2016 Postmortem

tabasco

(22,974 posts) Mon Apr 25, 2016, 08:30 AM Apr 2016

Hillary Clinton: GOP Uniter

Republicans expect to be battered and fractured by the time they finally find a presidential nominee. But party operatives hoping for unity see a sliver of silver lining: Nothing brings the GOP together quite like the Clintons.

“If you were going to choose one person who unites the Republican Party, it would be Hillary Clinton,” says Peter Wehner, a veteran of the past three GOP administrations.

Republicans have been preparing to run against Clinton in 2016 for the past three years, at least, with well-funded political groups, political action committees, and opposition research teams dedicated to taking her on. In its nascent stages, the GOP presidential primary was essentially an audition for the best candidate to run against Clinton.

But as much as the Republican establishment was ready for such matchup, it did not anticipate nominating a person it disliked almost as much as the presumptive Democratic nominee. And thus, Donald Trump has become a possible spoiler to the Clintons’ power to rally Republicans against them.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/04/25/hillary_clinton_gop_uniter.html

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Hillary Clinton: GOP Uniter (Original Post) tabasco Apr 2016 OP

Yes, she will unite them and divide the Democrats and ensure a Trump presidency. pdsimdars Apr 2016 #1

Nothing unified people of color like being slurred, denigrated, and sometimes assaulted Tarc Apr 2016 #2

I wouldn't mind her uniting the GOP in mindless, frothing hate... Orsino Apr 2016 #3

The conflicting... JSup Apr 2016 #4

Yes Dem2 Apr 2016 #5

Heh JSup Apr 2016 #7

Are we supposed to pick a nominee based on who Republicans like? KingFlorez Apr 2016 #6

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)

1. Yes, she will unite them and divide the Democrats and ensure a Trump presidency.

Reply to tabasco (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 09:54 AM

Apr 2016

I wish the Democrats could think forward a tiny bit. Worst negatives in the HISTORY of the Democratic party. . . .

Tarc

(10,476 posts)

2. Nothing unified people of color like being slurred, denigrated, and sometimes assaulted

Reply to tabasco (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 10:40 AM

Apr 2016

By Trump and his minions.

Any kneejerk Clinton dislike by the GOP will be swamped by the mobilization many many non-white voters this fall. There is real, palpable anger and fear in our communities over the possibility of a populist, racist Republican seizing the White House.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)

3. I wouldn't mind her uniting the GOP in mindless, frothing hate...

Reply to tabasco (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:08 AM

Apr 2016

...for anyone whose name even rhymes with Clinton. That force has failed to stop her before, and could conceivably work in her favor this year.

The disarray of the Republican Party pretty much guarantees they would have to run on their tired old antivaginal talking points and charming attacks on Slick Willie.