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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary and Bernie are both holding events in Portland this week. [View all]Divernan
(15,480 posts)40. "Participants handpicked by HRC staff & fed topics dictated by HRC campaign".
CLINTON'S HANDICAP
In Iowa: Mindful of her defeat by Barack Obama in 2008, Clinton has embraced a new strategy one that so far does not include town-hall meetings and campaign rallies, media interviews, even public events. Instead, she holds small controlled events with a handful of potential voters in homes, businesses and schools. She repeats many of the same lines (I want to be your champion is a favorite), participants are handpicked by her staff or the event host, and topics are dictated by her campaign.
It is the same story in New Hampshire, according to the Boston Globe: Clintons campaign hasnt held a single event open to the general public since it launched five weeks ago, and there are no plans for an open forum in New Hampshire Friday when she makes her second trip to the Granite State. This arms-length distance between voters and candidates might be how politics works elsewhere, but not in the first-in-the-nation-primary state. New Hampshire residents hold dear a tradition of meeting would-be presidents face to face. Even her teams news-less conference calls get blasted.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/05/22/clintons-handicap/
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it's too bad that David Cobb is speaking for Move to Amend at the same time...
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#5
I can't wait until after this happens and we can compare crowd diversities. nm
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#6
I'd like to have a conversation with Hillary. Sadly, I don't have an extra $2700 right now.
pa28
Aug 2015
#10
Me too. Don't think I'll celebrate becoming unemployed this Friday spending $2.7k...
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#13
I think we'd all like to CELEBRATE that others with money are the only ones...
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#17
And is your issue the price of the event, or the notion that Clinton would attend a fundraiser?
brooklynite
Aug 2015
#12
Hmm.... I wonder how many people spending that kind of money work for Wall Street?
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#19
Oh fudgies. That's the day Buffy and I are having the toilet paper monogrammed. nt
Buns_of_Fire
Aug 2015
#28
Oh, that's the absolute pits. I'm having my Topsiders re-strung that day.
Arugula Latte
Aug 2015
#64
He also donated 50k to John Kitzhaber. The one who had to resign over corruption allegations.
pa28
Aug 2015
#35
Too bad the DNC doesn't use the oppurtunity for a Debate, I wonder if they'd Both be for that ?
orpupilofnature57
Aug 2015
#51
If you've read my posts, it was rhetorical, but YES YES YES I have and do and will, I'm a Volunteer
orpupilofnature57
Aug 2015
#59