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To: Sam who wrote (306106)	7/28/2016 1:46:53 PM
From: Ron	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540724

Interesting. Of course that group of men could very well be a lost cause. A lot of the guys I know who only graduated from high school... wish things were back in the 'good old days'.. you know which days those were. Daddy came home from work and Mommy had dinner ready. Blacks were seldom seen and 'knew their place.' Gays were queers and definitely in the closet. And when they went on job interviews they didn't have to worry about competing about anybody but other white males. I'm not sure Hillary could do much to win that group over, so it appears her strategy is to keep working on women. It does seem to be getting old, however. Some feminists I know are still smarting over the defeat of the ERA.. and see this is some sort of victory. I suppose they can't get enough of the appeal to women. The gender gap is a worry. No doubt about it. Remember the ERA? It seemed to be a no-brainer for most liberals and it went down in flames. Let's hope something similar doesn't happen with this campaign. We'll see what Hillary emphasizes in her speech tonight... fingers crossed that its a really good one.

To: Sam who wrote (306106)	7/28/2016 3:27:22 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 540724

And that brings us to a concept called “Selling past the close.” That’s a persuasion mistake. Clinton has already sold the country on the idea that a woman can be president. Sales experts will tell you that once the sale is made, you need to stop selling, because you have no chance of making things better, but you might give the buyer a reason to change her mind. Obama understood how to avoid selling past the close. At some point during Obama’s first presidential election campaign the country mentally agreed that an African-American could be their next president. So Obama accepted the sale and talked about other stuff. If he had dwelled on race, and his place in history, he would have risked making things worse. So he stayed quiet on race (mostly) and won. Twice. Excellent piece. Makes a lot of sense. And it will have some impact. Let's hope other factors are more powerful.