You realize that we are discussing this election exactly the way Trump always wanted it discussed

[stopbush]

Which is to say an issue-free cluster fuck centered on name calling, innuendo and alpha male posturing. The last thing he wanted was an actual conversation based on issues and policies.

It's what he did in the primaries, and it's what he's doing now.

I'm not saying it's working, but consider this the next time some Trump surrogate complains that Brer Donald has been thrown in the political briar patch.

[jberryhill]

1. That *is* a problem

Our candidate seems to be doing better on that score.

[JoePhilly]

2. And he's getting his ass handed to him.

His policies are crap.

There is no reason to discuss them.

Might as well pound the whinny sexual predator into a wet puddle.

[misterhighwasted]

3. True. If they're talking about Trump, they're not listening to Hillary

He cannot compete with her on governance & policy in today's world.

Slander & deflection. Lies and blame. That has been the Trump campaign since its beginning.

But his current state of success tells us people aren't wanting any more of what he's selling.
Fed up & ready to move beyond Donald Trump.

[HassleCat]

4. Our party needs to elevate the debate.

I noticed Hillary seemed compelled to respond to every accusation thrown at her by the Donald. I don't get that. She should say something like, "So, that's your big ambition for your presidency? Throwing me in jail? Well, I have bigger fish to fry. For example, here's what I would do about public education..."

[Amonester]

5. After she won both "debates" where she talked issues in a coherent way...

She directed the millions watching to https://www.hillaryclinton.com/

There's a link to Issues on top.

[HassleCat]

6. Her good moments were her issue moments.

That's where viewers saw the big difference between the two. She just needs to figure out how to do more of that, to swing every question away from Trump's personal accusations, and back toward the issues.

[mythology]

7. How exactly does one debate his lack of policies?

He refuses to give actual policy positions, because he doesn't have any.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Try and get people talking about her policies, like this one:

Hillary Clinton Releases Plan to Help Children in Deep Poverty

While Donald Trump is doing his best to immolate the Republican Party, Hillary Clinton is...making proposals to assist people in need. Boring! This is, however, the kind of thing we typically expect from presidential candidates, and Clinton's new proposal is on a subject that's been close to her heart for her entire career: helping children.

In particular, she's proposing a two-part change in the child tax credit. First, instead of kicking in at $3,000, it would kick in at $0. This would help people in the deepest poverty. Second, for families with children four and under, it would max out at $2,000 instead of $1,000. The chart below shows what families would get per child compared to the current CTC (in blue):



http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/10/hillary-clinton-releases-plan-help-children-deep-poverty