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Two Views on the Democrats' Strategy to Isolate Trump
There are risks in portraying the Republican nominee as uniquely unsuited to be president. But he is.
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Bloomberg View columnists Ramesh Ponnuru and Francis Wilkinson are discussing the events this week at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. (Click here for their earlier exchange.)
Ponnuru: On Wednesday night, it felt as if the Democratic convention had segued from addressing Bernie Sanders supporters to courting the broader public. President Barack Obama and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News) argued that Donald Trump does not represent authentically conservative or even Republican values, and that those who hold those values should favor Clinton instead.