Philip Delves-Broughton

How Hillary can win it – for the Republicans

Pity it's too late to do anything about it

issue 08 August 2015

 New York

‘The doctor said I should get more sunshine, so I took up smoking.’

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[/audioplayer]Remember the fizz around Gordon Brown’s election campaign in 2010? The excitement he brought to the trail? The eerily intimate connection with the electorate? No, nor can I. But conjure up what you can and mix it with the thrill of a hot afternoon locked in a community centre discussing renovations to the ping-pong room and you’ll have a sense of the vibe around Hillary Clinton’s latest campaign for president.

The American media is bored of her and the polls show her support slipping, even against a Republican field nuked by the presence of Donald Trump. It’s summer, with 16 months to go until the election.

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