2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump is toast.
There is no way the American electorate will prefer him over Madam Secretary.
No way in the world.
I suggested in a thread the other day (subsequently deleted for lack of interest) that there are too many folks who do the real work in DC to ever let him be the dictator he apparently aspires to be, but the fact is, of those that WILL vote in the General Election, he can't win. His backers are loud, boisterous, obnoxious and tend to violence. Most Americans are NOT like that.
There is simply no way. The number of voters who actually think is a far greater number than the voters who don't, and I say that knowing I'm smarter than half of them, statistically speaking..
Every statement he makes, every soundbite he generates, gives fodder to Madam Secretary's campaign.
THIS WILL BE A WALKOVER FOR HILLARY.
(and for the record, she wasn't my first choice, but OK....I'll vote for her!)
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,368 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Exit polls reflecting the same.
And let's hope our electronic voting systems have a backup.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)No rest. GOTV.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)GOTV
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)There is too much at stake.
cali
(114,904 posts)I watched part of his rally speech yesterday out of Portland, Maine. Interesting. It was clear someone had drilled through that dense skull of his and he dialed it back. Sure it was still nuts and ugly (attacking Somalian refugees, of which there are a substantial number in Maine), but he largely stayed on message.
He won't be able to maintain it and in any case, it won't be enough.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)I worry so much about the 17 day olympics and what that will do to the minds of voters.
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)They must know deep down that he is finished. What do you think?
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)I agree it's Clinton's to lose but too far out to call it. Look for the "Hillary hate" to spike in October and God only knows the attack ads Trump and anti-Clinton PACs will run. GOTV! We need to take the Senate back!
Bad Thoughts
(2,524 posts)Koch and his comrades are restless, and there money is going somewhere, be it GOP dark horse, Johnson, or Congressional candidates. Defeating Trump won't mean much if he is this weak.