Posted on 10/13/2016 11:55:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sources within the Democratic National Committee who spoke on condition of anonymity, have told the Observer that Hillary Clinton is inclined to take her senior advisors' tactical suggestion, and withdraw from her third scheduled debate with Donald Trump, set for October 19th. The reasons are as follows:
1. Clinton enjoys an historic lead in the polls. Some polls have her up by 9% nationally. The Real Clear Politics average of polls currently puts her ahead by 5.5% in a 4 way race (Clinton 44.6%, Trump 39.1%). No presidential candidate this far behind less than 30 days before the election, has ever managed to make up a 5.5% deficit in the national polls.
2. There is no compelling reason to debate Mr. Trump. There are few true undecided voters left, with such controversial and unpopular major party candidates.
3. Any time two candidates debate, the unpredictable can happen. Trump could pull a proverbial rabbit out of his hat, in the form of an e mail from Wikileaks, or a surprise from Russian intelligence. Clinton is the better debater, having spent a career in public life. But the bar for Mr. Trump is set extremely low. There is no reason to chance a Trump win.
4. Among the unpredictable things that could happen is Mrs. Clinton could faint, as she did on September 11th, 2016. She has a few chronic conditions, and Bill Clinton said on September 14th that she has always been subject to fainting spells. She may not be any sicker than the average 68 year old woman, but she clearly has health problems. Even a coughing fit could serve as grist for the conspiracy theorists.
5. Despite criticism, Trump dropped out of the final Republican primary debate on January 28, 2016. He is hardly in a position to criticize her for failing to show up for one.
6. Clinton can plausibly refuse to legitimize a man she sees as racist, sexist, misogynist, isolationist, and the leader of a "basket of deplorables." Withdrawing from the debate will play well with her base, who will see it as heroic rather than cowardly.
7. She has already appeared to debate Trump not once but twice. Her supporters (any of the commentators on MSNBC, for example), saw both debates as Clinton victories. Nothing is to be gained in their eyes by showing up and beating an increasingly desperate Trump, a third time.
8. By avoiding being in a room again with Mr. Trump, she has the dignity of being "above the fray." It has been the most contentious presidential election in 100 years. She can ignore Trump and issue mature calls for unity, allowing her to play the theme of "We're Stronger Together" into the Election in January
Winning the presidency is one thing. Actually leading a fractured nation, as Clinton is likely to be doing next year, may prove more challenging than merely beating Trump. Turning on to that task now would be seen as, well, presidential.
Update: Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post has reached the same conclusion we have: Hillary should blow off (skip) the third debate.
See Also http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2016/10/hillary_clinton_should_skip_th.html
they realize the more America sees of crooked, the less they like her
Now, what was it Donald was saying recently about “stamina?”
Trump is going to stomp her again.
She has to decide which is going to be worse for her.
It’ALL BAD Hillary!!
...and there won’t be any more damning pictures of her rapist husband.
Some serious Wikileaks released John Podesta knows something about wet worked Scalia!
Ha! I read the same strategy in a Wikileaks Podesta email today! She manipulated to avoid one to one debate with Bernie. Obvious reason is she absolutely is the worst debater on earth, utterly without humor, memory, spontaneity, intelligence, ideas!
No one had dared confront her with her criminality to her face as Trump did. She dissolved before our eyes. Thin skimned and unable to put in a call to her wetwork associates. She’ll be damned if she stands through that hazing again!
Interesting the farthest left town in California leaks this story, the Santa Monica local paper. Seriously, reading Podestas emails is showing me how the Clinton Machine influences the news and opinions.
What about replacing her with Bernie!?
This story is most likely BULLCRAP .... but, if not BULLCRAP, perhaps she has been refused access to the debate’s planned questions in advance. /s
“Clinton is the better debater, having spent a career in public life.”
“Update: Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post has reached the same conclusion we have: Hillary should blow off (skip) the third debate.”
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God Help US. The media would make Joseph Goebbels blush with envy.
A sound strategy but doesn’t read like it came from her staff.
I hope she shows and gets her butt kicked but don’t know how much it will matter.
It is a waiting game for us now. I hope Trump wins but the republican party is toast either way.
Worry for the country and world? I do.
i imagine that the MSM would fully support hillary doing this if trump were to drop out of the 3rd debate...
I especially like the way she smirked, or smiled, and even grinned, every single moment of the debate. I think people with smiles frozen on their faces are the best leaders.
This is so stupid it’s not even worth reading all the way through... so I didn’t.
I thought Reagan v Carte r was like this.
“Some serious Wikileaks released John Podesta knows something about wet worked Scalia”
Speak English, please.
Ignore all those Trump rallys with 15,000-20,000 die hard supporters 2-3 times a day, people. Ignore the fact that Shrillary can`t fill a high school gym. She`s winning by an insurmountable lead.
To trot out such a bogus story tells me only one thing. They`ve given up on trying to win in the traditional way (i.e., at the ballot box).
I agree. The most important reason for her to skip the debates is to try and prevent the exposure of the wikileaks dumps to millions of LIVs.
Yes! Yes! She can already skip debate vs. “bully” Trump. Clinton is now winning big time. After all, she’s already 50% ahead of the Donald, so says the “very accurate” and “scientific” Polls by the “very honest” media”.
TRUMP 2016
If there is any truth to this...which I doubt there is...the Clinton campaign realizes, clearly, the third POTUS debate is political poison for Hillary Clinton. DJT, on the other hand, has nothing to lose and will be on the attack from the opening bell, both with Ms. Clinton and that moron, Chris Wallace from FNC!!! Folks...there is no upside for Clinton. Wallace will twist her like a small tree shifting in the powerful wind and Trump will play like the weak sister and crook she is. However...there is no way she can back out, without looking like a doofus!!! Everyone in the entire Democrat Party is dreading next Wednesday coming!!! Also...Trump could care less about Chris Wallace. Wallace, another left-wing, weak sister, will fold the second Trump really goes after him!!! Trump made “easy” mince meat of the first three ultra liberal low life moderators.
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