2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum@chucktodd--to Hillary interview : "What is the big idea of your candidacy?"
Best Response ever Hillary!
Brian Fallon ?@brianefallon 5m5 minutes ago
.@chucktodd: "What is the big idea of your candidacy?"
@HillaryClinton: "We are stronger TOGETHER."
BootinUp
(47,144 posts)EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)Ferd Berfel
(3,687 posts)mostly that it's her turn
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)SheenaR
(2,052 posts)Not at all reflective of her campaign to this point. But smart answer with a look toward the convention.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Shemp Howard
(889 posts)Who wouldn't agree with "We are stronger together"? It's on the same level as "Have a nice day."
A candidate's Big Idea should be bold, and at least somewhat specific. Something like: I will reduce the number of poor in the US by...
This is not a knock against Hillary specifically. They all do it! And I understand why they do it. That sort of answer is safe, and uncontroversial. But I don't want a safe Big Idea. Hillary, Bernie, whomever...I want something bold.
Jack Bone
(2,023 posts)it won't fit on a coffee mug! and it'll look funny on a T-shirt.
it's like a cheap knockoff of Lincoln's "a house divided" saying.
it's 2016...originality matters