19. GOP rivals have treated gingerly for fear of alienating base. In general election Clinton or Sanders have no such incentive. Gloves off.
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20. The simple fact is the very qualities that make Trump a viable GOP nominee are also toxic to wide swaths of the general electorate.
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21. Leaving aside the the racism & sexism, there is also Trump's business activities.
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22. In 2012 there were extremely effective ads from Newt Gingrich & Dems that painted Romney as a "vulture capitalist" who hurt workers.
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23. Think about the people hurt by Trump's bankruptcies & his dubious Trump University. Would make for many, many ads.
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24. Will Trump get some white working class vote that might go to Dems? Maybe, but not so many after "When Trump Came to Town" ads.
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25. But aside from political vulnerability, there is psychological vulnerability. Trump goes off the handle when he's criticized by a woman
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26. Hillary Clinton would get under Trump's skin & if she's not nominee, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer are good surrogates
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27. Trust me on this: guys like Trump psychologically implode when women laugh at them. Wouldn't be hard to find Democratic women to do that
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28. Finally there is argument that Trump will pivot to the center & thus win voters he's currently unpopular with. He'll try but won't work
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29. A pivot to the center would only work if there weren't many videos of Trump denigrating immigrants, women, and out right lying.
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30. Trump's problem is he's too memorable, too colorful, to pivot. Once you hear his Mexican rapists comments you don't forget it.
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31. To put Trump's general elections prospect another way, think about difference between South Carolina GOP electorate & USA population
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