Hillary Clinton Struggles to Find Footing in Unusual Race
from the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
This article discusses consternation among the Democratic establishment over Hillary's inability to deal with Trump. Most vividly, Al Sharpton puts it like this: “This is a street fight with a guy with a razor and a broken Coca-Cola bottle,” he added, “and you’ve got to fight him like that.”
If you've read the posts about how Trump uses language (see this: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027862373), you will see the effects of this maneuver by Trump and how it is playing out. Here are some other snips:
“As soon as she clinches the nomination, we need a high-level person in the campaign whose sole job is to respond to Trump, almost on an hourly basis,” said Mr. Schumer, who has begun conversations with Clinton officials about who could fill that role.
Debates have broken out in Mrs. Clinton’s Brooklyn headquarters over the best approach to take. Some advisers worry that by running against Mr. Trump as she would a traditional Republican candidate, Mrs. Clinton is actually making the reality-television star appear more legitimate.
It is clear, however, that Democrats are no longer mocking Mr. Trump. Many of them seem determined instead to understand his appeal.
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Cher
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It is an outrage and something should be done about it. Whomever the Democratic nominee is, they need to take action on the lopsidedness of the coverage, because this won't be the only time.
I used to work in media research and did content analysis. We were able to tabulate "face time" for various news reporters. This was a long time ago, and I am sure that research techniques have been refined. I would love to see a comparison of the "face time" given Trump vs. HRC and Bernie.
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