2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: This may be the election that redefines the parties. The Democrats may evolve into the party of the [View all]Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)Trump is going to pivot to adopt populist positions that defy RW and LW characterizations, and he is being deliberately vague in the Republican primary to leave himself room for such general election pivoting on issues that are anathema to the Republican establishment (and he will also continue to adopt populist positions that remain anathema to the Democratic establishment).
Hillary is also planning on pivoting. She wants Sanders to concede so she can stop campaigning to the Democratic base in the primary and start running to the middle for the general election.
If Hillary is the nominee, her construct will not work because she's planning to pivot on the wrong axis (she plans to pivot left to right when the real fight is going to be populist/change versus establishment/status quo). She's playing chess while Trump is playing checkers. I'm not sure who would win that contest but I am sure that anyone who thinks it would be an easy fight is wrong