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I just don't think he has the total life-experience, political savvy and maturity to handle the incredibly complex job of President.
What about gravitas? No more gravitas? If Clinton's purported "total life-experience, political savvy, and maturity" isn't winning her the Democratic nomination, then how can it be expected to win her the general election? Either voters are looking for other qualities than those this election, or else people don't accept Clinton's self-narrative -- or maybe both.
Do you think Clinton's run a good campaign, the best campaign she could've run? Do you think she's made any mistakes, or has she run a perfect campaign, in your estimation, and has only been sabotaged by circumstance?
With the Presidency, you don't know what's going to be thrown your way, and being able to adapt and thrive marks the true political savvy required to win the day. Clinton's campaign apparently went into it believing their own hype, and were caught flat-footed when things didn't go their way, and by failing to react swiftly enough, undermined the "inevitable" narrative, the "leadership" narrative, and the "experience" narrative. She talked a lot about those things, but hadn't showed them on the campaign trail, and is paying for that inspiration deficit.
