Donald Trump Will End Hillary’s Career In A Very Ugly Campaign
The American voters perception of Hillary Clinton is so negative that it is unprecedented in the modern politics, and I have been watching it since JFK.
Wednesday afternoon a online survey showed Hillary Clinton faces a major challenge in the rebuilding of her very soiled reputation. Of he registered voters surveyed online, 24% stated that they disliked her.
When they were asked what they disliked about Mrs. Clinton 32% of voters said she was “dishonest” or “untrustworthy,” or “liar.”
Based on those numbers the race in the minds of voters would essentially be between a successful business man and a lying woman politician.
A campaign between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for US President will likely result one of the nastiest political campaigns ever, The candidate who is really smart here will keep their foot on their opponent’s throat. And Donald Trump knows how to do that very well.
I expect that it will be easier for Donald Trump to persuade voters he is not a bully than for Hillary Clinton to persuade voters she’s not an untrustworthy liar.
“How do you fix being a liar, when this scandal is just going to continue to roil, and it’s all about the e-mails?” he asks. “How do you make yourself not a liar anymore when this is only going to get worse for you and every day there’s another story?”
Long-time pollster Anthony Fabrizio, a veteran of 4 Presidential campaigns, warns that Democrats “are beginning to see that Trump has appeal.”
The Fabrizio, Lee & Associates poll released Wednesday shows the race a statistical dead heat in a hypothetical match-up, with Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump 45 to 44%. The survey has a 2.5% margin of error.
Anthony Fabrizio is a nationally recognized opinion expert and co-founder and partner of the Fabrizio, Lee & Associates polling firm, he says the recent online survey of 1,500 registered voters suggests several pathways to a Trump victory that flies in the face of predictions that the real estate and entertainment mogul would be un-electable in November.
“I think the pundits have missed the ball,” Mr. Fabrizio says, calling it “just ridiculous” that some commentators have tried to write off Donald Trump in the general election.
Mr. Fabrizio offered his advice regarding Trump’s pathway to victory, if he’s able to win the GOP nomination.
Tone It Down: Noting Clinton gets better marks for presidential temperament, he says Trump should tone it down. “If I were advising him, I would take temperament off the table,” he says. “I’m not saying don’t be brash. Say what you’re going to say, people get that. But there’s a way you can take temperament off the table and you can still be a straight talker.”
Stay on the Offense: With both Clinton and Trump recording high negatives, he says, “The candidate who is smart here will keep their foot on their opponent’s throat. You need to do that. Trump should never give up talking about her honesty, her integrity, [saying] you can’t trust her.”
Don’t Neglect the Issues; A scorched-earth campaign won’t be enough. Polls show voters agree with Trump on issues like a tougher foreign-policy stance and reducing the size of government. Fabrizio says Trump should highlight these policy differences at every turn: “There needs to be a clear distinction between the two on what they actually believe,” he says.
Shore Up the GOP Base: Some Republicans, he says, “are kind in flux.” They won’t vote for Hillary, but they don’t like Trump – and if they sit out the election his margin for error will quickly dwindle. Trump has to figure out how to get them back into the GOP column. “If he solidified Republicans,” Fabrizio says, “she’d be dead.”
Go Lightly on Obama. Some pundits suggest the key to a GOP victory is linking Clinton to Obama as closely as possible. But Fabrizio warns that could equate to throwing Clinton a life preserver. The reason: Obama’s favorable ratings are much higher than hers are. “Use him when you have to use him,” he says, “but don’t use him to give her a life-preserver— because he’s in better shape than she is.”
Work With the Pros: Trump has serious obstacles to overcome, particularly with suburban women, and must not continue to act as his own strategist. We all know Trump disparages consultants and pollsters and thinks everybody is a con man. … You cannot go into a general election for President and not have a clear strategy, a clear message, a clear organizational structure.
Mr. Fabrizio says that Mrs. Clinton’s campaign has yet to decide how it will try to present Donald Trump to the public.
“Here is the problem: They have to decide what they want to make Trump,” he says. Either they want to make him a flip-flopper, or you make him a right-wing kook.
“Because when you make them a flip-flopper, that makes it hard to make him a right-wing kook. Because that means he can change his mind, he’s not doctrinaire. So that’s the problem they face,” he said, “they’ve got to decide which it is.”
I believe I know what Donald Trump will make out of Hillary Clinton should he take the GOP nomination, and she the Dem’s nomination, it will not be pretty.
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