WikiLeaks publishes searchable database of almost 20,000 emails from DNC.

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That strategy hasn't worked so far. Trump loves attention, even the negative attention. The media has already focused and fixated on Trump's bigoted and idiotic statements, both real and imagined. It doesn't make a difference. Honestly I think the left wing shot themselves in the foot years ago by crying racist and bigot at everybody who politically disagrees with them. At this point people who aren't part of the Democratic party just ignore it. I don't think that Democrats even realize that. I think Hillary should hammer Trump on the fact that he's not qualified for the job.

Perhaps you're right -- it's not like the electorate is terribly discerning. But with Trump's mouth feeding the ammo, a good campaign manager could make a hell of a lot of hay from that sunshine. His comments tooday, for instance, inviting Russia to prowl more through her emails -- if I were running Hillary's campaign, first shot would be we've got a Presidential candidate urging a global rival to commit further espionage into American government systems.

Even an idiot can understand that sort of message. I'd beat Trump over the head with his appeal to a foreign power to manipulate American democracy, and I bet he wouldn't survive.  We'll see if the Dems are going to go there.

He's giving hostages to fortune every time he opens his mouth with such unwise mutterings. He's already alienated minorities and women, and now in appealing to a foreign power he lays himself open to attack on the Patriotic American® front. His base of threatened white males might be intense in emotion, but they are a demographic bottleneck, and Trump's campaign doesn't seems to understand that. Intense emotions don't win elections, numbers do, and Trump has said one hell of a lot that he will have to answer for publicly in the debates. He'll need a truckfull of liver for all the bruises he's giving himself.

Don't undersell Hillary's team. They're as experienced as they come, and as cold-blooded as their boss.

We don't have to see if they'll go there. They already started the Trump is in bed with Russia thing weeks ago and indeed the media outlets that lean left are rolling with that story hard. I'm sure that originates from Clinton. I think it's probably a fleeting non-issue though. Maybe some voters will care, but I don't really see it catching hold.

You are right that Hillary Clinton, campaign wise is a lot tougher, a lot wealthier and a lot smarter then anything Trump went up against in the Primaries. But don't write him off in the debates. That was a big mistake the Republicans made. They thought they'd hammer him in the first debates, but Trump has way more TV experience then every other candidate put together, including Hillary. He dominated the Republican debates in a way that no other candidate has. He wasn't necessarily making good points, but I bet that everybody at home was just waiting to see what he said next. He knows how to look good on TV and he's good at dragging people down into the mud with him. Clinton has to be very careful in the debates. To think she has them locked up is a big mistake. She might want to talk about policy, but that might bore a general election audience with limited understanding of the issues. We know what Trumps going to do, sling mud, be disrespectful, be vicious and insulting. The people who don't want Trump to be president want their candidate to be better then that. When Marco Rubio tried to imitate Trump (by making small penis jokes about him) you saw his poll numbers collapse. On the other hand, it's going to be hard for Hillary to stand there and be respectful and presidential and some of her die hard followers will want her to sling mud  so it's going to be a hard tightrope for her to walk to come out of those debates looking good.