Maybe
Mrs Clinton will win by putting together some magical electoral mix of
demographics and turnout. After all, that's how President Obama was re elected
in 2012.
Maybe
she will but a lot of Democrats are not so sure. They are also not too sure of
their own prospects after watching the GOP debate.
Dan
Balz of The Washington Post warned the Democrats first:
"Democrats have enjoyed the summer of Trump and hope it lasts long enough to inflict serious damage on the Republican brand. But they no doubt saw enough Thursday night to begin to worry about what a general election pitting a vulnerable Clinton against one of the non-Trumps could portend."
My
friend Barry Casselman warned
them too:
"Democrats
might now, more than ever, hope that Vice
President Biden enters the Democratic
nomination contest.
He, more than any of the announced
candidates (including
Hillary Clinton) has the political
personality to shine in a
presidential debate. As the
Democratic field now stands, it is
understandable why the Democratic
Party leaders are putting
off debates of their
own."
Yes, any Democrat partisan looking at that debate on Thursday has to
be impressed:
1)
That was a strong group of 17 candidates. In fact, it was so good that Mrs
Fliorina, Governor Jindal and former Governor Perry did not make the first cut!;
and,
2)
How did this happen after two terms of Obama and all of those article about
demographics?
How did the self proclaimed party of the future get old and
boring?
We
will see how it turns out. It's early and there's a lot of baseball to be
played.
Nevertheless, the GOP 17 look pretty good at this stage of the
pre-season.
P.S.
You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and
follow me on Twitter. We discussed the 2016 campaign with Bill Katz on Sunday:
Sunday August 9: The week in review with Bill Katz, editor of Urgent Agenda....... http://t.co/YFUSg5avdG
— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 9, 2015
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