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In reply to the discussion: Okay. So what if it's Hillary against Trump? What happens? [View all]wiggs
(8,791 posts)has sharp elbows. She is capable of heaping ridicule on people that deserve it. She hopefully won't bring a knife to a gunfight, which dems have been known to do over and over against a party that is willing to lie, use low tactics. Not only that, she is likely willing to hire people and get surrogates to do even worse.
For decades, dems have tip-toed around issues and overall are not blunt/clear enough about bad gop behavior and policies. I'm sure Obama knows exactly, first hand, what the gop is like....but is too much a diplomat and consensus builder to break out the big guns he's capable of.
A positive campaign will not work against the ultimate salesman, a Limbaugh spawn with no scruples. So it's up to the dems and Hillary to break form and compete...not with lies, but with honesty, bluntness and truth. The case is easy to make...has been for years....