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Perogie

(687 posts)
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 06:58 PM Oct 2015

Bold prediction on Benghazi

I say Hillary's poll numbers will start to trend down in a week or two as the public absorbs the Benghazi hearings.

Not because the Republicans did well with it. In fact Hillary did a great job, but only people that are political junkies will see how well she did. I say that the average person in the US that doesn't pay much attention will sour on Hillary just because she is associated with the hearings.

Just as there is a conservative bubble there is also a liberal bubble. Liberals can see Hillary cleaned their clock and revel in it. Average person not interested in politics are going to say she's just part of the political game that they are tired of.

I know some will disagree and the only measure will be time to see if I am correct.

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emulatorloo

(44,058 posts)
2. Time will tell. Pre-hearing polling I heard on MSNBC indicated the majority polled
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:06 PM
Oct 2015

viewed the committee as a partisan witch hunt and don't believe the accusations against HRC.

I'm sorry I don't have a link or more details on it. Someone cited it during the live coverage, cannot remember if it was Matthews or O'Donnell. I do know it wasn't a poll of junkies or liberals. No luck on digging it up yet.

Non-junkies do see clips on the news and there were some pretty shameful displays by the committee members.

But yeah will be interesting to see how this plays out in the weeks ahead.

sarge43

(28,940 posts)
3. Predicting an election a year out is a mug's game
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:11 PM
Oct 2015

Too many variables. Handing those idiots their heads and the long slog to election day are two very different things.

Pardon the metaphor, but she put one out of the park in the first inning; there's eight more ahead.

 

Trajan

(19,089 posts)
4. Liberals don't have their clock cleaned whenever Hillary counters a republican liar
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:11 PM
Oct 2015

Hillary did what ALL good people want - she cleaned the COMMITTEE'S clock ... That had nothing to do with liberals ...

Perogie

(687 posts)
9. ok, let me make it more simple
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 10:46 PM
Oct 2015

I said Liberals can see she cleaned their clock, referring to the republicans and they (the liberals) can revel in that.

New here, so now I leaned I need to spell it out more clearly.

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