{"id":12678,"date":"2016-02-28T10:48:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T15:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12678"},"modified":"2016-02-28T10:48:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T15:48:26","slug":"trumps-problem-in-a-nutshell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12678","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s problem in a nutshell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Putting aside all other personal beefs I have with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\">The Donald<\/a>, there is one underlying problem that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cannot<\/span> be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>That is, there has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2016\/president\/us\/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html\" target=\"_blank\">not been a single poll<\/a> showing he can beat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryclinton.com\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> in the general election.\u00a0 I have yet to see either the candidate himself or any of his supporters say how they plan to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/politics\/2016\/02\/donald_trump_would_very_likely_lose_to_hillary_clinton.html\" target=\"_blank\">address this issue<\/a>.\u00a0 It will not just go away on its own.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D12678&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12678\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12678\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12678\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putting aside all other personal beefs I have with The Donald, there is one underlying problem that cannot be ignored. 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