Democrats, Looking Past Mere Victory, Hope to End the Trump Movement
“The first order of business is winning,” said Geoff Garin, a strategist for Mrs. Clinton’s 2008 campaign who now advises Priorities USA Action, a pro-Clinton “super PAC.” “But the larger stakes of the election are putting the country on a path where Trump’s views of the world are far in our rearview mirror.”
Senator Barbara Boxer of California said that a Democratic win in November was far from guaranteed, but that she hoped for “a complete revulsion of the Trump wing” that would lead to a “realignment” of the Republican Party.
Mr. Plouffe, [I LOVE Dave.] elaborating on his earlier Twitter post, said in an email, “This could still be a relatively close race, but it’s more likely to be a blowout than a Trump win.”
Trying to seize on her postconvention edge, Mrs. Clinton has campaigned in Republican areas of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and held a rally in deep-red Nebraska on Monday. She is asking voters to “put country over party” as she scorns Mr. Trump over his hiring of foreign workers at his country clubs. “Shame on you, Donald Trump,” Mrs. Clinton said on Sunday.
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Over the last 20 years, the number of Americans who hold extreme conservative or liberal views has doubled to 21 percent in 2014 from 10 percent in 1994, according to the Pew Research Center. And the middle has shrunk.
“It’s closer than anyone of us would want it to be,” said John L. Burton, the chairman of the California Democratic Party. “Those who say, ‘Let’s have the Nixon sweep against McGovern,’ are talking through their hat.”
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They pointed to a range of variables that could reverse Mrs. Clinton’s fortunes, including potential revelations in another trove of hacked emails. Julian Assange, the founder of the group WikiLeaks, which released 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee’s server, has pledged to release additional emails to weaken Mrs. Clinton.
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Matthew Dowd, an Independent political consultant and former strategist for George W. Bush, pointed out that no candidate has come out of a convention with unfavorable ratings as high as Mrs. Clinton’s and gone on to win the White House. But unlike most candidates, Mrs. Clinton faces a fall contest against an opponent who is even more disliked.
But in the past few days, even skittish Democrats have demonstrated confidence that Mr. Trump has made the conversation about himself and the swirl of controversy over his words in his own party, rather than attacking Mrs. Clinton.
In interviews, several of Mrs. Clinton’s allies pointed to a three-month sprint to Election Day in which they predicted that Mr. Trump would continue to distract from his message and that Mrs. Clinton’s campaign could quietly work to build up her support and register voters in critical battlegrounds.
Mrs. Clinton’s reliance on Mr. Trump’s misfires, rather than the strength or resonance of her own message, is an inherently risky strategy, Mr. Dowd said. “What if for the next 90 days he stops shooting himself in the foot?” he asked.
But Democrats said the period of wondering whether Mr. Trump could become a more disciplined candidate had ended with his attacks on the Khans.
“It’s like saying if I became eight feet tall, I’d be a great starter for the Cleveland Cavaliers,” said Guy Cecil, chief strategist at Priorities USA Action. “It’s never going to happen.”
Mr. Plouffe, [I LOVE Dave.] elaborating on his earlier Twitter post, said in an email, “This could still be a relatively close race, but it’s more likely to be a blowout than a Trump win.”
Trying to seize on her postconvention edge, Mrs. Clinton has campaigned in Republican areas of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and held a rally in deep-red Nebraska on Monday. She is asking voters to “put country over party” as she scorns Mr. Trump over his hiring of foreign workers at his country clubs. “Shame on you, Donald Trump,” Mrs. Clinton said on Sunday.
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Over the last 20 years, the number of Americans who hold extreme conservative or liberal views has doubled to 21 percent in 2014 from 10 percent in 1994, according to the Pew Research Center. And the middle has shrunk.
“It’s closer than anyone of us would want it to be,” said John L. Burton, the chairman of the California Democratic Party. “Those who say, ‘Let’s have the Nixon sweep against McGovern,’ are talking through their hat.”
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They pointed to a range of variables that could reverse Mrs. Clinton’s fortunes, including potential revelations in another trove of hacked emails. Julian Assange, the founder of the group WikiLeaks, which released 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee’s server, has pledged to release additional emails to weaken Mrs. Clinton.
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Matthew Dowd, an Independent political consultant and former strategist for George W. Bush, pointed out that no candidate has come out of a convention with unfavorable ratings as high as Mrs. Clinton’s and gone on to win the White House. But unlike most candidates, Mrs. Clinton faces a fall contest against an opponent who is even more disliked.
But in the past few days, even skittish Democrats have demonstrated confidence that Mr. Trump has made the conversation about himself and the swirl of controversy over his words in his own party, rather than attacking Mrs. Clinton.
In interviews, several of Mrs. Clinton’s allies pointed to a three-month sprint to Election Day in which they predicted that Mr. Trump would continue to distract from his message and that Mrs. Clinton’s campaign could quietly work to build up her support and register voters in critical battlegrounds.
Mrs. Clinton’s reliance on Mr. Trump’s misfires, rather than the strength or resonance of her own message, is an inherently risky strategy, Mr. Dowd said. “What if for the next 90 days he stops shooting himself in the foot?” he asked.
But Democrats said the period of wondering whether Mr. Trump could become a more disciplined candidate had ended with his attacks on the Khans.
“It’s like saying if I became eight feet tall, I’d be a great starter for the Cleveland Cavaliers,” said Guy Cecil, chief strategist at Priorities USA Action. “It’s never going to happen.”
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Look, you have to MAKE Trump continue to be Trump. You have to push his buttons. When you do the ghoul will jump out of the box. But if you give him time to listen to other than his inner psychopath, he will! And you'll lose the psychopath. You have him on the run. Don't let him stop to catch his breath. PRESS HIM!
His national security briefing recently. "Why do we have nuclear weapons if we don't use them?," he asked three times in an hour! Roll out the Daisy ad NOW!
But, you know what issue cuts the heart right out of Trump's support among Low-Life's? AND mainstream Republicans? RUSSIA. Do you realize what a mother-lode he has struck for you? Here is a Republican, vulnerable, TRULY, factually, vulnerable, on coddling the Soviets! HILLARY CLINTON endangered national security with her email server? What, you mean from the Russians, Trump's best friends? That completely neutralizes that issue. Make Putin his running mate the way Lee Atwater made Willie Horton Michael Dukakis' running mate.
Taxes. The Low-Life's are conspiratorial by nature. "What's he hiding?" on his taxes.
Trump has got several tin cans tied to his tail and the longer and faster you make him run, the more those tin cans will battle and bang. He will run himself to death. KEEP HIM RUNNING! A-T-T-A-C-K! A-T-T-A-C-K! A-T-T-A-C-K!
