To fend off Trump, Clinton moves to defend Rust Belt blue states

Washington Post ^ | 5/13/16 | Abby Phillip

[Sybeck1]

Facing the unpredictable candidacy of Republican Donald Trump, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is preparing to dispatch resources to vote-rich industrial states that have been safely Democratic for a generation.

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[Sybeck1]

Blood in the water

[quesney]

Yep - to the extent that Trump makes every “Red” or “Blue” state a potential “Trump” state, the election’s gonna be over well before it’s over.

I think Ms. Clinton’s gonna be spread pretty thin this season. There’ll be nothing Dems can take for granted, except D.C.

[quesney]

Yep - to the extent that Trump makes every “Red” or “Blue” state a potential “Trump” state, the election’s gonna be over well before it’s over.

I think Ms. Clinton’s gonna be spread pretty thin this season. There’ll be nothing Dems can take for granted, except D.C.

[RaginRak]

anything from Washington Post is Dem-Propaganda

[Luke21]

No blame ever given to Obama by these clowns.

[Cowboy Bob]

When the history books are written, it will be noted that collapse of the Democrat party was due to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

[ArcadeQuarters]

> But her campaign is preparing to invest heavily in states that President Obama won in 2012

This is why the left fears Trump. He threatens them in their own territory. They’ll be off balance the entire campaign.

[euram]

Sanders has shown just how weak of a candidate she is. She can’t even fend off a challenge by a 74 year old socialist with absolutely no accomplishments in the House or Senate, just a lot of blather. Plus, dem turnout is down about 35 percent. Despite all those Feeling the Bern, it hasn’t translated into much of a turnout, showing that there is actually little enthusiasm in democrat ranks.

[jmaroneps37]

Desperate rear guard action already? This will be HUGE tsunami that pulls down the whole Democrat Party and make them look at 2010 and 2014 as “the good old days.”

[Innovative]

I think Trump will run well in the general election too and get enough votes from everyone to defeat Hillary and she knows it.

[ConservativeDude]

Democrats campaigning in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Far better than them getting an early start in FL and OH.

And obviously they aren’t ready to tackle Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

So far, so good.

Go Trump!

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

That’s Panic AF mode this early. Rust belt “blue” states are feeling mighty “red” this time around. <P

[NEMDF]

There are probably lots of folks in those states, who do not approve of the trends we are seeing related to illegal immigration. If Hillary goes in campaigning as the compassionate one, it might work in favor of The Donald.

[ColdOne]

Will the puppet masters let her be the nominee?

[DuncanWaring]

Bernie won the Michigan ‘rat primary; when Herself takes the nomination, where are his supporters going?

[VanDeKoik]

She better save some of that cash to defend Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.

On 2nd thought, I hope she burns through her stacks early on.

Trump will be just warming up.

[piytar]

Per an earlier poll, 45% to Hitlary, 15% to Trump, 30% to nobody (stay home), and the rest undecided.

Frankly, that’s great news for Trump!

[DarthVader]

She will lose them all. The moderate/conservative democrat middle class workers in these states have suffered greatly under this administration. Paybacks are hell.

[InterceptPoint]

If you want to understand why Hillary is becoming more defensive minded you only need to look at the latest Real Clear Politics Clinton vs. Trump data shown below.

I've set the graph to the LAST 3 MONTHS.

Look at the trend over about the period from Late-March to Current. Very strong down trend for Hillary. Very strong uptrend for Trump.

And note that 4 of the 7 RCP polls are Registered Voters not the more accurate and more favorable Likely Voters. The graph understates the current state of the race which I believe if much closer than shown.

Hillary has to do something to kill the trend. It is going against her Big Time and we have hardly got going with the certain to come Trump Attack Machine.

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