General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: If you are surprised that Trump won Nevada [View all]quaker bill
(8,264 posts)to see through Trump, but they will need to be given a viable alternative. I have long thought that "issues" and "resume" are collectively not the way to win this office. Barack ran on "Hope and Change" as an image and it worked. Trump will run on arrogance and it might work.
What will not work is Hillary's regular fall back "it is unfair". The Clintons have run successfully on "unfairness" since Jennifer Flowers came up in 1992. Trump will be "unfair" to Hillary, and he will do it boldly over and over. If Hillary says that Trump is being "unfair" his fans will only applaud.
Recently Hillary has accused Bernie of being "unfair" and using "subtle smears". Trump will not be subtle, and when accused of using smears, will simply laugh.
My concerns with Hillary as a candidate are different than my concerns about her as President. As a candidate, she would have been fine as she is against JEB, or Ted, or Marco. Against Trump she will need to learn a whole new game, and one that neither she or her husband have any notable skill for, being the bigger bombast in the room. I think Bernie would be better at this, Howard Dean has some skills here, Alan Grayson has toe to toe skills like this, perhaps a few others. Hillary will have to train really hard, and even then I am not sure she is up to it. Chris Christie could not handle Trump and he is a skilled bombast.