To the Editor:

In a better world, Hillary Clinton might run a purely positive campaign and win an electoral mandate for a progressive agenda. Today this is a luxury (and a risk) the nation cannot afford. Mrs. Clinton must not merely defeat Donald Trump; she must crush him and all he stands for.

American voters must be given the opportunity to utterly reject [sic] a Trump campaign based on racism, xenophobia and misogyny.

I am glad that Mrs. Clinton has offered progressive solutions to the nation’s challenges, but loading her campaign down with every Bernie Sanders supporter’s wish list will make it only harder to vanquish Donald Trump and Trumpism. When there’s so much to go negative about, go negative!

DAN HAMMER

Del Mar, Calif.

Note from KBJ: Donald Trump hasn't even gotten started on Hillary Clinton. By the time 8 November rolls around, Dan Hammer will be crying.