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Related: About this forumClinton Campaign Hits 'DEFCON 1' as Trump Becomes Presumptive Nominee
For more than two years, Hillary Clinton has been Democrats' sure-thing next presidential nominee, while Republicans sorted through a messy and expansive field of wannabes.
Yet now, she's dealing with an interminable primary, as the GOP's new presumptive nominee Donald Trump trains his sights on her.
The sudden departures of Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich from the Republican race - which came sooner than Clinton aides expected - coupled with Sen. Bernie Sanders' decision to stay in the race, creates a new challenge for Clinton, who now has to defend herself on two flanks.
"I'm still trying to come to terms with the fact that any Republican, let alone Donald Trump, was able to solidify the nomination before she was," said Patrick Murray, the polling director at Monmouth University. "This makes it really tough for her. There's no feasible way for Bernie Sanders to win the nomination, yet his decision to fight on in anything more than just a token way means she's got to continue to expend resources in places that she wouldn't bother."
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/clintonland-it-s-defcon-1-trump-n568351
Yet now, she's dealing with an interminable primary, as the GOP's new presumptive nominee Donald Trump trains his sights on her.
The sudden departures of Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich from the Republican race - which came sooner than Clinton aides expected - coupled with Sen. Bernie Sanders' decision to stay in the race, creates a new challenge for Clinton, who now has to defend herself on two flanks.
"I'm still trying to come to terms with the fact that any Republican, let alone Donald Trump, was able to solidify the nomination before she was," said Patrick Murray, the polling director at Monmouth University. "This makes it really tough for her. There's no feasible way for Bernie Sanders to win the nomination, yet his decision to fight on in anything more than just a token way means she's got to continue to expend resources in places that she wouldn't bother."
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/clintonland-it-s-defcon-1-trump-n568351
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Clinton Campaign Hits 'DEFCON 1' as Trump Becomes Presumptive Nominee (Original Post)
SecularMotion
May 2016
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GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)1. "more than two years" ?! she still hasn't beaten Sanders
If Clinton can't beat Sanders timely and cleanly, how does she expect to beat Trump?
brooklynite
(95,071 posts)2. She's beating Sanders now...like she'll be beating Trump in the fall.
timmymoff
(1,947 posts)3. Uh huh
I'm convinced.
brooklynite
(95,071 posts)4. Which part are you unclear about?
frylock
(34,825 posts)5. The "like she'll be beating Trump in the fall" part.
reddread
(6,896 posts)6. how about that upcoming rap?