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Dem anxiety hangs over Clinton
The Hill ^ | July 29th, 2016 | By Alexander Bolton

Posted on 07/29/2016 12:22:00 PM PDT by Mariner

PHILADELPHIA — Democrats are worried about Hillary Clinton’s inability to separate herself from Donald Trump in the polls, even after what they believe was a largely successful convention that represented a real step toward party unity.

Clinton is hoping for a big post-convention boost, but the reality right now is that she in behind Trump in the polls, and has been in a relatively tight race for weeks.

While the Electoral College may give her an advantage, party leaders and strategists say they remain concerned that Clinton is a tough sell when a majority of Americans think the country is on the wrong track and want to shake up Washington.

“The most important thing is there is a bias for change and there’s an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll where people express that bias even when they don’t know what the change is going to be,” said Geoff Garin, a pollster who worked for Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and now advises Priorities USA, a pro-Clinton super PAC.

That July survey showed a majority of voters, 56 percent, prefer someone who will bring major changes to government even if they don’t know what those changes will be. Only 46 percent wanted a candidate who would bring a steady approach to government.

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To: Mariner
"...they remain concerned that Clinton is a tough sell

She'll also be a tough sell because more and more voters are finding out that she worked very hard to get a light, 2 months in jail sentence ...for a convicted child rapist!!!

COULTER on Hillary defending child rapist Thomas Taylor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdkTqkLbL_4>

21 posted on 07/29/2016 12:50:12 PM PDT by Mr Apple (COULTER on Hillary defending child rapist Thomas Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdkTqkLbL_4)
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To: Mariner
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22 posted on 07/29/2016 12:50:51 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: paul544

Yep, but I suspect many are the voters who don’t normally pay attention or vote, but were just Obots. Also I suspect there are drops in traditional viewing because of watching on youtube etc. more now than 4 years ago.


23 posted on 07/29/2016 12:51:23 PM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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To: ilovesarah2012
By what measure could the convention possibly be considered successful?

Trump got another bump because people are so turned off by the socialist parade?

24 posted on 07/29/2016 12:51:40 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: RayChuang88

Hillary is the public toilet bowl after a barbecue convention that won’t flush.


25 posted on 07/29/2016 12:53:46 PM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: Mariner

If the Dems were intelligent (which I tend to doubt), the headline would be BREAKING: Dems Hang Hillary Over Anxiety.


26 posted on 07/29/2016 12:55:54 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (We need the Second Amendment now more than ever.)
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To: Mariner

...and there are still all those emails out there.....


27 posted on 07/29/2016 1:04:09 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Mariner
people express that bias even when they don’t know what the change is going to be,

That's because we had 'Hope & Change' for 8 years that turned into a disaster. So anything is better than what we have now!..................

28 posted on 07/29/2016 1:06:18 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Mariner

One of Hillary's many problems is that the Clintons' Fairy-Tale picture of the state of America is bumping up against
the reality of the horrible mess democrats have created in the last 7½ years.

Not to mention that she is about as likeable as a lip full of cold sores that won't go away.


29 posted on 07/29/2016 1:06:59 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Mariner

What’s with the white pantsuit?

Does Hillary ever wear a dress anymore?

Flame away, but I thought Michelle Obama looked pretty in her dress. Didn’t like anything she had to say, but, she dressed like a woman.

I heard one commentator say Hillary looked like a white knight coming in to become president, as she came out in her white pantsuit. Talk about a barf alert....


30 posted on 07/29/2016 1:07:21 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Mariner

There’s that “trump wins the popular vote but she wins the electoral college” meme again.

They want us to be comfortable with this possibility as a set up for them to steal the election. A couple of battleground states - a couple of precincts really - is all it would take. Pay close attention to Virginia and Peensylvania.


31 posted on 07/29/2016 1:09:12 PM PDT by AC86UT89
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To: Intolerant in NJ

Why do I get the feeling our next President is Joe Biden?


32 posted on 07/29/2016 1:14:36 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Hits for Hillary. Get paid to sign onto YouTube and watch Hillary's speech over and over.)
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To: Pollster1

“Successful convention”??

-surprise release of 20,000 emails showing they are crooks and rigged the primaries

-their chairwoman resigned in disgrace

-they humiliated Bernie and he quit the party in the middle of the convention

-Bernie supporters protested constantly outside and inside, burning flags, breaking security barriers, and hijacking the press tent. (MSM ignored all of this of course at the same time the emails proved they are just an extension of the DNC propaganda machine)

-Trump stole all the media coverage twice - with a brilliant press conference the morning after the rapist’s speech - then again this morning with a Twitter barrage

-as for the big finish, their candidate was reduced to reissuing Reagan-seque morning in America platitudes while her husband fell fast asleep in the front row

-3 million more people watched Trump’s speech on TV at a time when a lot of people have abandoned TV news for more honest internet coverage

Yeah great convention guys - a real “success”! LMAO!!!


33 posted on 07/29/2016 1:22:02 PM PDT by AC86UT89
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To: madprof98
I thought the consensus across the board - from RedState on to the far left

.... but you repeat yourself.

34 posted on 07/29/2016 1:22:54 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Muslims kill people because they're sick of being called violent! They're violent over Islamophobia!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Not a big fan of Mooch, but I agree she looked very good for her speech.

Now, let’s play compare and contrast: Chelsea vs Ivanka!


35 posted on 07/29/2016 1:24:44 PM PDT by AC86UT89
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To: Dilbert San Diego
I thought that she lookedlike...


36 posted on 07/29/2016 1:28:38 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: AC86UT89
"Pay close attention to Virginia and Peensylvania."

And, just maybe, Florida...again.

37 posted on 07/29/2016 1:35:57 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: orchestra

Lol! That is outstanding!


38 posted on 07/29/2016 1:36:04 PM PDT by henkster (Liberals need to learn there is no "F" in "Money.")
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To: madprof98

Redstate is so irrelevant now and its sad. I used to be friends with some of those guys mostly Joshua Treviño who managed the Chuck Devore Senate campaign. We used to debate back and forth frequently post Chuck’s failed campaign. I’m still friends with the Devore’s. Josh is a good guy and the best of the founders of that site.

Erik followed me for a long time and we had limited interactions and mostly I aligned with his positions but we fell out primary over the way he treated Virginia Senate Candidate Radke. He invited her to Redstate then tried to smear her as a drunk. Erik really started to change once he decided to become a CNN commentator. Now he’s went on some kind of uber Christian bender which again usually wouldn’t be a problem if he’d be a little more grace sharing.

I really don’t know what is wrong with guys like Erikson. My humble analysis is that he like Glen Beck and others have decided that they protecting the status quo because the alternative is chaos or the loss of some navie view of conservatism. They like to call Trump childish but honestly I’ve never seen a more childish position. Erik and the Nevertrumps supported Romney, they supported McCain, they even support worms like Mark Kirk.

Now I don’t know what their goal is beyond keeping the $ flowing their way any way they can by being Trump antagonists. They clearly don’t care more about this country than their personal butthurt. A Hillary election is certain to permanently shift the Supreme Court to the far left. Continued open borders will permanently change the shape of the electorate to one that is hostile to constitutionalism of any kind. Continued importation of sharia believing Muslims will cause the horror that we are witnessing in Europe to become even more common on our own shores.

Maybe that is their goal. Maybe they want to see Hillary appoint a leftist judge that will finally provide the vote to kill the 2nd amendment and spark a Civil war. Maybe they want Muslim populations to grow so as to offer an offset to social liberalism. Maybe they want to bring on the apocalypse and let America slip into a Venezuelan like condition which if it happens here will be 1000 times as bad as it is there. No matter how much I sometimes hunger for all out war I can not see that as a means to an end. Trump offers us proof that a peaceful though sometimes pugnacious revolution is possible at the ballot box and given the choice between the apocalypse and chance at American greatness reclaimed. I’ll choose the later every day. I have no desire to kill my fellow citizens or see them dead I just want a country where I will not be drafted against my will into their causes whether personally or financially.

That is the America we need to get back to, one where we are not in collective strait-jacket, one where we are not substituting a religion of the state for a personal religion of our choosing.


39 posted on 07/29/2016 1:37:15 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Free is just another word for someone else has to pay.)
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To: AC86UT89

Good summary.


40 posted on 07/29/2016 2:04:14 PM PDT by Canedawg (Make America Great Again)
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