Democrats Are Secretly Thrilled Over Trump's Loose Talk

By R. Siva Kumar - 26 Mar '16 14:00PM
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It looks like Donald Trump is burning his boats and paving the way for a Democrat victory in November. He has unthinkingly given them a great card to win, as he portrays himself as an "unabashed sexist," according to nytimes.

As he hits below the belt of Heidi Cruz, his Republican rival's wife, Hillary Clinton has prepped up her efforts and hopes to win the suburban and independent women to her side. It will be a historic victory for the country's first female nominee defeating a rival who has repeatedly denounced women's looks.

"I want Donald Trump to talk every single day for the rest of this election," said Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. "He just needs to keep spewing what he has been spewing."

Female voters favoured Hillary Clinton 55 percent to 35 percent in a New York Times/CBS News poll  This was twice the gender gap of the 2012 presidential elections. Even 31 percent of Republican women said that they would get upset if Mr. Trump were the party's nominee, says a recent CNN/ORC poll.

 "Suburban women have been a critical swing group in the past, and there's a lot about Donald Trump that is offensive to them," said Geoff Garin, a Democratic pollster who served as a chief strategist to Mrs. Clinton in 2008.

David Brock, the founder of Correct the Record, a "super PAC" that has given unstinted support to Clinton, said that women may be Trump's Achilles' heel.

"He's had a lot of success degrading and belittling his male rivals, but I don't think the attacks on Megyn Kelly or Carly Fiorina worked," Brock said, referring to the Fox News anchor and former Republican presidential candidate who were both attacked by Trump. "They've all backfired," he added.

Republican strategists are forced to agree. "It's going to be a major factor" in November, said Ed Goeas, a Republican pollster who works for an anti-Trump super PAC, Our Principles PAC. "This guy comes across as a brash bully, and that is not very well received."

Our Principles had exhibited a one-minute ad that showing women repeating some of Mr. Trump's descriptions, including "bimbo," "dog" and "fat pig." "This is how Donald Trump talks about our mothers, our sisters, our daughters," the ad says.

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