WAPO: Even HRC Supporters Agree: Clinton A Weak Candidate

[amborin]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/even-supporters-agree-clinton-has-weaknesses-as-a-candidate-what-can-she-do/ar-BBt5hF5?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=HPCDHP


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She is scripted and thin-skinned, they say. And with a sigh, they acknowledge the persistent feeling among a lot of Americans that they just don’t like her. Polls long have shown that many voters do not trust Clinton and that a majority view her unfavorably.

Hart said being seen as likable is “about the lowest bar” for a candidate, and yet Clinton has lower likability numbers today than she did when the campaign began.


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[Else You Are Mad]

1. This is frightening.

As a life long Democrat, I will be voting for her in November, but her weaknesses are very worrisome. She really isn't strong enough to win the GE against Trump. And, she can't just throw sexism at Trump and his supporters because they take pride in being outwardly sexist and racist. She isn't running against fellow liberals anymore.

[Else You Are Mad]

3. Indeed

And Clinton more than most.

[dchill]

13. Well, she "is a weak candidate"

Because of her many weaknesses.

[hellofromreddit]

4. Wendy Davis II

Wendy is more likable, but she has the same overall problem: strong within the party, hopeless beyond that. Looking past primary-specific stuff, Hillary's campaign is a whole lot like Wendy's.

[MisterP]

6. I always use Coakley as the go-to: they literally said it was her turn,

she'd run the course of state offices, and the Dems were *relieved* at losing the Supermajority because that meant the pressure was off to pass bills that'd upset the donors and the self-perpetuation of the political class

and as long as they can yawp about "liberals staying at home" they think their electoral plan is perfect

[MrTriumph]

8. Yep. Least competitive campaign since Reconstruction.

Tens of thousands of Texas Democrats stayed away from the polls in 2014. The mean-spirited wheelchair ad, the constant stumbling from gaffe to gaffe, was hard to stomach.

[AgerolanAmerican]

9. Hillary's not even strong within the party

Something like a third of the party doesn't even have a positive view of her, and I bet that number's gone way up in the wake of all this election fraud and other funny business in the primary.

[apnu]

5. Maybe you should link to WaPo when you say "WAPO". Here is the link, if anybody wants it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/even-supporters-agree-clinton-has-weaknesses-as-a-candidate-what-can-she-do/2016/05/15/132f4d7e-1874-11e6-924d-838753295f9a_story.html

[highprincipleswork]

7. Counting on Trump to self-destruct didn't work so well for the Republicans. But perhaps the Dems

want to do it because they imitate the Republicans in pretty much everything.

[onehandle]

10. Hillary Clinton Is Statistically The Most Favored Presidential Candidate In Modern History

Less than three weeks ago, Mr Trump’s odds had fallen to 55 per cent. Now, he is as likely to be the Republican nominee as Hillary Clinton is to be the Democratic nominee, with both a 98 per cent favourite in the betting markets.

Now that he’s wrapped up the nomination, his chances of being America’s next president have shot up from 17 per cent to 29 per cent. But that still makes Hillary Clinton a 69 per cent favourite (Mr Sanders or ‘some other Republican’ both have a 1 per cent chance).

That means Ms Clinton begins this six-month race more favoured than any other candidate in modern history: more than Mr Obama ever was against John McCain in 2008 or Mitt Romney in 2012, or George Bush was against Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/trump-clinton-begins-as-the-most-lopsided-race-in-the-modern-era-a7012321.html

[NewImproved Deal]

11. Worst--and most mediocre--candidate in decades...how'd we get stuck with this lousy choice?

"When Democrats assess Clinton, they tend to zero in on her communication skills: She is scripted and thin-skinned, they say. And with a sigh, they acknowledge the persistent feeling among a lot of Americans that they just don’t like her. Polls long have shown that many voters do not trust Clinton and that a majority view her unfavorably..."

In other words, more Nixonian than Nixon.

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[corkhead]

12. OMG you should warn people before they have a chance to view that picture

[merrily]

14. Hillary began as inevitable in 2008, 30 points ahead. She lost to

someone much of America had never heard of.

In 2016, she started something like 65 points ahead, a huge "Ready for Hillary" head start, with literally all the name recognition in the world, PACS, a DNC chair that delayed and limited Democratic debates for her benefit, a Democratic Party that almost unanimously united behind her against the man who had had the nerve to run as an independent in the past, and every other possible advantage a candidate could have and she still can't wrap up. She even started a book publicity tour with high popularity ratings and, the more she was on TV, the more her numbers went down.