THERE’S SOMETHING TO THIS: Philip Klein: If Republicans can’t beat Hillary, they should disband the party.
[T]he next election will test whether demographic headwinds are too much for Republicans to overcome.
As I noted the first time Clinton announced in April, the election result will hinge on whether Clinton can maintain the coalition of voters that elected President Obama twice. He achieved margins among minorities and young voters that far exceeded the historical margins for Democrats. Is that because, as a youthful African-American candidate, he had a special bond with these groups? Or has there been a more fundamental shift?
Everything Hillary Clinton does between now and Election Day should be viewed through the prism of these two questions.
In the speech today, it was clear how she intended to win over these groups through policy and emotional appeal.
Yep. The 2016 presidential election is a battle of color-blind, America-supporting rationalism versus race-obsessed, America-hating emotionalism.