Posted on 05/06/2016 9:13:33 AM PDT by MaxistheBest
Listen for a few minutes to Republicans in the Never Trump camp, and youd think the outcome of November 8s election a foregone conclusion. Donald Trumps unfavorables are so high, they argue, his bridges to minority voters so thoroughly burnt, that Hillary Clinton will inevitably trounce him in a landslide akin to Lyndon Johnsons historic victory against Barry Goldwater in 1964.
But talk to Democratic strategists and youll hear a different story. Despite Clintons persistent lead in the polls, many of them are far from sanguine about her prospects against the presumptive Republican nominee. They view Trumps ability to harness the anger of Americas dispossessed white working class as a powerful threat in several Midwestern swing states, especially now that hes openly courting Bernie Sanders supporters and aping the Vermont senators rhetoric on trade. They worry the New York real-estate moguls brash, bullying campaign style could throw the easily flustered Clinton off balance, upending her campaign at a crucial moment. And they fear that a relentlessly negative campaign would turn women voters away from politics altogether, depriving Clinton of the votes shell need to overcome Trumps likely advantage with white men.....
.......Donald Trump was always going to be the hardest candidate, because he is so unconventional. . . . I think this has the potential to be as close as the 2000 election.
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This attack on the elites, this populism is a right-left phenomenon, says Hank Sheinkopf, a New Yorkbased Democratic strategist and a veteran of past Clinton campaigns. Bernie Sanders used it. Donald Trump is going to use it. And Hillary Clinton will be portrayed as an elitist who doesnt understand the economic dilemma that people who work for a living are having.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
LOL!
What, you got a look at Trump's hands and you got a little envy going on there???
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