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News arising from the Democrat convention that begins today in Philadelphia, is remindful of advice given to me many years ago when embarking on a career in sales.  

At that time, a very accomplished relative, also in sales, suggested that in order to be successful, fully understanding customers needs and characteristics was critical. And a key to gaining the needed personal knowledge derived from close observation of prospective customers work styles, including how employees performed, which indicated the business philosophy of top management.

In that regard, employees whom were highly knowledgeable, performed professionally and were well-mannered and respectful, reflected a management demanding first class performance in all aspects of their business endeavors. And, naturally, the reverse showed that mediocrity or less, would be readily acceptable to others, and so on.

Now today, applying the premise of workers and entire organizations taking on the characteristics and habits of top management to politics, it can be seen that the Democrat party had long ago begun to perform just like their presumptive presidential candidate. Where that premise is clear can be seen in the DNC’s leadership fabricating in Clinton’s favor from the very beginning of her campaign.

So, just like business organizations, if those at the top are untruthful, everyone else on down can be expected to perform the same way because the examples been set for them by leadership. Resulting in a party that has no credibility whatsoever, for voters or anyone else they'll ever deal with.        

However, in the case of Clinton, much like everything else she touches, things don’t seem to be going as planned. This can be seen in a report from newyork.cbslocal.com about reactions to her in Philadelphia.

“Chanting “Hell No, DNC, we won’t vote for Hillary” and “This is what democracy looks like,” the marchers headed from City Hall down Broad Street, the main north-south artery that leads from the city center to the convention site about 4 miles away. 

“Though planned for months, Sunday’s marches came as fractures appeared in the party that had been trying to display a show of unity in recent weeks. Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned Sunday as Democratic Party chair over an email suggesting the DNC had played favorites for Clinton during the primary. It was a stunning leadership shakeup as party officials gather in Philadelphia to nominate Clinton. 

“The Democrats had been trying to avoid the divide that was apparent in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention last week. But the hacked emails, published by Wikileaks, further fired up Sanders supporters, who long accused the party of favoring Clinton despite officially being neutral.” 

A further example of Clinton negativity came from a couple of readers among the many dissenters. 

Bobby Smithers commented: “All that money given to Bernie for what we believed in and all that time participating in what appeared to be a Democratic process has left me totally surprised a fraud like that could occur. It really destroyed any chance of people voting for Hillary. If they had simply told us or admitted (rather than lied) Hillary was their choice from the beginning it would have saved us a lot of wasted cash and time.”

Dan Thomas responded: “@Bobby Smithers: Did you really believe your vote had anything to do with choosing the DNC candidate?”

Adding to the apparent downturn of events for Clinton, is found in an article by Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director @cnn.com, who writes: “Donald Trump comes out of his convention ahead of Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House, topping her 44% to 39% in a four-way matchup including Gary Johnson (9%) and Jill Stein (3%) and by three points in a two-way head-to-head, 48% to 45%. That latter finding represents a 6-point convention bounce for Trump, which are traditionally measured in two-way matchups.”

Aside from the gross polling numbers, the details of the statistical makeup form the base for today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

Ms Agiesta notes: “There hasn't been a significant post-convention bounce in CNN's polling since 2000. That year Al Gore and George W. Bush both boosted their numbers by an identical 8 points post-convention before ultimately battling all the way to the Supreme Court.” 

And then, found inside the numbers, are some very disturbing factors illustrating significant, perhaps unrepairable problems for Clinton. 

“Beyond boosting his overall support, Trump's favorability rating is also on the rise (46% of registered voters say they have a positive view, up from 39% pre-convention), while his advantage over Clinton on handling top issues climbs. He now holds double-digit margins over Clinton as more trusted on the economy and terrorism. Trump also cut into Clinton's edge on managing foreign policy (50% said they trusted her more, down from 57% pre-convention). 

“The convention also helped Trump make strides in his personal image. A majority (52%) now say Trump is running for president for the good of the country rather than personal gain, just 44% say the same about Clinton. He's increased the share who call him honest and trustworthy (from 38% to 43%), and who would be proud to have him as president (from 32% to 39%). And nearly half now say he's in touch with the problems ordinary Americans face in their daily lives (46% say so, 37% did before the convention).” 

So, little by little, drop by drop, familiarity with Bill’s wife is increasing her negativity among probable voters, while Trump climbs simultaneously. All of which is remindful of last time around, when Obama came out of nowhere to sink her altogether, despite her husband’s power and overall likability. 

Which can only lead once again to the ongoing question: Joe Biden, Jerry Brown, and Starbucks chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz; are  you guys reading this?   

 

That’s it for today folks.

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