Clinton piles on Trump

“There’s a natural window to communicate in late spring before people tune out for the summer, and presidential [campaigns] have to lay their message groundwork in that limited time,” said David Cohen, a leading member of Barack Obama’s field team in 2008. “But there’s a confluence of events that heighten the opportunity for the Clinton camp: Trump squandered his moment right after he clinched [the GOP nomination], the party is in turmoil so he’s seriously lacking allies, he’s got no general election message and can’t seem to even do message basics, organizationally he’s months behind in building battleground state infrastructure, and the latest finance reports are devastating.”

.. “If your own very good brain is your top consultant, I suppose the unanimous opinion of a diverse group of economists does not count for much,” Brown said of Trump’s wish to return to the gold standard.