RE: WikiLeaks publishes searchable database of almost 20,000 emails from DNC.
July 27, 2016 at 1:28 pm
(This post was last modified: July 27, 2016 at 1:29 pm by Crossless2.0.)
(July 27, 2016 at 1:18 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I personally think she needs to start hammering on her own ideas ... but it's pretty hard to do so with the two email issues getting the most coverage. I don't think her problem is where she sits on the spectrum or who she appeals to -- her problem is that she is not setting the tone and topic of conversation, but rather is having to follow along and answer for this or that negative. That's a bad place for a politician to be, on the defensive.
I agree. But one of her problems is that she's such a policy wonk that her discussing her ideas often comes across as a laundry list of policy proposals, which I gather leaves a lot of people cold, rather than an overarching narrative in which voters can place themselves. She has a bad habit in her public appearances of seeming to speak at her audience rather than to and with them.
And if one has to fight a defensive political campaign, Trump is probably the guy to fight against. He leads with his chin. He can't seem to help himself.
