Donald Trump probably is not helping his cause much with his conspiracy-mongering about a ‘rigged’ election but Democrats should be thankful for small favors.
Mr. Trump lacks message discipline. Instead of scattershot claims that the race is being manipulated, wild conspiracy theories about ballot box-stuffing, which both parties and Americans of decency and goodwill strongly refute, he might be focusing laser-like on the ‘rigged’ argument that nobody can confidently refute.
That’s the argument that Hillary Clinton is her party’s nominee and on her way to the White House only because the Obama administration decided to waive the law on handling classified material – and the FBI went along – in order to assure that its designated heiress would succeed to the presidency.
Google says the question ‘is Trump trying to lose?’ has skyrocketed in popularity in the last few days. Mr. Trump is perhaps willing to be president but hasn’t been willing to do what was necessary to win. He never seriously tried to expand beyond his core support. He never wanted to spend the money, especially on TV advertising, that would be needed to do so.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Oct 19, 2016.
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