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Democrats wonder and worry: Why isn’t Clinton far ahead of Trump?
WaPo ^ | 9 Sep 2016 | Anne Gearan, Jenna Johnson and John Wagner

Posted on 09/09/2016 4:59:08 PM PDT by mandaladon

NEW YORK — With Election Day less than two months away, Democrats are increasingly worried that Hillary Clinton has not built a formidable lead against Donald Trump despite his historic weaknesses as a national party candidate.

Even the Democratic nominee’s advisers acknowledge that she must make changes, and quickly. Clinton leads Trump by a mere three percentage points, having fallen from her high of nine points in August, according to the latest Real Clear Politics average. That tightening has frustrated many Clinton allies and operatives, who are astonished that she isn’t running away with this race given Trump’s deep unpopularity and never-ending stream of controversial comments.

“Generally, I’m concerned, frankly,” said former Democratic Senate leader Thomas A. Daschle (S.D.). “It still looks positive, and I think if you look at the swing states and where she is right now, she’s got a lead. But it’s certainly not in the bag. We have two months to go, and I think it’s going to be a competitive race all the way through. I would say she’s got at least a 60 percent chance of winning.”

At the same time, Daschle said, “all the things that Trump has done, the numbers should be far more explicitly in her favor, but they’re not.”

Among Democrats’ concerns is the fact that Clinton spent a great deal of time over the summer raising millions of dollars in private fundraisers — while Trump was devoting much of his schedule to rallies, speeches and TV appearances.

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


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016polls; ahead; clinton; democrat; democrats; donaldtrump; hillary; hillaryclinton; polling; polls; trump; worrieddems; worry
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To: mandaladon
Democrats are increasingly worried that Hillary Clinton has not built a formidable lead against Donald Trump despite the constant smears against him put out by their allies in the media.

(There. Fixed it.)

101 posted on 09/09/2016 7:09:59 PM PDT by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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To: mandaladon

because of the gross coughing? Just a thought...


102 posted on 09/09/2016 7:13:48 PM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: mandaladon

main reason is we’ve a Dem for 8 years. Doesn’t it flip back and forth usually? Also, even her husband did not do great were it not for Perot and the far left despises the Clintons.


103 posted on 09/09/2016 7:14:52 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: 2banana

“They are going to have to really crank up the democrat fraud machine...”

If you see a couple of strangers at the cemetery at night, they;re not ghosts but Dem operatives registering the dead. Well, Dems are ghouls anyway..


104 posted on 09/09/2016 7:19:32 PM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: spokeshave

Idiocracy is a Movie by Mike Judge.
A future of idiots where a professional wrestler and Porn star is President.

I watch when I need some Reality!


105 posted on 09/09/2016 7:33:37 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: LS

She has an ad running in CA. right now trying to make Trump look unstable, bleeping several areas making Trump look like he is cursing EVERYTIME I see the ad all I think is I listen to this language ALL day long at work anymore from both men and women why in the world would she think this is going to hurt him !!! One line in the ad is I am going to bomb the bleep out if them, I am thinking YES let’s bomb the shit out of them I think most Americans feel the same way!!! HELLARY is BARKING up the wrong tree she THINKS America is shocked by his NON PC speak and she is dead wrong the PC CRAP being forced down our throats is EXACTLY why he is WINNING !!!! People drop the F BOMB more today than I have EVER heard in my lifetime!!!


106 posted on 09/09/2016 7:43:23 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: thoughtomator

> Because she’s a crook and everybody knows it.

Not everyone, yet. But I think Trump inserting the Watergate label is starting to sink into the public consciousness. Her stink is starting to become more obvious daily. Answer to my daily prayers, remarkably. Let’s all keep that up and, for extra measure, drag three or ten people with you to the polls on Nov 8th, even if you already voted by mail. He helps those whom help themselves.

By the way: It is about time in this election for 20 or 30 year old sexual misconduct allegations to be thrown around and make headlines for weeks. So, strap in, this ride could get a little bumpy.


107 posted on 09/09/2016 7:44:57 PM PDT by ri4dc (Trump is with me. I am sensing a landslide in the making. MAGA)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Trump Girl you’re focusing on the wrong thing:

WHY IS SHE RUNNING ANY ADS IN CALIFORNIA???? This state should be entirely in the bank for her. It’s a total waste of money. This is another thing that tells me they are very worried. It would be like Trump running ads in South Dakota or South Carolina.


108 posted on 09/09/2016 7:49:13 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

I see that ad running on Lifetime all the time and I’m in NYC.


109 posted on 09/09/2016 7:53:03 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: LS

I have been wondering this myself YET she has wall to wall ads here NOT KIDDING!!!!


110 posted on 09/09/2016 7:57:01 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: LS

I thought at first it was maybe due to down ticket for senate BOXER retiring BUT we have 2 DEMS that came in 1st and 2nd so 2 DEMS are running against each other for Boxers seat!!!


111 posted on 09/09/2016 8:00:09 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: mandaladon
Democrats wonder and worry: Why isn’t Clinton far ahead of Trump?

Uh, because she's a crook?

112 posted on 09/09/2016 8:08:25 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will be one People, under one God, saluting one American flag. (standing ovation) --Donald Trump)
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To: spokeshave

After studying your Bell Curve,
I’m sure You would enjoy the Movie.


113 posted on 09/09/2016 8:13:04 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Big Red Badger
Idiocracy is a Movie by Mike Judge. A future of idiots where a professional wrestler and Porn star is President.

Thank you....I will view it.

114 posted on 09/09/2016 8:14:05 PM PDT by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
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To: Snickering Hound

She looks like she’s in a dementia ward.


115 posted on 09/09/2016 8:17:26 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: LS

California ,
Hillary worried about

CALIFORNIA?

I would walk on Glass to see California
In
Play.

Be still ,My heart!


116 posted on 09/09/2016 8:20:31 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Running adds in California,,
Ha ha !

Hillary is a Loser!

Thanks Kit kat,

I don’t have TV.


117 posted on 09/09/2016 8:26:58 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: mandaladon
Even the Democratic nominee’s advisers acknowledge that she must make changes, and quickly. Clinton leads Trump by a mere three percentage points ...

You don't make changes when you're ahead, so I suspect her advisors know that she's not really ahead.

These people aren't stupid. They watched Donald Trump outperform his numbers in almost every poll during the GOP primary season, and they are probably alarmed right now for a very important reason: Trump's numbers can improve, but Hillary Clinton is such a "known quantity" that she probably has all the supporters she's ever going to get.

118 posted on 09/09/2016 8:33:06 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: mandaladon
At the same time, Daschle said, “all the things that Trump has done, the numbers should be far more explicitly in her favor, but they’re not.”

Didn't do anything. "He said mean things."

119 posted on 09/09/2016 8:52:12 PM PDT by wastedyears (Rest in peace, Gene Wilder. Thank you for the laughs.)
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To: mandaladon
....Trump’s deep unpopularity and never-ending stream of controversial comments.

Controversial mostly to Dems?

120 posted on 09/09/2016 8:52:56 PM PDT by luvie (I love the troops. That is all...)
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