Hillary and Tim's Saturday 10-22-16 Hangout and Open Thread: GOTV Edition!

We all like Hillary Clinton here.  If you don’t, please be respectful.

If you haven’t had the chance, check out the daily News & Views and the Hillary Writers Circle, as well as the afternoon Hillary Hangouts and the #ImWithHer evening open threads.  In addition, here are some new diaries.  You can find the rest at #HillaryClinton and related hashtags:

Scan: FLORIDA POLL: Clinton Leads Trump By 4, Murphy Tied With Rubio

wdrath: Another Scientific Poll Shows Hillary Won the Final Debate (NBC/Survey Monkey)

m2c4: Hillary Provided Progressive Answers On Issues That Have Long Favored the GOP In the Final Debate

amadon: Her Name Was Susan

Once again, thank you StarbucksGirl51 for filling in so admirably!

As we get closer to the finish line, the polling looks REALLY good.  As this diary notes, it’s possible the polls are even underestimating Hillary Clinton’s eventual margin of victory over Donald Trump (oh please let it be so).  Most importantly, we’re in this position at least as much because Hillary Clinton is actually a good politician as because Donald Trump is an abysmal one. 

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The latest The Amanda Marcotte Daily! https://t.co/dgt7X6ZgAm Thanks to @joesonka@EmpressNorton@LMBRadio#debatenight#debate

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) October 20, 2016 x

https://t.co/s9W5Ogkog4 Glad to see Krugman gets to the heart of why there’s this need to pretend Clinton is a bad politician: Sexism.

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) October 21, 2016 x

Six of the 11 battleground states are now in @HillaryClinton's pocket https://t.co/kkrKR2vkkO

— POLITICO (@politico) October 22, 2016 x

Clinton campaign is adding 5 paid staffers to Utah operation, flying in surrogates, and spending $ on organizing/ads https://t.co/o5LxsX3aTm

— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) October 21, 2016 x

Sometimes, a politician needs to be told when he's being sexist.   https://t.co/DAeDrTF8ww#NastyWomen

— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) October 21, 2016

At Washington Monthly, Nancy LeTorneau notes that Hillary Clinton isn’t doing well because of luck, but because she’s competent:

While it’s true that Clinton has faced an opponent who is the most unfit person to have ever been nominated by a major political party, to claim that is the only reason for her success is to engage in the same level of sexism as the racism at the root of claims that Obama was lucky. It completely overshadows the competence that we’ve seen exhibited by both the candidate and her campaign.

Likewise, Steven Waldman finds that debating is an area where Hillary, the supposedly weak politician, outshines Obama and Bill:

What makes her so good?

First, she recognizes that winning a debate is about advancing an overall election strategy. For instance, rather than seeking a middle ground position on abortion (as I personally might have preferred, and as both Obama and Bill did) she had a disciplined understanding that her specific target audience – suburban Republican woman and unenthusiastic Bernie supporters – is unabashedly pro-choice. For a candidate often accused of hedging, she was unequivocal.

 In fact, with all of the crap thrown at her, Hillary Clinton’s reaction appears to be a little bit like this:

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"The Clinton campaign." #DescribeTheElectionWithAGifpic.twitter.com/ICOI6MUvEj

— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) October 21, 2016

Finally, today is the one-year anniversary of Hillary Clinton doing this:

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One year ago today. pic.twitter.com/DBACfEjgcD

— Rob Flaherty (@Rob_Flaherty) October 22, 2016

 Now let’s all go our part to make sure Hillary Clinton blows Donald Trump out of the water, winning in a landslide that hands Congress to the Democrats! 

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