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Will Trump vs. Clinton be a nailbiter?
CNN ^ | May 21, 2016 | Stephen Collinson,

Posted on 05/21/2016 2:54:07 PM PDT by Innovative

Democrats knew a general election battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump would be rough, but many never considered the potential of a nailbiter.

During a primary in which Trump usurped the GOP establishment, alienated crucial sectors of the general electorate on issues like immigration and abortion and dinged his own approval ratings, many Democrats salivated at talk of a November duel with the billionaire.

Now, as Trump prepares for a general election showdown, veteran Democrats warn there is little room for complacency.

"It will be close," said Mark Alderman, a veteran Democratic Party fundraiser who worked on President Barack Obama's transition team.


(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; clinton; election2016; elections; hillary; newyork; teambabyharpseal; trump
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To: ComputerGuy

Thanks, ComputerGuy.

We are trying to get this quarter finished before the 1st.

Our Donors are the greatest!


21 posted on 05/21/2016 3:14:28 PM PDT by JustAmy (Just Because!)
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To: Irish Eyes
If that happens, Bernie loses his mojo. His whole existence has been tied to the reality that he is not hillary. You cannot be and not be hillary simultaneously.
22 posted on 05/21/2016 3:14:51 PM PDT by fhayek (I banged a Sasquatch.)
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To: Innovative

They wish!


23 posted on 05/21/2016 3:16:05 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: Innovative

#1 ~ “It may be a nailbiter for Hillary...”

Consider the source of this shameless propaganda - CNN - Ha! The Clinton News Network refuses to acknowledge its irrelevance even as they rapidly slip deeper in their ratings.

Journalistic cognitive dissonance?


24 posted on 05/21/2016 3:16:58 PM PDT by heterosupremacist ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Innovative

No. It will be an ass kicking!

Go Trump!


25 posted on 05/21/2016 3:17:24 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: stonehouse01; All
"No. Trump wins big."

I agree. The title of the referenced article is political propaganda against Trump.

26 posted on 05/21/2016 3:20:03 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: gaijin

I’m in California and I feel NO energy for Hillary here.

I have seen ZERO bumper stickers for her.


Same in Washington state, ZERO bumper stickers for her.


27 posted on 05/21/2016 3:21:08 PM PDT by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: Innovative

It will be a nail-biter for me, even if Trump wins all 57 states by a 20% margin. The mere possibility of Hillary in the Oval Office takes my blood pressure to quadruple digits.


28 posted on 05/21/2016 3:21:13 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Innovative

No.

The kleptodemocrats (the Uncle Tom Party)will lose this one. It is very, very difficult for one party to keep the presidency for more than 8 years at a stretch. That’s why there were what, 17 candidates on the gop side?

(And that’s also why Teddy the narcissist won”t give it a rest: either he gets it now, or he waits for 16 years. But I digress....)

The rat faction of the uniparty also realizes that their chances of pulling off a win this time is notso hotso. The same dynamic is at work for the rats as it was in 96 for the gop. So they”re running piaps because it’s her turn, she’s been loyal, and it’s a good way to gently send her off to the glue factory.


29 posted on 05/21/2016 3:22:43 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"No, primarily because Cankles is not going to be the Demonorat nominee. It’s going to be Biteme/Fauxahontas."

Oh, no. It needs to be Cankles. Since Comey is nothing but Obama's buttboy, it's not likely HilLIARy's treason will lead to any indictment.

So we're only left with the presidential debate where there's the possibility that, on hearing some of Trump's zingers, she'll stroke out.

30 posted on 05/21/2016 3:27:47 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: BobL

31 posted on 05/21/2016 3:37:23 PM PDT by Bobalu (Government treats you like a milk cow. If things get tough, they will treat you like a beef cow)
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To: ComputerGuy

I just don’t seem them running two Anglos; the problem with the victim politics of the Dems is that you can’t take back what the mob has been given. They have to run a token black somewhere on the ticket (whether or not the top of the ticket is Hillary); she doesn’t inspire the ‘hood-rats.


32 posted on 05/21/2016 3:38:28 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Billthedrill
The mere possibility of Hillary in the Oval Office . . . .


33 posted on 05/21/2016 3:38:45 PM PDT by henbane
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To: Innovative

Anything CNN sucks.


34 posted on 05/21/2016 3:43:14 PM PDT by boomop1 (Term limits is the only way to change this failed government.)
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To: Innovative
"It will be close," said Mark Alderman, a veteran Democratic Party fundraiser who worked on President Barack Obama's transition team.

Yeah, it was close for Team Baby Harp Seal this spring up in Canada, too.

Maybe Team Clinton should have sent some of their people to get tips from the baby Harp seals on what to do when Trump and his people come after them...

35 posted on 05/21/2016 3:49:00 PM PDT by kiryandil (To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
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To: Innovative

I think Clinton might do worse than McGovern.


36 posted on 05/21/2016 3:52:05 PM PDT by struggle (The)
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To: angry elephant

I’m in a very Democrat part of a very Democrat state: Maryland. Bernie stickers and signs on lots of cars and lawns; but we still haven’t noticed a single ‘Hillary’ sign.

-JT


37 posted on 05/21/2016 3:55:49 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: angry elephant

Here in my part of Michigan, There are tons of Bernie signs and bumper stickers all over the place.

It’s almost like Hillary isnt even a candidate.


38 posted on 05/21/2016 3:59:35 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: gaijin

> I think Trump’s victory margin against Hillary will be WIDER than for Bernie.

I agree. I think as many as one in 4 Dems could cross over to Trump if Clinton is the Dem nominee, and independents hate her guts just as much as Republicans do.


39 posted on 05/21/2016 4:11:27 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: Innovative

NY polls close at 9PM.

If Trump really crushes H?, the whole thing could be over by 10 EST.


40 posted on 05/21/2016 4:11:30 PM PDT by gasport (Live and Let Live)
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