2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Polls: Trump Closing In On Hillary [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)Clinton is so scripted and rigid. She's is not prepared to handle Trump, who will be lobbing grenades at her from all directions. She's had it sooooo easy with Bernie.
Trump went after her and Bill's sex life this week. Clinton's response was to hide and not respond. Not a winning strategy.
I worry about her in a debate with Trump. She's actually an amazing debater when she's able to stay on script, word for word. But when she goes off script, she runs off the rails. Bernie caught her off guard, on very minor points and she practically blew a gasket. When Bernie went after her on her Wall Street contributions and how they would impact her behavior toward the banks--she spewed some nonsense about 9/11! A horrible moment for her.
Trump will throw down so many comments and zingers at her. I have absolutely no faith that she'll be prepared for it, or that she'll be able to respond effectively. She won't get away with soundbytes on her email server, Libya, her Iraq War vote, her Wall Street big money connections--when it comes to Trump. He won't pull any punches, and he also won't allow her to get away with canned non-responses.
Bernie would be the better candidate against Trump. Oh, what a great campaign that would be. Bernie is the perfect candidate to take on Trump.