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In reply to the discussion: Nobody's within ten of Clinton-Republican challengers destroyed!!! [View all]MANative
(4,188 posts)As stupid as Romney was in the way he phrased his thinking, he also wasn't entirely wrong when he said that there were 47% that he would never reach. Same is true in the inverse. There's that chunk of the electorate that Hillary can never hope to capture because they've been so (literally) brainwashed into believing that she - and all "libruls" - are evil. But it seems clear that she has the ability to capture the remaining 53%. In fact, she's slightly out-performing the range. I love that this will drive them nuts! My biggest concern is not over her ability to gain the support, it's about the strong likelihood that dirty tricks well beyond those employed by Georgie in 2000 and 2004 will be wielded against the American voter. (It's not against Hillary, truly, it's a direct attack on free democratic elections.)
You're right that the general population doesn't give a crap about these "scandals" and sees them for what they are - manufactured outrage. Bill's popularity after the impeachment was strong evidence; Hillary is proving it true again.