{"id":2065,"date":"2016-09-10T10:57:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T10:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2016-09-21T07:59:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T07:59:55","slug":"trump-vs-clinton-147-sep-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/trump-vs-clinton-147-sep-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vs Clinton (147, Sep 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019d predicted a year ago that we\u2019d see\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0lining up against\u00a0Hillary Clinton<\/a>\u00a0in the battle for the White House, few would have taken your prediction seriously. But after a bruising primary campaign where the expression \u201cyou couldn\u2019t make this up\u201d was overused on a weekly basis, that\u2019s where we\u2019re at: it\u2019s Trump representing the\u00a0Republican Party<\/a>\u00a0and Clinton standing for the\u00a0Democrats<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of the business end of deciding who will get to be the next president of the United States,\u00a0Banter<\/a>\u00a0has brought together some interested observers to discuss the themes which have emerged so far, the issues which will decide this race, the strengths and weaknesses of the two candidates and how the rest of the campaign might well shake out.<\/p>\n

Banter\u2019s US Presidential panel:\u00a0Carole Coleman<\/a>\u00a0(RTE reporter and the station\u2019s former Washington correspondent),\u00a0Dr Karen Devine<\/a>\u00a0(International Relations, School of Law & Government, DCU) and\u00a0TJ Mulloy<\/a>\u00a0(Chair of Democrats Abroad Ireland).<\/p>\n

The details: this discussion will take place at Wigwam (Middle Abbey St., Dublin 1) on Tuesday September 20. Doors open at 6pm and polliing gets underway at 6.30pm followed by an audience Q&A. Tickets can be reserved\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019d predicted a year ago that we\u2019d see\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0lining up against\u00a0Hillary Clinton\u00a0in the battle for the White House, few would have taken your prediction seriously. But after a bruising primary campaign where the expression \u201cyou couldn\u2019t make this up\u201d was overused on a weekly basis, that\u2019s where we\u2019re at: it\u2019s Trump representing the\u00a0Republican Party\u00a0and … <\/p>\n

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