If Hillary Clinton loses to Donald Trump she'll have only herself to blame, writes Stuart Rothenberg in
The Washington Post.
Trump's greatest advantages against Clinton, his outsider status compared to her D.C.-insider image, and the simple fact that he's not Hillary, could guide him to the White House if she isn't careful, Rothenberg wrote.
Clinton's advantages are numerous, despite setbacks like the ongoing State Department email scandal. The former secretary of state has a highly organized campaign, already spent $45 million on general-election ads, and has held a lead in every major poll since mid-May.
Trump, by comparison, "does not have a campaign" according to
MSNBC.
Since he became the presumptive GOP nominee in May, multiple high-level staffers have come and gone, including campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
He only began fundraising for the general-election campaign and for the Republican Party in June, when he raised a combined $51 million, trailing Clinton's $68.5 million, and far behind Mitt Romney's $106 million raised for the same period in 2012 when he was the GOP nominee, according to
CBS News.
A career politician, Clinton knows how to present herself as a candidate. Questions of authenticity notwithstanding, the presumptive Democratic nominee is a seasoned veteran who stays calm, authoritative, and on message. Trump, by comparison, cannot be contained.
"Bottom line, you can hire all the top people in the world, but to what end? Trump does what he wants," a source in Trump's campaign organization told MSNBC.
After Clinton delivered a major foreign policy speech, in which she questioned Trump's suitability for the presidency, many expected Trump to respond by focusing on her record at State.
Conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt tweeted:
Instead, Trump chose to mock:
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