Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

TexasTowelie

(111,282 posts)
Sat May 7, 2016, 04:33 AM May 2016

10 reasons Hillary Clinton will beat Donald Trump

This week, we saw examples of no less than 10 reasons that Hillary Clinton is going to sweep to victory in November:

1. The economy is good enough. The jobs report (160,000 jobs created, the unemployment rate steady at 5 percent) is not stellar, but there is no sign yet of a serious downturn. Conservative economist Doug Holtz-Eakin emails, "The other good news from the employer survey was that average hourly earnings rose by 0.3 percent; up 2.5 percent over the past year. The workweek edged up modestly. Put together, average weekly earnings rose solidly." Unless there is a serious economic crisis (as there was in 2008), the incumbent party has the strong upper hand.

2. Donald Trump is so reckless and scary on economic issues that he scares even Republicans. He bizarrely suggested he would negotiate the sovereign debt of the United States. That is a default and has never been attempted in U.S. history. His recklessness on this is likely a preview of things to come.

3. The GOP is badly divided, if not on the verge of a split. It is Politics 101 that the party in turmoil (Democrats in 1980, for example) loses. Already, donors are closing their wallets, and Republicans, including two past presidents and both halves of the 2012 ticket, are refusing to endorse Trump.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-hillary-clinton-will-beat-donald-trump-20160506-story.html

11 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
10 reasons Hillary Clinton will beat Donald Trump (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2016 OP
And, this Will Happen even though the M$M will turn into Pretzels to soften trump and distort Cha May 2016 #1
A small, enthusiastic group has ruined the GOP GreydeeThos May 2016 #2
It would be better longterm if a very wounded R Party hung around stopbush May 2016 #6
Yes, the GOP has got a problem, the clown car has delivered a clown. Thinkingabout May 2016 #3
K&R! stonecutter357 May 2016 #4
This was written by WaPo's resident neocon! Truly spooky3 May 2016 #5
Yes MSMITH33156 May 2016 #7
KnR ~ Bookmarked to read later! Her Sister May 2016 #8
Shocked this is from Rubin SharonClark May 2016 #9
This is not an isolated event from Rubin... fleabiscuit May 2016 #10
This was a very interesting article! Her Sister May 2016 #11

Cha

(295,899 posts)
1. And, this Will Happen even though the M$M will turn into Pretzels to soften trump and distort
Sat May 7, 2016, 05:26 AM
May 2016

Hillary's policies and character.

And this is from Jennifer Rubin.. doesn't she carry water for repubs as a rule and really doesn't like President Obama. I may be thinking of somebody else?

DT is a loose cannon/Tourette syndrome and can't shut his donut hole no matter how much the M$M give him free air time and attempt to soften his image.

10. The media will finally get tough on Trump. Somewhat chastened by the free media time given to Trump and some outlets' lack of tough questioning, the media is anxious to score points. Conservatives will claim this is liberal bias, but since many of Trump's critics are themselves very conservative, there may be a newfound appreciation on the right for the MSM's journalistic skills. Politics does in fact make strange bedfellows.

Washington Post

Jennifer Rubin writes the Right Turn blog for The Washington Post, offering reported opinion from a conservative perspective.

Yep, this is her!


Mahalo, TexasT~

GreydeeThos

(958 posts)
2. A small, enthusiastic group has ruined the GOP
Sat May 7, 2016, 06:11 AM
May 2016

An enthusiastic group of Republicans has managed to push Trump into the nomination over the better judgment of the party leaders. They are going to be shocked to discover that the only people voting for Trump is the same group that got him nominated. The math is simple:

Half of Republicans voting in primaries = 25% of voters in the general election.

When Hillary wins with a 60/30 margin (Greens and Libertarians are going to do well), the defeat will be the end of the Republican Party.

stopbush

(24,376 posts)
6. It would be better longterm if a very wounded R Party hung around
Sat May 7, 2016, 11:46 AM
May 2016

for a while. It would mean decades of D victories across the country.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
3. Yes, the GOP has got a problem, the clown car has delivered a clown.
Sat May 7, 2016, 08:07 AM
May 2016

All the more reason to support the most qualified candidate which entered this race, we are very lucky in the DNC, we have this candidate. I can't even imagine Trump as president, a nightmare.

fleabiscuit

(4,542 posts)
10. This is not an isolated event from Rubin...
Sat May 7, 2016, 08:20 PM
May 2016

Longish read...

Stop Trump, then remake conservative politics

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/05/06/stop-trump-then-remake-conservative-politics/

"In the 2016 election cycle, two things have happened simultaneously. Conservatives need to separate the two in order to understand the fix they are in and how to work their way out of it.

First, an unstable, thuggish demagogue arrived on the scene. In the wasteland of American culture, where manners and civic education have deteriorated, he seized the imagination of alienated, economically stressed Americans, turning their anxiety into hatred of foreigners and breeding a certain nihilism. He demands that his adherents ignore what is before their eyes and place their faith in one person with all the answers (none of the facts, however), which he insists are simple and quick.

Second, the GOP discovered (in part, through Sen. Ted Cruz’s collapse despite perfect mechanical execution) that there is no majority supporting the Reagan agenda. Certainly, Cruz was a politician of limited talent and imagination, but if he could not sell the “three-legged stool” to the masses, perhaps there are no masses receptive to that sort of stuff. Even in a GOP primary, there is no majority looking to roll back gay rights or give huge tax breaks to upper-income Americans.

Now, those who oppose Donald Trump don’t necessarily oppose him for the same reason. Moderates, conservatives, secular Republicans and religious conservatives have figured out that he is a dangerous character, one whose temperament precludes entrusting him with the powers of the presidency. It is disappointing, stunning even, that some Republicans cannot or will not recognize the magnitude of his mendacity. Opportunists such as Newt Gingrich are to be expected, but Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) have fallen in line as well. We had hoped they were made of sterner stuff….”

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
11. This was a very interesting article!
Sat May 7, 2016, 08:40 PM
May 2016

She understands the mistakes the Republicans have made forever now! Very self aware!

Along with all of this, conservatives have to end their intellectual isolation and self-delusions. They need to stop pretending that climate change is not occurring (the extent and the proposed solutions can be rationally discussed) or imagining that there is a market for pre-New-Deal-size government. Conservatives must end their infatuation with phony news, crank conspiracy theories, demonization of well-meaning leaders and mean rhetoric. It’s time to grow up, turn off Sean Hannity, get off toxic social media and start learning about the world as it is. (Read a book authored by someone without a talk show, spend time with non-Republicans, take an online course in economics.) Confirmation bias has become pathological.

This is all daunting and complicated. Many people have a financial interest in keeping conservatives angry and invested in bad causes. Ignore them. The scorecards are meaningless, the CPAC straw poll is nonsense and the talk radio audiences are entirely unrepresentative of the country or even the party as a whole.

The undertaking begins with stopping Trump. Beyond that, people of good will and common sense can work either within the old Republican Party or in a new (Hamiltonian? Reform? Opportunity?) Party. Unless conservatives get their act together, we will become a one-party, ever left-drifting, country, at least at the national level.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/05/06/stop-trump-then-remake-conservative-politics/
Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»Hillary Clinton»10 reasons Hillary Clinto...