Why Hillary Clinton is Wisely Resisting Bernie Sander’s Political Strategy - HRC ROOM POST
http://thedailybanter.com/2015/06/why-hillary-clinton-is-wisely-resisting-bernie-sanders-political-strategy/------snipped the first part-----------
Since her campaign began, Hillary Clinton has wisely embraced President Obama, and advocated for policies that appeal to voters in the Obama coalition, particularly black voters. It should be lost on no one that, with the eyes of the world watching the Supreme Court, Hillary chose to send an image in which she is literally embracing President Obama. The lingering bad blood from the 2008 Democratic primary presented an uphill climb for Clinton, and she has climbed it steadily.
What makes Hillary’s continued, conspicuous embrace of President Obama remarkable is the pressure that the media is applying for her to abandon him, in the form of so-called “Bernie-mentum.” Ever since Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced his candidacy for president, liberal media types have been hyping Sanders as a stalking horse for Clinton. Then, the mainstream media got into the act by hyping poll results designed to heighten Hillary’s anxiety, polls with a rather unmistakable message.
First, there were a pair of polls showing Bernie Sanders within long-range spitting of Hillary in New Hampshire and Iowa, the first two states to vote in the primary. This was how the political media was framing both candidates’ visits to South Carolina last week, on the eve of the racist terrorist attack that eclipsed the entire nation. At the same time, Quinnipiac swing-state polls were being hyped to show alleged weakness for Hillary in Ohio and Pennsylvania (in Ohio, only Gov. John Kasich beat her head-to-head, while in Pennsylvania, Clinton got edged by Rand Paul and Marco Rubio).
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Sanders’ lack of appeal to black voters makes him the de facto candidate for a strong block of white Democratic voters who either reject, or place a very low priority, on policies like police reform, voting rights, and immigration. He’s also the beneficiary of a political media that’s eager to take Hillary Clinton down several pegs, and will hype any bit of good polling news to do it.
The fact is, though, that Bernie Sanders cannot hurt Hillary Clinton, only Hillary Clinton can do that. There will be no disappointed Bernie Sanders voters who will end up voting Republican in 2016. There may be some who stay home if Hillary is nominated, but I doubt there are very many. The Obama coalition that she needs to turn out in 2016 are far more numerous than the white emoprogs who will sit out if Bernie isn’t nominated.
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If you ask 100 people (voters) out on the street what they think about the TPP over 90 of them will -
up that word....
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emoprog
Top Definition
emoprog
A pejorative used by hawkish, austerity-loving conservatives who think they're Liberals because they're not or barely not racist or anti-gay. Emoprogs make fake Democrat get their undies in a bunch because emoprogs insist that Democrats act like Democrats and not like Reagan Republicans.
Billy doesn't want to bomb Damascus with depleted uranium shells, he must be an emoprog.
Susie is an emoprog because she won't meet the republicans half-way on cutting Social Security earned benefits. But screw the elderly, I want a tax cut.
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**I think one fits better??
http://shoqvalue.com/an-extended-definition-of-emo-progressive-and-why-it-matters/
Emo Progressive
The Original Definition, reprinted from Urban Dictionary
Emo Progressive (or "emoprog"
is a self-described liberal or progressive, often with strong libertarian leanings, whose primary political orientation is to be angry, dissatisfied and unhappy with the state of the nation at any given time, because in their view, liberal policies are not being implemented quickly enough or articulated forcefully enough. They have particular contempt for Democratic presidents.
Emoprogs are ideological purists who disdain compromise and incremental change, which they see as "selling out" classical liberal ideas like full employment, an end to all wars, state secrets, and liberal social policy.
Emoprogs dislike Republicans but reserve their greatest disdain for Democratic presidents, whom they relentlessly attack for not meeting a set of ideological goal posts that are constantly adjusted to ensure that the president will be deemed a disappointment, "not progressive enough" or "just like a Republican" no matter what policy achievements are made. ...........................
by DoctorSerizawa September 21, 2013
the majority on DU rec OPs like he's a "pos used car salesman" doesn't mean shite in real life.
Mahalo Nancy! Great ariticle~
