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WP: Hillary Clinton is closer to winning red states than she is to losing swing states (Original Post) Cryptoad Aug 2016 OP
.. NightWatcher Aug 2016 #1
She's running a super campaign radical noodle Aug 2016 #2
Complacency is the biggest threat bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #3
Debates are coming! cannabis_flower Aug 2016 #6
Even mor reason t be OPTIMISTIC! REALforever Aug 2016 #8
Nobody should get complacent, but... Dopers_Greed Aug 2016 #4
Im with u,,,, savor every second of this....... Cryptoad Aug 2016 #5
Time for Assange to dump another load of DNC e-mails Blue_Tires Aug 2016 #7

bucolic_frolic

(43,193 posts)
3. Complacency is the biggest threat
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 07:31 PM
Aug 2016

but also mood shifts. Except that nothing is happening on the issues
of the campaign. It's like the two sides are two separate campaigns in
the sense of they are not interacting much, answering one another.
Red crowds, blue crowds. It will become increasingly difficult for either
side to generate energy without those interactions. There are no surprises
ideologically, politically, or on issues. Everyone knows where they stand.

Trump probably thinks he'll just turn on the nastiness at the debates, that's
it's all a matter of saying 'emails', 'Benghazi', and three 'crooked Hillaries'.

More than anything HRC's intelligence and taking the high road is attracting
attention. Imagine! A candidate who's not trash talking, who is articulate.

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
4. Nobody should get complacent, but...
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:02 PM
Aug 2016

I cannot wait until election day to see my RWer friends' heads explode. Having to endure months of anti-Hillary memes on Facebook will all be worth it.

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