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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Americans overwhelmingly side with Hillary Clinton over Karl Rove in brain flap"
Americans overwhelmingly side with Hillary Clinton over Karl Rove in brain flapBy Peyton M. Craighill and Scott Clement at the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/05/28/americans-overwhelmingly-side-with-hillary-clinton-over-karl-rove-in-brain-flap/?tid=rssfeed
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Two-thirds of Americans in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll disapprove of the Republican strategist raising questions about Clinton's age and health in advance of her potential presidential run. The lopsided negative reaction to Rove's commentary -- just 26 percent approve of his topic of criticism -- includes majorities of every age group as well as Democrats and independents. Republicans split evenly on the issue, with 45 percent approving and 46 percent disapproving of Rove broaching the issue.
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Rove's comments earlier this month, which focused on medical issues surrounding a fall Clinton suffered in December 2012, ignited controversy and charges of sexism. As the New York Post quoted Rove, thirty days in the hospital? And when she reappears, shes wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury? We need to know whats up with that. Rove insisted that the Post's headline, which suggested he had said Clinton might have suffered brain damage, was a mischaracterization of his position but maintained that the former Secretary of State appeared to have suffered "a serious health episode." On Monday Rove again drew criticism for arguing Clinton would the represent a third term of Barack Obama, and that in politics "you don't want to be something old and stale."
Rove's line of criticism faces skepticism, according to the new poll. Big majorities of nearly all demographic and political groups disapprove of Rove's focus, including men and senior citizens, two groups that the GOP needs in a general election. Only among the subset of conservative Republicans do a majority (52 percent) approve of what Rove said. Even among those who would oppose Hillary Clinton as a candidate in 2016, nearly half disapprove Rove's commentary.
Health questions -- particularly for older candidates -- have been a regular part of the discussion in presidential campaigns. In 2008, more than four in 10 registered voters in a Post-ABC poll (42 percent) said they were at least "somewhat" uncomfortable with John McCain taking office at the age of 72. At the time, two-thirds of Democrats said they were uncomfortable about McCain entering office at age 72, just 3 years older than Clinton would be at the start of her first term.
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"Americans overwhelmingly side with Hillary Clinton over Karl Rove in brain flap" (Original Post)
applegrove
May 2014
OP
Rove was jusr trying to pave the way for whoever gets the GOP nomination by
Louisiana1976
May 2014
#2
The switch in the positions of Democrats on age from 2008 to now is interesting.
merrily
May 2014
#6
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)1. Karl Rove has a brain flap? That's more than I ever anticipated. nt
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)4. Had to take the brain out somehow. nt
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)2. Rove was jusr trying to pave the way for whoever gets the GOP nomination by
smearing Hillary. No two ways about it.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)3. I'm not a Hillary fan but Hillary's Brain is way better than Bush's Brain
any day of the week, month, year, decade and etc.,
Cha
(297,692 posts)5. I should hope so!
merrily
(45,251 posts)6. The switch in the positions of Democrats on age from 2008 to now is interesting.
I'm sure there's a good explanation and some DUers will provide it as often as necessary.
Beacool
(30,253 posts)7. Rove is a low life.
What can one say about a guy who put out fake rumors against fellow Republicans? Democrats can't expect any better.