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Clinton's ace in the hole in the battle against Trump
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | June 5, 2016 | Bruce Wolpe

Posted on 06/05/2016 5:07:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Never mind the doubters, Hillary Clinton has two weapons to attack Donald Trump with. 1) Barack Obama. 2) Her ability to surgically dissect his lack of foreign policy credentials. Bruce Wolpe writes.

Many - if not most - Democrats have been very worried, even as Hillary Clinton steadily closes on the nomination, that she was not withstanding the headwinds that have been hitting her campaign.

There's been lethargy among her supporters; young voters going overwhelmingly to Sanders; women unenthusiastic; Sanders with a bigger lead over Trump in head-to-head polls than Clinton; and the prospect she could lose the last big primary in California on Tuesday.

Obama lost California in '08 and still clinched the nomination; HRC will, at worst, do the same, but that would not be the uplifting coda to the primaries that she wants.

And Democrats have also been worried about whether Clinton can really take on The Trump. Yes, she has garnered 12.9 million Democratic votes in the primaries (to Sanders' 9.9 million), and has outpaced Trump's 11.5 million. But the overall Republican turnout to date has been 26.3 million to 22.8 million for the Democrats. So who will be energised more when the movement-oriented Sanders is out of the play?

And then there is the issue of whether Clinton has the cunning to take on Trump's mettle....

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Arkansas; Massachusetts; New York; Vermont; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; arkansas; australia; barneyfrank; benghazi; berniesanders; brucewolpe; california; clintoonfoundation; election2016; emailserver; hillary; hillaryclinton; hitlery; massachusetts; newyork; trump; vermont; wipewater
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Bruce Wolpe was on the Democratic staff in Congress in president Barack Obama's first term. He is a supporter of Hillary Clinton's campaign. He is chief of staff to former Prime Minister Julia Gillard. The views posted here are solely and exclusively his own.
1 posted on 06/05/2016 5:07:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yet she is still taking on water.


2 posted on 06/05/2016 5:08:33 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Blah, blah, blah.

Go Trump.

:D


3 posted on 06/05/2016 5:09:19 PM PDT by cba123 (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html)
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To: Biggirl

Yet she still can’t put away an old commie white guy.


4 posted on 06/05/2016 5:09:51 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All trump would have to do is call the parents of the Benghazi tragedy up on the stage and explain how hitlary will kill your kids, lie to your face and lock up an innocent man to save her own fat azz!


5 posted on 06/05/2016 5:11:33 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Never mind the doubters, Donald Trump has two weapons to attack Hillary Clinton with: 1) Barack Obama’s record which she touts 2) His ability to surgically dissect her extensive foreign policy disasters.


6 posted on 06/05/2016 5:11:37 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Foreign policy? How about her total train-wreck of foreign policy as our sorry SoS.


7 posted on 06/05/2016 5:11:48 PM PDT by wrench
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How will she dissect his lack of foreign affairs experience? By pointing to all her failures?


8 posted on 06/05/2016 5:11:51 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: headstamp 2

.....And CA could on Tuesday be a win for the old commie white guy.


9 posted on 06/05/2016 5:11:57 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Her ability to surgically dissect his lack of foreign policy credentials. Bruce Wolpe writes...and Trump will demonstrate her complete incompetence in foreign policy with a bulldozer......
10 posted on 06/05/2016 5:20:09 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Biggirl

Go, Bernie, you nutty old commie!

Beat the sh!t out of the old commie whore in California!!!


11 posted on 06/05/2016 5:21:21 PM PDT by miserare ( "What difference does it make?"~~Benghazi Hil)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Barack Obama? LOL

If Obama gets involved it will just make her look week. And I don’t think Obama wants to get into a mud fight with Trump. He doesn’t even like Hillary.


12 posted on 06/05/2016 5:21:21 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Biggirl
Never mind the doubters, Hillary Clinton has two weapons to attack Donald Trump with. 1) Barack Obama. 2) Her ability to surgically dissect his lack of foreign policy credentials.

Truly,these tactics are like bringing a knife to a gun fight.

13 posted on 06/05/2016 5:22:01 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Helicondelta

Weak.


14 posted on 06/05/2016 5:22:01 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: longfellow

Include Amb. Stevens’ fiancee in that group...


15 posted on 06/05/2016 5:26:29 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump ought to ask Hillary who she thinks the San Jose mayor is voting for next Nov.


16 posted on 06/05/2016 5:26:50 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Answer me this: We got Democrat voters wanting Hitlery indicted because they want Bernie to be the nominee, Obama I believe wants her indicted because he can’t stand the Clintons, we of course got Trump supporters wanting her indicted, SO WHY ISN’T SHE BEING INDICTED??? Are the GOP-Es standing in the way because they WANT her as POTUS so they can continue selling out the country?


17 posted on 06/05/2016 5:27:15 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (By His wounds we are healed.)
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To: TalBlack

IIRC he’s already endorsed her.


18 posted on 06/05/2016 5:27:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Don Corleone
Truly,these tactics are like bringing a knife to a gun fight.

More like drenching yourself in gasoline before going to a blowtorch fight.

19 posted on 06/05/2016 5:28:18 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Swell. Know nothings trying to tell the Ametican voter what’s what


20 posted on 06/05/2016 5:28:28 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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