to not go into a circus and tear one another down."

But Mr. Allen said he does worry about how the eventual Democratic nominee will stand up to the sort of withering barbs Mr. Trump has dished out to his own side.

(Excerpt) Read more at m.washingtontimes.com ...


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To: TigerClaws

That is a great point! Why didn’t I think of it first?@#%!


21 posted on 01/04/2016 11:05:06 PM PST by entropy12 (Go Trump 2016! Born in USA of 2 US Citizen Parents! A true NBC!! And not in pockets of rich donors!)
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To: Helicondelta

Great photo showing the crowd. Thanks!


22 posted on 01/04/2016 11:08:50 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore)
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To: Helicondelta

Poor widdle Kristol LoL.


23 posted on 01/04/2016 11:10:28 PM PST by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: jonrick46
"Backfire: 'Fangirls' Make Faces Behind Bill Clinton, Call Him a 'Womanizer' "

Saw the following in the comment section in the above Brietbart article:
[a bit on the funny side, but since it was hillary, it could have taken place]

"Hillary liked riding the mechanical bull in the white house pub. It was the way she rode it that had everyone dazzled by her mobility and bull riding maneuvers . The thing eventually short circuited, caught fire and now lists heavily to one side. It's no longer anatomically correct."

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/04/backfire-fangirls-make-faces-behind-bill-clinton-call-him-womanizer/

24 posted on 01/04/2016 11:23:58 PM PST by Mr Apple (http://www.angelfire.com/md2/Ldotvets/Bubba_47.html)
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To: GailA

No chance of a Reagan sweep. Just too many states leaning hard left, like California & Illinois.


25 posted on 01/04/2016 11:47:01 PM PST by CatOwner (Trump + Cruz greater than 50% = GOPe on suicide watch)
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To: Mr Apple

I watched the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNzGvdF67Jw

I forgot how much I hated watching him when he was President.


26 posted on 01/04/2016 11:50:03 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Helicondelta
What's not to like about her?


27 posted on 01/05/2016 12:23:07 AM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: JoSixChip

Excuse me. Please explain to me what it is I want? Because you are way off base. Can I say that the minority and JoSixChip want A GOP establishment candidate that is a repackaged version of Romney, who the media is endorsing as an outsider. I guess the media has the country’s best interest at heart?


28 posted on 01/05/2016 1:02:20 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Helicondelta

I don’t click through to the Washington Times anymore. They are biased and have become part of the problem.


29 posted on 01/05/2016 1:31:02 AM PST by AdaGray
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To: bray

Kristol is the poster boy for the Snarky Elites. He is only a little older than Trump. Both grew up in NYC. Kristol never left his armchair. Trump never sat down. Therein lies the difference.


30 posted on 01/05/2016 1:34:25 AM PST by AdaGray
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To: BenLurkin

From what I have been reading here, i thought it was 90%. Seriously, our choices are Cruz, most conservative person in decades.. And Trump..he doesn’t understand Israels Sovereignty, so that precludes him being a true conservative. If he doesn’t understand theirs then he doesn’t understand ours, when it comes down to brass tacks. But he speaks well and draws crowds.. Sound familiar?


31 posted on 01/05/2016 1:58:27 AM PST by momincombatboots (Iraq 3.0.. Try and look surprised. Prayers for my brothers and sisters in arms as global pawns.)
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To: Helicondelta

Crowds only Hillary can dream of.


32 posted on 01/05/2016 3:29:26 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: nickcarraway

Rush talked about this yesterday. Trump totally undercuts Hillary’s entire campaign of “war against women.” He did it pretty much with three sentences. He’s the only one who can, or will, do that.


33 posted on 01/05/2016 4:03:32 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: AdaGray

The cabbie has more common sense than the DC elite. Kristol should go back to writing speeches for Moynahan another DC conservative.


34 posted on 01/05/2016 4:06:48 AM PST by bray (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: Helicondelta
Trump can beat Hillary in New York.

Maybe Massachusetts too.

Not California, though.

35 posted on 01/05/2016 4:24:03 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hunga Tonga-Hunga.)
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To: eCSMaster

Trump can beat Hillary in California.


36 posted on 01/05/2016 4:25:18 AM PST by uncitizen (False flag mass shootings are Americas Reichstag Fire)
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To: Helicondelta

“Mrs. Clinton tops a sedentary Democratic race with two other opponents respectfully nipping at her without doing much damage - and party stalwarts are happy to have it that way.”

In other words, the Democrats are running a very GOP-like campaign — rigged.


37 posted on 01/05/2016 4:29:12 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: nickcarraway
And yet not a single vote has been cast. The media loves making up ridiculous articles.

You don't believe the Left is afraid of Trump? Where has you bin boy????

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38 posted on 01/05/2016 4:38:04 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Helicondelta
a circuslike GOP primary season

With seven candidates that are far superior to past candidates Mitt Romney or John McCain, and two that I am actually excited to support, I wouldn't call it "circuslike". It is a voters market, and the voters are rejecting what the central party is offering.

This is the best GOP primary since 1980.

39 posted on 01/05/2016 5:01:26 AM PST by kidd
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To: Helicondelta

But the gang at Faux News is SURE Granny will kill Trump. Mister Krauthammer and Mister Will are you listening?


40 posted on 01/05/2016 5:17:56 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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