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Bloomberg, Buffet, and Cuban vs. Sandberg

The latest news on the campaign front is that Martin Bloomberg, Warren Buffet, and Mark Cuban have come out in support of Hillary Clinton.   These three billionaires have supported their choice candidate. Great.  Last week, it was Bernie Sanders making the pitch for her support.  The profound difference between the billionaires and the lonely Sanders is profound.  Great. What can they have in common? The three represent wealth and more wealth for themselves.  The lone alternative represents more resources for the little man.   What do they have in common?

The have found resonance, maybe the brass ring of negative campaign attacks.  Resonance implies a low energy force input surviving and growing in magnitude in force.  They have found a small matter that catches on and grows without further energy input.  Cal the candidate a Presbyterian, and no one cares.  There is little effect.  But call the candidate a war monger, and many will take this as the key issue to rally round or its opposite   Resonance is what they all seek.  For Clinton, it may be the disregard of email security.  For Trump it may be an approach to immigration.  For both it is an issue of incompetence,

They have found common ground in their belief that Donald Trump is incompetent to be president. The question is will this sustain?  Is this the seminal issue that will grant Hillary Clinton a win this fall?  Certainly not.  Clinton is just as vulnerable on the same charge, but for different reasons.

Therefore, it will not sustain a lasting attack.  Other attacks are pending, are planned, and are timed for presentation.  They are what? If I were a Trump supporter, I would anticipate, and prepare. On the flip site, Clinton supporters should anticipate what may be coming their way. More than email problems, conflict of interest problems, more, and more.  They are pending, planned, and timed. They are what?

The one supports a continuation of successful programs, the other a new independence for America. Will these positive issues (from respective viewpoints) ever take the center stage?  Hmm.

At the end of the day, it seems...
The supporter of one must at minimum support a disdain for the other. The vote, at this point, seems split between the negatives. Too sorry to say. Too sad to fathom.  Too dreary to contemplate.

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