2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCNN just now: Jeff Zeleny with Clinton campaign said Hillarys new strategy is "Disqualify Him"
He stated after the Wisconsin win, The Clinton campaign is running out of patience with him and The campaign will be implementing a new strategy called 'Disqualify Him' , 'Defeat Him" and they can unify the party later.
Jeff claimed for the last several months the Clinton campaign has been first ignoring Bernie Sanders then dismissing him. Now they are going to headlong into him, (he's told) beginning here in the NY primary in two weeks on his gun record and other things. Party unity aside for now.
The Clinton campaign is running out of patience, they want to stop Bernie Sanders and move on to the fall campaign.
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so, um thanks Jeff for the update.
Bjornsdotter
(6,123 posts)Avalon Sparks
(2,566 posts)I just transcribed what he said..... Took me a little while.
Noticed other wise DUers already made threads after I posted.
jfern
(5,204 posts)Because if Team Hillary tries burning any more bridges (they can't because they all got burned already), it will be a long time before the party unifies again.
Did Hillary just say "Party Unity, My Ass!"?
daleanime
(17,796 posts)yes they did, not a smart move for a candidate whose major weakness is her unfavorably.
She doesn't want to, but she needed to be repairing 'bridges' from day one.
Hatchling
(2,323 posts)We Berners don't need no stinkin' bridges!
daleanime
(17,796 posts)along with roads, the energy grid, schools, health care, etc, etc...
We'll just have to get them with out her help, not that she ever planned on helping.
jillan
(39,451 posts)He's been there, done that with her.
Axelrod!
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)That's very good news indeed.
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)She will sacrifice the Democratic Party for her own ambitions knowing that she is too flawed to win the GE.
senz
(11,945 posts)This is the only thing she wants in life.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,704 posts)May they run into trouble with this insanity.
Avalon Sparks
(2,566 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)But she might very well try something underhanded.
haikugal
(6,476 posts)method possible now! LOL, what a horror show!
Armstead
(47,803 posts)awake
(3,226 posts)Armstead
(47,803 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)It hasn't worked for them so far; in fact, a few surrogates and family members have damaged their reputations and records in the service of being dishonest for Hillary Clinton. It feels to me like it's time to call this bluff.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)...that some donors were suggesting that Brock back off.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)HughLefty1
(231 posts)Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)AgerolanAmerican
(1,000 posts)we're on the verge of open panic... if Sanders takes NY, they'll need to call a bomb squad to deal with all the exploding heads
Clinton has lost 7 straight contests, most by massive blowout margins.
Seven straight.
This is not someone on the way to a nomination, it's someone on the way to the dumpster.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)Likely to take Wyoming this weekend, and New York is getting tighter by the week.
No sense in trying to hide the desperation.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Yeah, anything but that.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)Watching the establishment on both sides freak the hell out over these candidates is hilarious.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Would it be possible to form a Super PAC and by back the Super delegates from Camp Clinton?
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)pacalo
(24,721 posts)The arrogance & sense of entitlement is astounding.
awake
(3,226 posts)Maybe she wants to have a higher negative rating than Trump. I am amazed at how man people do not realize that Bernie is offering people a candidate that they can vote for instead of voting against the other candidate. "Taking the gloves off" is a losing tactic.
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)Is there anybody they don't condescend to?
Hydra
(14,459 posts)"Haven't you lousy NORMAL people gone away yet! The Queen is NOT holding court anymore! Scram!"
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Like he's some annoyance they've been tolerating just to humor him (or his supporters) or whatever.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)It's like a Greek tragedy where the lead has a fatal flaw that can't be escaped.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)JPnoodleman
(454 posts)Sure I'm for Bernie, but man I feel like I could do a better job than this guy. WTF? "Oh we will unite the party later?"
Avalon Sparks
(2,566 posts)I also hated his choice of tie.
JPnoodleman
(454 posts)I'd at least not blather my evil plans in a stereotypical villain speech.
HughLefty1
(231 posts)Her entitlement is off the charts. She is starting to sound like the GOP establishment on the other side freaking out about Trump.
longship
(40,416 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)it's a way of pissing people off especially the activists.
If the Clinton campaign wants to play it that way... an eye for an eye
kennetha
(3,666 posts)I am so glad she has decided to take on the blowhard.
It will help to prove a point about.
He's a guy with a glass jaw. He is going to shatter under pressure. The Daily News interview, which every Hillary donor has now received the full text of, is just the beginning.
Baobab
(4,667 posts)She did this to herself by hiding so much.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Baobab
(4,667 posts)My name isn't "kennetha", sorry.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)and shouldn't throw stones
snowy owl
(2,145 posts)Don't we want a President who will reflect our values and principles? I think our elections are too long and way off target. Let us hear from the candidates and let us vote.
dchill
(38,536 posts)I saw this guy with a little bird that wasn't afraid. Why can't that happen to me?
Little_Wing
(417 posts)She's going to do this how?
Deadshot
(384 posts)Seriously?
She won't get my vote if she goes down that road.
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)They think they own us and will do whatever they please with us. We have to be punished now for embarrassing the Queen.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Is to relax, be friendly and nice. Clinton already suffers from the perception she is a little "sharp." A negative campaign against Sanders will build up that part of her reputation.
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)If Hillary runs negative ads, respond by showing a snippet of them and pointing out that she is now attacking Bernie, followed by clips of her and Bill attacking Obama in 2008, and saying this is what they do when they're desperate and can't run on the issues. Conclude with "America has real problems to deal with; it's time to get rid of establishment politics."
moondust
(20,006 posts)and she wants it right fucking NOW!!!!! You little "democracy" people need to get out of the fucking way right NOW!!!!!!!
BainsBane
(53,069 posts)A read of his interview before the NY Daily News editorial board shows as much. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/transcript-bernie-sanders-meets-news-editorial-board-article-1.2588306
I hope the Clinton campaign does use that interview to make ads. The American public needs to see what that they have a choice between someone with substantive policy proposals
and someone who doesn't even take his own campaign slogans seriously enough to think through how to implement them.
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/bernie-sanderss-rough-ride-with-the-daily-news/476919/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/05/this-new-york-daily-news-interview-was-pretty-close-to-a-disaster-for-bernie-sanders/
Avalon Sparks
(2,566 posts)He should have just claimed that he would tell them to "Cut it out!"
Worked for Hillary, didn't it?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)So bring it on, Hillary. People will only love and defend Bernie more. And you, HRC, will only drive your untrustworthy and dishonest ratings up even higher than they are.
Red Oak
(697 posts)But that is her history.
That, and losing.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Nedsdag
(2,437 posts)Way to bring Sanders supporters over to your side.
Eventually your ACME grenades will explode in your hand a la Wiley Coyote.