Against that Trump homed in on detail - all of it relevant and used the detail to construct an argument. He never used politician-speak.
I am not going to discuss here in detail all the policy matters for these are secondary to the personality/history differences I have referred to.
In this sense they are less fundamental. Policies on the national debt, immigration, economics, war/foreign policy and the US Supreme Court, as discussed in the debates all fed into the construction of character.
Of course, I share doubts about Trump's judgment, his tact and his predictability but what I am discussing here why he will appeal to Americans in a way Hillary does not.
An election is never about choosing your ideal candidate but about making a choice -- even though you make not particularly like either candidate
And lying behind all this is the record of Hillary's misdemeanors which may well be criminal.
This means that if she is elected the Republican Party will immediately implement impeachment procedures. As they did against her husband -- although his letting his student aid, Monica Lewinsky, crawl under the Oval Office desk while he was dealing with state business is nothing as compared to what will drive the impeachment of Hillary.
Do Americans have the appetite for this? I think not much
Hillary comes with a lot of baggage and a lot of history and a lot of scandal. Many Americans will want to draw a line and relegate Hillary's wrongdoings to the normal civic and criminal courts, where they belong -- and not have their consequences enacted on the national political stage and broadcast to the rest of the world
Her bid for the presidency is as much as anything an attempt on her part to escape justice
And potential future First Gentlemen's record of rape and abuse will be brought into play. The unproven accusations of sexual harassment by Trump pale in comparison with substantiated accusations against Bill.
Again, do Americans have the appetite for this? Whether they do or not will affect how they vote?
The last thing to say, even if we do not like to admit it, is that Trump is a man, Hillary a woman. Just because Americans have shown themselves to be capable of electing a black president does not mean they are prepared to follow that up with a woman president.
And the experiment of turning away for the standard white male model can hardly be counted a success. This is not because Obama is black but because he proved himself to be in the pocket of Wall Street, the military security complex and the political classes as much as any white male president before him.
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