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October 17, 2016
Axelrod: Clinton should consider skipping last debate
Former Obama campaign chief David Axelrod suggested on Saturday that Hilllary Clinton skip her last debate on Wednesday with Donald Trump.
Drug testing?!? You have to wonder if @HillaryClinton will/should reconsider next debate, given the depths to which this has sunk.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 15, 2016
Clinton would be playing into Trump's hands by not debating. Trump could float all sorts of theories for why she declined to debate: she's in ill health, she knows she's losing, she's afraid, etc.
But the Axelrod suggestion is also an indication of a fatal overconfidence in the Clinton campaign:
Trump, the Republican nominee, floated the idea of a drug test during a campaign rally Saturday in New Hampshire, comparing himself and Clinton, the Democratic nominee, to athletes preparing for a big event.
"Athletes, they make them take a drug test, right? I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate," Trump...(Read Full Post)