HRC and Obama On Same Page Regarding GOP's Role In Creating Trump

I must admit that I am a bit disappointed in Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama right now, and it has to do with recent speeches these Democrats delivered and what they did not say in their speeches. I am referring to the speech Obama delivered during the Democratic Convention and the speech Hillary gave today on Donald Trump's relationship with the racist alt-conservative movement in this country.

Don't get me wrong -- both speeches were excellent -- but neither Hillary and Obama seemed interested in blaming the GOP for the Donald Debacle.  Last month, Obama stated during his Convention Speech that Trump is not a conservative nor do his ideas reflect those of the Republican Party.  Hillary did something similar today:

Hillary Clinton on Thursday delivered a blistering denunciation of Donald J. Trump, saying he had embraced the “alt-right” political philosophy and presenting his choice as an especially ominous turn in a presidential election full of them.

In her most direct critique yet connecting the Trump campaign to white nationalists and the conservative fringe, Mrs. Clinton is framing Mr. Trump’s run as unprecedented in modern politics. "He is taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over the Republican Party,” she said.

I guess I understand why Hillary and Obama feel compelled to discuss Trumpism and Republicanism as two separate things -- they are undoubtedly trying to attract moderate Republicans into the Democratic fold.  But Trumpism and Republicanism are obviously the same thing -- the GOP created Donald Trump -- and I worry that the failure of Democrats to repeatedly point this out could affect races down-ballot. 

This race is going to get a lot uglier in the coming weeks.  I just hope the Democrats generally -- and Obama and Hillary specifically -- pivot away from trying to court Republicans to the Democratic side and begin attacking the GOP for creating and then unleashing Donald Trump.