Hillary Unleashes Hounds of War on Donald Trump

[RaphaelDLG]

What do you guys think is the best strategy?  She definitely needs to attack and can't ignore a lot of his BS, but how should she attack and what should she respond to?

I like what someone said earlier about portraying him as a con man and running Romney-Bain esque commercials about Trump University.  I think that's by far the strongest lane of attack.

I think you have to touch on the racist and sexist stuff he's said but in a very particular way that doesn't reinforce his image as an entertaining straight talker.  I also think if you get too personal or accuse him of corruption in certain ways it could very easily backfire based on Hillary's history.

I think focusing on him being manifestly unqualified is good but you have to be able to counter his positive image as an "anti-establishment" outsider.

Any thoughts?

[RaphaelDLG]

I should add that I liked this commercial mentioned in the article because it really is edited to make Trump look like an idiot but that imo she's got to be careful about using Republicans criticizing him as an argument because it could reinforce his image as a "moderate" "anti-establishment" type.

[RaphaelDLG]

I think a combination of "con man," "bull in a china shop," and "big baby" are the way to go, personally.

Explain big baby?  That could be dangerous because it's the left that's traditionally stereotyped as whiny.

I assume he means thin-skinned and petty and narcisistically/defensively temperamental.