2016 Postmortem
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President Obama makes a speech on ISIS on 12/6 . He has a private lunch with Hillary Clinton on 12/7. President Obama addresses the nation on ISIS again on 12/14. Hillary Clinton is scheduled to make a speech on combating ISIS and terrorism on 12/15
It looks like coordination to me. President Obama seems to be going all in , albeit tacitly, to clear the path for his likely successor.
It also keeps the issue at the forefront that can only benefit Secretary Of State Clinton:
"...participants described Hillary Clintons backbone as made of titanium, steel, ice and cement.
Her ability to walk through what shes had thrown at her just in the last six months should give you an idea that the woman has definitely got some strength. Shes there. I dont necessarily agree with where shes coming from, but still, you cannot knock what that woman is like.
Alan, another participant, added:
I dont necessarily agree with her positions, but she is definitely strong. For lack of a better term, shes got some ----, you know. She stands up and stands firm.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/opinion/campaign-stops/hillary-clintons-toughness.html?_r=0
Viva Obama
Viva Clinton
Viva America
on edit-changed inevitable to likely. God hates soothsayers.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... like then I'm voting for Hillary no doubt.
Looking at the facts of course
Scuba
(53,475 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)"The truth of the matter is that my policies are so mainstream that if I had set the same policies that I had back in the 1980s, I would be considered a moderate Republican," he told Noticias Univision 23 in a White House interview.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)He admits it, even if you can't.
Chitown Kev
(2,197 posts)and the forseeable future, it's not as if President Sanders would be able to govern like FDR...I could nitpick and parse all of those Bernie/FDR comparisons as well
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... about people
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)It's almost like their sharing the biggest joke in these United States and We, The People are at the butt end of it.
Laughing and guffawing straight to the bank.
......
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)This is shaping up to be a national security election.
Here's an interesting article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/opinion/campaign-stops/hillary-clintons-toughness.html?_r=1
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)Sanders comes across as a stumbling, bumbling, incompetent mid-level candidate when it comes to national security.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)Kentonio
(4,377 posts)Unless there's a major event between now and the primaries, this election will be decided on the economy and racial justice not some national security scaremongering.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)Kentonio
(4,377 posts)That really doesn't make any sense. You say you won't respond to negative posts, but then say you'll respond to them on a case by case basis. That's like saying 'I don't eat meat. I'll only eat meat on a case by case basis'.
ismnotwasm
(42,014 posts)Alfresco
(1,698 posts)riversedge
(70,307 posts)the heavens know the US is in crisis mode so often lately. I saw polls saying Nat. Security is the number one issue (mostly for Republicans). But Obama has to provide reassurance that his administration is doing all it can do to prevent extremest attacks.