LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
SIMON BARBER: A loss will not shut up the good ol’ boys
Hillary Clinton is convinced she must make a play for their allegiance as profoundly as many seem to hate her, writes Simon Barber
A result that is clean and clear will test Trump’s ability to brand defeat as triumph. Branding, an art that has quite a lot in common with lying, is his peculiar forte. A protean character, he should have no trouble finding a formula if he wants one. Trump may be the Republican candidate but by no stretch of the imagination has he been running as a Republican. Previously of no fixed political address, he putsched the Grand Old Party (GOP) with rhetorical techniques that will sound uncannily familiar to readers of Volker Ullrich’s excellent new biography of Adolf Hitler. He has come within sight of winning the White House because a significant percentage of American voters, predominantly white working-and middle-class men, feel betrayed by the GOP of House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, not to mention the lengthy menu of presidential alternatives initially on offer. Where will the okes go if and when Trump goes back to being a property developer and re...
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