2016 Postmortem
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OP/ED
Clinton breaks a California promise
May 26, 2016
Hillary Clintons refusal to keep a promise to debate Sen. Bernie Sanders in California was obviously based on her assumption that the nomination is hers and that there is no need to risk further exposure in an uncontrolled setting.
Hillary Clinton is a prohibitive favorite to attain the partys nomination before its Philadelphia convention. Still, Californians deserve more than a succession of rallies, photo opportunities and fundraisers from a major presidential candidate.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Clinton-breaks-a-California-promise-7945454.php
Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)the questions or the people asking them.
Especially with the FBI/DOJ investigation going on.
TimPlo
(443 posts)investigation is caused by her liking to "limit her participation in events/interviews" Keep server in house prevented anyone else from White House from seeing it unless Clinton wanted them too. Well except the hackers that might of broke in.
Faux pas
(14,682 posts)SFnomad
(3,473 posts)There is no reason for her to do another debate ... the only thing it could accomplish would be a Rick Perry "Oops" type moment, being that it's not going to change the Democratic Primary and who the nominee will be.
imagine2015
(2,054 posts)Oooppsss Just a little itsy bitsy mistake.
Double Ooopss .... the Wall Street transcript speeches. Nothin in those speeches. Trust me! Like me .... please.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)Gowdy and the Republicans have made sure EVERYONE realizes that the "e-mail scandal" is just a Republican led slimy hit job on Secretary Clinton. At this point, they have mismanaged it so badly, even if there were really something there, very few people will believe it, except those that wouldn't vote for Secretary Clinton anyway.
Practically nobody cares about the transcripts, that's a dead horse you're still beating.
cali
(114,904 posts)And it's delusional to pretentious no one cares about the very real email debacle she created.
Anyone who believes that the email mess won't be a big issue in the general, is engaging in unicorn level fantasy.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)any path to victory.
cali
(114,904 posts)And the hilly fantasies run rampant here every bit as much as the Bernie fantasies.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)What sort of people are attracted to sociopaths?
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)It shows how desperate the bitter BS cheerleaders have sunk. You people couldn't get much lower and sound more and more like Republicans every day.
JudyM
(29,251 posts)SFnomad
(3,473 posts)If CA wanted to have a larger roll in the Democratic Nominee selection process, they should have their primary earlier in the season ... like they did in 2000, 2004 and 2008 when their primary was on Super Tuesday. They are the ones that moved it back to the end of the primaries and made themselves less relevant.
vintx
(1,748 posts)That's a good question.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)the monster Super Tuesday primary with between 12 and 24 states in the mix (depending on the year). Moving it to the back of the schedule leaves them open to being less relevant.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)and the state saw no benefit, So they offered both parties to keep it earlier, the state did, but they had to cover the costs for the state to run it. For some odd reason neither party took them on it.
JudyM
(29,251 posts)type of comment.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)Nobody has requested that California not vote.
But, California has stopped itself from being relevant.
JudyM
(29,251 posts)SFnomad
(3,473 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)bjo59
(1,166 posts)Or don't you remember that? She got her New Hampshire debate in exchange that promise. The deal was not that she could decide later whether or not to keep that promise based on whether it would be good for her or not. Her blind spots prevented her from calculating the downside of proving once again that she can't be trusted.
senz
(11,945 posts)Yes, untrustworthy.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Should have her picture next to it. And probably liar
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)And the morons will say, "why should she keep her promises - she's not running any more"
bjo59
(1,166 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Alex4Martinez
(2,195 posts)Which leaves us all in a most uncomfortable state.
Selfishness in the extreme.
QC
(26,371 posts)every bit as seriously as that promise.