http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-2016-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-226408?lo=ap_a1 Clinton makes play for Republicans who fear Trump
'This feels a lot more like last night of 2004 RNC than Cleveland,' tweeted Romney strategist Stuart Stevens.
By Kyle Cheney and Katie Glueck
07/28/16 10:23 PM EDT
Updated 07/28/16 11:41 PM EDT
A retired general who combated ISIS. Dozens of former military brass. Family members of fallen police and soldiers. Self-identified Republicans with warm words for Ronald Reagan.
The prime-time lineup on the final night of the Democratic National Convention was remarkable because it could have been ripped from the script of a Republican convention in any other election year. Yet it was precisely the lineup Hillary Clinton chose to usher in her nomination on Thursday, an unsubtle offensive to hook GOP voters uneasy with Donald Trump’s candidacy.
“He’s taken the Republican Party a long way from morning in America to midnight in America," Clinton quipped from the convention stage, invoking Reagan's sunny optimism, beloved of conservatives.
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