Friday, May 20, 2016

How to win elections by tuning out the extremes. A simple four point plan for a second Clinton Presidency

I'm getting worried that Trump is starting to believe his rhetoric on trade. A Trump that actually believes the nonsense that comes out of his mouth is almost as dangerous as a Sanders administration would be. With this in mind I put together these four simple points that would ensure a Clinton victory in the November and marginalize both of the political extremes

1. The DNC needs to allow the remaining Super Delegates to openly support Clinton ending the race now. It is common knowledge that they do and the Sanders Campaign has only strengthened their support for Clinton over the past few weeks. There is no positive gained by allowing the charade that it ever was a race to continue.

2. The DNC needs to shut Sanders out of the convention. His supporters aren't going to vote for Clinton anyway and they can only cause trouble for the Democrats in the general election by forcing the platform too far to the left much as the Tea Party forced the Republicans too far right. The three states that matter in a general election, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, are not going to be swayed by "progressive" ideas.

3. Openly court the anti-Trump Republican establishment. Give Mitt Romney a prime time speaking slot at the convention. He could deliver a "whatever divides us is smaller that what unites us" speech aimed the pro-business socially moderate Republican voters in swing states. Clinton should also comment that Romney would make an excellent Treasury Secretary.

4. Tim Kaine as V.P.