Bill Clinton Questions Hillary's Super Tuesday Plan
Source: Politico
Bill Clinton, according to a source with firsthand knowledge of the situation, has been phoning campaign manager Robby Mook almost daily to express concerns about the campaigns organization in the March voting states, which includes delegate bonanzas in Florida, Illinois, Ohio and Texas.
Many Clinton allies share the presidents desire for more organization on the ground; they see enthusiasm thats ready to be channeled, but no channel yet in place. Iowa matters a ton but it seems to be the campaigns only focus," said one person close to the campaign's operations in a March state one of nearly a dozen Clinton allies POLITICO spoke with for this article. "Its going to be a long primary, and the campaign seems less prepared for it than they were in 2008.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-super-tuesday-2016-election-218052
thereismore
(13,326 posts)lewebley3
(3,412 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)I pick then up.
I put them down.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)That was before, you know.... that thingy...
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Wilms
(26,795 posts)Helped to deliver the WH to Bush in 2000, voted for the Iraq War, lost in 2008, etc.
No thanks.
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Wilms
(26,795 posts)It's in the history books.
And yes, she wants to start a war with her "enemy", Iran.
Oh, and FL2000. You're really going to run with that? OK. But put down the scissors.
groundloop
(11,521 posts)Sorry, you seem to have lost touch with reality.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)Links?
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)This is a right wing source
"So I sent Bernie a donation and visited his campaign store, where my favorite bumper sticker was Vote for Bernie . . . you know you wanna!"
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/420262/bernie-sanders-republicans-myra-adams
asuhornets
(2,405 posts)incorrect. I read the article. CoffeeCat you are trying to make it seems as if Bill Clinton is questioning his wife strategies....Not true. You are the desperate one.
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)What headline do you see?
I'm looking directly at the article. "Bill Clinton Questions Hillary's Super Tuesday Plan"
Why is my heading incorrect? Please. Tell us all.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)emphasis in excess, perhaps.
What has struck me, and I don't know for sure, but seems that as far as finances go, Bernie's "little donors" can pitch in many times, as the need arises. I'm not so sure how this works, but wonder how far HRC can go it getting additional funds when she's on the slide.
Much of her money, obviously came when she was "inevitable" so flowed relatively easily knowing the value after she was elected. But, now with things spinning out of control and larger sums perhaps needed? That may be what is concerning Bill as it should be.
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)And when money went dry she dipped into her personal funds. I'm not sure she's up for that this time around.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)showing up to work. On their own they did this. {{{OHIO!}}}
daleanime
(17,796 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)draa
(975 posts)The article claims her campaign has contacted 8 million people so far
Across the country, weve got more than 100,000 volunteers who have made more than 8 million voter contact attempts nationwide.
In an OP on DU yesterday it was said Sanders is contacting almost that many an hour due to coders building a new phone bank network.
I looked for it (don't remember who posted it) but couldn't find it. If anyone can find that OP would you please post it here. Thanks.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)They're on their game. I was trying to get a friend to make this very app, believe or not.
draa
(975 posts)I know it was written in 2 weeks and it's never been seen before. It's supposed to greatly increase the amount of contacts that was possible under the old system. That Field The Bern is probably another aspect of what they've built. Incredible really.
Oh, thank god those coders are on side. They fricking rock.
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)The only issue Dems run into is that the tech community is it has a libertarian streak in them. But they still mostly skew to our side.
draa
(975 posts)That's what I meant. It's those blasted Millennials that were so bashed by her supporters. They suck so good.
liberalhistorian
(20,819 posts)ignored Bill Clinton's uber-successful campaign strategies for both the 2008 campaign and this one. You'd think they'd realize he knows what he's talking about and how to get it done. It must be frustrating as hell for those who understand that and can see what's happening (a repeat of 2008, perhaps even worse) but who are being ignored in favor of those who do the tired same-old same-old.
Of course, the campaign's sense of hubris and entitlement is even worse this time around than it was in 2008 and that's causing even more problems. Expecting and demanding a practical coronation not only does not endear you to voters and turns those voters off, it tends to make a campaign complacent, lacking in vision and strategy. Beyond frustrating.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)Debbie crashed the car in 2008 and is demanding to have a chance to prove she is not incomeptent again.
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)If he's in the room, chances are he's the most politically skilled person there.
liberalhistorian
(20,819 posts)head at this campaign's not only repeating its mistakes of 2008, but making them even worse and listening even less. There are enough intelligent people in that campaign, you'd think that at least a few of them would recognize this and learned some lessons from '08, and a few others would be listening. Are they really that blinded by hubris and entitlement?
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)?The campaign's organization in Ohio is, so far, nonexistent there are no campaign offices or staffers on the ground yet and the Democratic front-runner needs all the support from big statewide African-American leadership that she can get, a local source said."
Excuse me, we know Ohio and Florida tend to be the purple states that flip the scales... WHY THE HELL was not not addressed? Does she expect to win without Ohio?
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)or so we've been told over and over.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)hopemountain
(3,919 posts)Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)I'm not sure that's possible. They weren't prepared at all.
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)Bernie Sanders campaign which says it has hired 90 staffers in Super Tuesday states so far is currently interviewing staffers for Ohio and said it plans to have them in place in the next 10 days.)
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)snip
A group of forward-thinking activists and die-hard Bernie Sanders supporters began planning and raising funds in November. They reached out to local legislators and community leaders, formed a steering committee, secured a location and made all the necessary arrangments to have the location open 50 hours per week.
On January 9, all their hard work paid off as 200 people showed up to witness the office's grand opening. Senator Michael Skindell and Bernie Sanders spokesperson Nina Turner gave the keynote remarks.
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Egnever
(21,506 posts)The Obama campaigns petty much laid out how a modern campaign should be run. One would think she would have paid attention to how she was beaten the last time.
This is the second time in a row she seemingly has badly mismanaged her campaign. It does not inspire confidence in her ability to govern.
I will vote for her in a new York minute over any of the clown car but once again she seems to be taking that vote for granted.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)a seeming inability to learn from experience.