{"id":14233,"date":"2016-11-01T05:03:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T05:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=14233"},"modified":"2016-11-01T05:03:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T05:03:37","slug":"trump-sticks-to-attacks-insults-hoping-to-overtake-clinton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/trump-sticks-to-attacks-insults-hoping-to-overtake-clinton.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump sticks to attacks, insults, hoping to overtake Clinton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump sticks to attacks, insults, hoping to overtake Clinton<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Trump sticks to attacks, insults, hoping to overtake Clinton:-<\/strong> Donald Trump plunged into his final-week sprint to Election Day Monday decidedly on his terms: unleashing a harsh new attack against Democrat Hillary Clinton in Michigan, a state that hasn\u2019t favored a Republican for president in nearly three decades.<\/span><\/p>\n

His message was welcomed by supporters, but his location frustrated anxious Republicans who fear their nominee is riding his unorthodox political playbook too long \u2014 even as Clinton\u2019s developing email problems offer new political opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHer election would mire our government and our country in a constitutional crisis that we cannot afford,\u201d Trump declared in Grand Rapids, pointing to the FBI\u2019s renewed examination of Clinton\u2019s email practices as evidence the former secretary of state might face a criminal trial as president.<\/span><\/p>\n

National polls show a tightening race. But with more than 23 million ballots already cast through early voting, it\u2019s unclear whether Trump has the time or capacity to dramatically improve his standing over the next week in states like Michigan, where few political professionals in either party expect a Republican victory on Nov. 8.<\/span><\/p>\n

Clinton, defending herself from the new FBI examination, focused Monday on battleground Ohio, a state Trump\u2019s team concedes he must win.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no case here,\u201d Clinton insisted. \u201cMost people have decided a long time ago what they think about all this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Later in the day, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook decried what he called a \u201cblatant double standard\u201d following a CNBC report that FBI Director James Comey opposed releasing details about possible Russian interference in the U.S. election because it was too close to Election Day. Comey issued a letter to congressional leaders on Friday about the FBI\u2019s renewed interest in Clinton\u2019s email.<\/span><\/p>\n

The AP has not confirmed the CNBC report, and the FBI declined comment Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amid the attacks and counterattacks, the race for the White House remains at its core a test of a simple question: Will the conventional rules of modern-day campaigns apply to a 2016 election that has been anything but conventional?<\/span><\/p>\n

For much of the year, Clinton has pounded the airwaves with advertising, assembled an expansive voter data file and constructed a nationwide political organization that dwarfs her opponent\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Democratic presidential nominee and her allies in a dozen battleground states have more than 4,800 people knocking on doors, making phone calls and otherwise working to support her candidacy. Clinton\u2019s numbers, as reported in recent campaign filings, tripled those of Trump and the national and state Republican parties.<\/span><\/p>\n

The New York businessman over the past year has largely ignored the key components of recent winning campaigns, depending instead on massive rallies and free media coverage to drive his outsider candidacy. This week, he\u2019s devoting his most valuable resource \u2014 his time \u2014 to states where polls suggest he\u2019s trailing Clinton by significant margins.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump had two rallies on Monday in Michigan, a state that last went for a Republican presidential nominee in 1988. The day before, he appeared in New Mexico, which has supported the GOP just once over the last three decades. And on Tuesday, he\u2019s scheduled to appear with running mate Mike Pence in Wisconsin, which hasn\u2019t backed a Republican for president since Ronald Reagan\u2019s re-election in 1984.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes no sense to me,\u201d Republican pollster Frank Luntz said of Trump\u2019s strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Michigan-based Republican operative Saul Anuzis described Michigan as \u201ca creative opportunity\u201d for Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe demographics in Michigan are perfect for Trump,\u201d Anuzis said of the state\u2019s large white working-class population. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019ll necessarily win here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s campaign hopes that frustrated working-class voters across the Midwest will tip states like Michigan or Wisconsin his way, especially if he benefits from reduced enthusiasm for Clinton in African-American strongholds like Detroit and Milwaukee. New Mexico is seen as a longer shot, with Trump\u2019s <\/span>hard line immigration stance a harder sell in a state with the nation\u2019s highest percentage of Latino voters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adding to Trump\u2019s challenge: Millions have already voted by mail and at polling stations across 37 states. They include critical states such as Florida, Nevada and Colorado, where <\/span>one third of the expected ballots have already been cast.<\/span><\/p>\n

The breakdown of those voters by party affiliation, race and other factors point to an advantage for Clinton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, more than 23 million votes have been cast, far higher than the rate in 2012, according to Associated Press data. That represents nearly 20 percent of the total votes expected nationwide, if turnout is similar to 2012. In all, more than 46 million people \u2014 up to 40 percent of the electorate \u2014 are expected to vote before Election Day.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Colorado, Democrats lead Republicans by 3 percentage points in early voting, reversing a trend in the past two elections in which Republicans led in early voting and large numbers of Democrats voted on Election Day.<\/span><\/p>\n

In swing state Iowa, Republicans trail Democrats in early voting as well, though by a smaller margin than four years ago. Both parties are well behind where they were four years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, some Republicans are skeptical that the FBI\u2019s renewed interest in Clinton\u2019s email will erase the Democrat\u2019s advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt would take something like an indictment to turn it into a dead heat,\u201d Republican pollster Whit Ayres said.<\/span><\/p>\n

As for Trump\u2019s charge that a Clinton election might prompt \u201ca constitutional crisis,\u201d the Justice Department\u2019s office of legal counsel said in 1973 that criminally prosecuting a president would unconstitutionally undermine the executive branch. A 2000 memo reached a similar conclusion. Presidents can face civil lawsuits, however.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peoples reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Julie Pace in Kent, Ohio, Lisa Lerer, Hope Yen and Sam Hananel in Washington, Nicholas Riccardi in Denver and Thomas Beaumont in Des Moines, Iowa, contributed to this report.<\/span><\/p>\n

Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/trump-sticks-to-attacks-insults-hoping-to-overtake-clinton\/2016\/10\/31\/1ece0e6c-9fde-11e6-8864-6f892cad0865_story.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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