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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Patriot Guard Rider on March 07, 2016, 11:37:00 AM
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GreatGazoo (2,431 posts)
5 Major Signs that Clinton is Losing Now
1. Nearly lost Iowa -- the inside the media story out of Iowa was that many there believed Sanders had turned out more support. at best it was a squeaker. Without the "win" in Iowa, the whole narrative falls apart and the story becomes Sanders gaining support as his visibility grows and as more people start paying real attention to the choice in front of them.
2. Post-Iowa staffing and message changes --
One source who is close with both Hillary and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, said, "The Clintons are not happy, and have been letting all of us know that. The idea is that we need a more forward-looking message, for the primary — but also for the general election too… There's no sense of panic, but there is an urgency to fix these problems right now."
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From the beginning, Benenson was frustrated that he was forced to split his time between defending his boss on emails and defining a path for her candidacy.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/604429/hillary-clintons-campaign-reportedly-unhappy-hillary-clinton
3. Fighting to Retain your Base when You Would be Expanding It -- Team Clinton is fighting to hang on to women and blacks when, if she had solid support there, she would be trying to expand her reach. In recent exit polls we see younger women and younger blacks are more open to Sanders than their older counterparts. Telling women the will "go to Hell" if they don't vote for Hillary shows the desperation.
The risk of a bandwagon campaign is that people start to feel insulted and stereotyped as this man's reaction shows:
Meeting Sanders had convinced him. It was “not a presidential candidate talking to a state representative or an old white man talking to a young black guy,†he said, but “a man talking to a man about things they are passionate aboutâ€.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/us-election-2016-hillary-clinton-loses-grip-on-young-black-vote/news-story/87fa74a04c5ca3093af0c09dddd19d76
4. Attempted Steal the Bern -- Adopting your opponents lines (as much of them as you can with a few modifications like her $12/hr min wage) shows that the speaker believes or knows outright that their opponent's positions are more popular than the ones they would put forth.
5. Trying for 3 Weeks to Stop the Momentum -- From the wake-up call that was Iowa to right now, they are still trying to stop the momentum. Trying to stop the momentum confirms one thing very strongly -- your opponent has momentum and you don't. They got a lot of MSM to tout the supers as being locked in to HRC and then pointed to victories in SC and elsewhere as evidence that the momentum was not real.
Colorado, Maine, Nebraska and Kansas just disproved that one.
These people have convinced themselves of a false reality. That is, Bernie is now ahead (even though he's getting his ass kicked in delicates. So far behind, it's unsurmountable), and that Bernie now has the momentum.
In reality, the chances of Bernie securing the nomination are somewhat less than the chances of Cindy Crawford knocking on my apartment door tonight begging me to take her to bed. The difference is, I don't expect Crawford to show, so my head won't explode when she doesn't.
These people fully expect Bernie to win.
ChairmanAgnostic (26,625 posts)
2. Her internal numbers must be telling.
That explains a lot about her debate performance. Interrupting, ignoring Anderson, refusing to stop talking, and generally acting like a spoiled brat.
Her pollsters told her she had to act more assertive and in control. Instead she came across as a real piece of work.
My partner is a big Hillarian. I, the opposite. As we watched the debate, even she said, "she needs to stop that. It looks horrible. Why be so rude?"
Star Member CoffeeCat (22,599 posts)
3. Her and her campaign are very vulnerable
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...CoffeeCat made a funny
Hillary's campaign in Iowa hinged on her "electability" and her experience. No one realized that this election would be overwhelmingly about change and rooting out corruption and establishment politics.
All she has left is that she is the most "electable." That's not support based on passion for her candidacy or her ideas. It's soft support based on a very hollow foundation.
Furthermore, her "untrustworthy" numbers are at an alarming high--69 percent of voters do not trust her. Her negatives are very high too. Much higher than Bernie's.
All of this--is why we will see the continued push for Bernie to exit the race. She is vulnerable, and they damn well know it.
She's got this FBI investigation looming over her campaign, dripping out a steady stream of bad news. The latest being that her IT guy was recently granted immunity to tell the FBI everything he knows.
The longer Bernie stays in this race, the greater numbers of people hearing his message. Furthermore, the states start to really favor him as the primary progresses. If he starts to win more states, her electability meme is decimated. Then, the wheels come off. We could see a surge of "buyer's remorse" which can happen with any drawn out primary.
That's why they'll pressure him to get out. Too bad. It's not going to happen.
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Star Member CoffeeCat (22,599 posts)
3. Her and her campaign are very vulnerable
Her and her campaign? Her and her campaign?
Jesus H. Christ, DUmmy Where did you learn the English language?
You're worse than gNads. Not even your fellow DUmpmonkeys will take you seriously.
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Her and her campaign? Her and her campaign?
Jesus H. Christ, DUmmy Where did you learn the English language?
You're worse than gNads. Not even your fellow DUmpmonkeys will take you seriously.
A prime candidate to apply for a job at reportingsandiego.com. They'd be the intelligent one of the two.