Here, a Clinton match-up is highly likely to be an unmitigated electoral disaster, whereas a Sanders candidacy stands a far better chance. Every one of Clinton’s (considerable) weaknesses plays to every one of Trump’s strengths, whereas every one of Trump’s (few) weaknesses plays to every one of Sanders’s strengths. From a purely pragmatic standpoint, running Clinton against Trump is a disastrous, suicidal proposition.

Her supporters insist that she has already been “tried and tested” against all the attacks that can be thrown at her. But this is not the case; she has never been subjected to the full brunt of attacks that come in a general presidential election. Bernie Sanders has ignored most tabloid dirt, treating it as a sensationalist distraction from real issues (“Enough with the damned emails!”) But for Donald Trump, sensationalist distractions are the whole game. He will attempt to crucify her. And it is very, very likely that he will succeed.

This campaigning style makes Hillary Clinton Donald Trump’s dream opponent. She gives him an endless amount to work with. The emails, Benghazi, Whitewater, Iraq, the Lewinsky scandal, Chinagate, Travelgate, the missing law firm records, Jeffrey Epstein, Kissinger, Marc Rich, Haiti, Clinton Foundation tax errors, Clinton Foundation conflicts of interest, “We were broke when we left the White House,” Goldman Sachs… There is enough material in Hillary Clinton’s background for Donald Trump to run with six times over.

Even a skilled campaigner would have a very difficult time parrying such endless attacks by Trump. Even the best campaigner would find it impossible to draw attention back to actual substantive policy issues, and would spend their every moment on the defensive. But Hillary Clinton is neither the best campaigner nor even a skilled one. In fact, she is a dreadful campaigner. She may be a skilled policymaker, but on the campaign trail she makes constant missteps and never realizes things have gone wrong until it’s too late.

[link:http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2016/02/25/why-hillary-clinton-cannot-beat-donald-trump/|

inchhigh

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6. I wont vote for her.

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 09:01 PM

Mar 2016

Perhaps this is my last night as a democrat. I've doorknocked, phone banked, done GOTV for every Dem since Carter by I WILL NOT VOTE FOR Wal-Mart and Goldman Sachs.

I will not vote for her.

Stallion

(6,473 posts)

7. Clnton +10 Against Trump on Pollster.com

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 09:08 PM

Mar 2016

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RCP puts it thumb on the scale toward the Republicans

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