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riversedge

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Sat Oct 1, 2016, 09:20 AM Oct 2016

Hillary Clinton rides wave of enthusiasm after debate: 'One down, two to go'

A well deserved fluff piece :



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/01/hillary-clinton-debate-good-mood-reporters-rallies-enthusiasm


Hillary Clinton rides wave of enthusiasm after debate: 'One down, two to go'

The mood was gleeful as the Democratic presidential nominee spoke to reporters and crowds from North Carolina to New Hampshire






https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/01/hillary-clinton-debate-good-mood-reporters-rallies-enthusiasm#img-1

Hillary Clinton takes a selfie with supporters in Iowa. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images


Sabrina Siddiqui in White Plains, New York
@SabrinaSiddiqui

Saturday 1 October 2016 08.23 EDT


Hillary Clinton’s campaign plane erupted in a wave of applause as she boarded the flight, hours after her first presidential debate encounter with Donald Trump.

Staffers who have been on the trail with her for the past year crowded the private front cabin as the crew prepared for take off to Raleigh, North Carolina, 12 hours after she had left the stage where she had needled and trapped Trump before a record television audience the night befo...................................






....................“Did anybody see that debate last night? Oh, yes,” Clinton said as she mounted the stage at a community college in Raleigh. “One down, two to go!”

Two scoreboards at both ends of the gymnasium were frozen on the number 45, and the clock stopped at 20.16, optimistically pointing toward Clinton becoming the 45th president of the United States after election day in November.




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Clinton is framed by a clock stopped at 20.16.

Clinton is framed by a clock stopped at 20.16. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

She peppered her usual stump speech with some of her most successful attacks from the debate, goading Trump over his continued refusal to release his tax returns – “Well, maybe he’s paid zero” – and for stiffing the workers whose services left him unsatisfied..............................

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Hillary Clinton rides wave of enthusiasm after debate: 'One down, two to go' (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2016 OP
One down. Two to go. ffr Oct 2016 #1
I feel the wave! riversedge Oct 2016 #2
Not "fluff," fact! SunSeeker Oct 2016 #3

ffr

(22,669 posts)
1. One down. Two to go.
Sat Oct 1, 2016, 02:37 PM
Oct 2016

Donald. Neutered and turned into a up-all-night sobbing pile of soon to be forgotten memories.
The Senate and House are next.
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Get onboard the blue wave.

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