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GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
Fri May 13, 2016, 06:54 AM May 2016

Why do Hillary supporters criticize her campaign so often? Even undermine it (?)

Hillary has done all this before. She has one billion dollars cue'd up for the GE and all is going basically according to plan but apparently there a lot of backseat drivers who don't think she is running her campaign well.

The Hillary campaign has never asked Bernie Sanders to drop out. Never. And they don't want him to but her supporters here have their own agenda apparently. They ARE asking for Sanders to stop and have been since February.

Some of you just don't get it -- Sanders whips up the new base, gets them to register, gets them to rallies. He has to do this in every state. The Clinton campaign just can't do that and there won't be another national Dem primary for 8 years (probably). Sanders brings in the disillusioned and those who don't like MSM then the party machine will use these new voters in the GE and in 2018. In marketing this is usually called "bait and switch."

Clinton needs the excited supporters that have rallied around Sanders and hopes treating the senator's campaign respectfully will make them more likely to back her against Trump. Clinton has already started to make overtures to Sanders' supporters -- pledging to support them even if they don't support her -- and campaign aides have said those will continue in the coming weeks.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/05/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-exit-race/

The GOP was trying to do the same thing -- use Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio to bring in new Hispanic voters and evangelical crazies then switch them to Jeb for the GE.

With Sanders to her Left Clinton looks more centrist and she definitely wants to look more centrist for the GE.

If you are really With Her why not get with her program?
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Why do Hillary supporters criticize her campaign so often? Even undermine it (?) (Original Post) GreatGazoo May 2016 OP
Why do you paint Hillary with a really broad brush? I have been saying to let the Thinkingabout May 2016 #1
Why don't Sanders supporters criticize his campaign, ever? baldguy May 2016 #2
Because he has the most effective ads and the biggest rallies (?) where birds show up on cue... GreatGazoo May 2016 #5
"Sanders whips up the new base" NCTraveler May 2016 #3
? GreatGazoo May 2016 #4
They just keep going... GreatGazoo May 2016 #6

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
1. Why do you paint Hillary with a really broad brush? I have been saying to let the
Fri May 13, 2016, 06:59 AM
May 2016

Primaries go forward, more votes, more delegates. The percentage Sanders grows even when he wins a primary.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
2. Why don't Sanders supporters criticize his campaign, ever?
Fri May 13, 2016, 07:36 AM
May 2016

Using long-debunked RW talking points to attack Clinton. First saying that he doesn't care about Benghazi or the emails - then making that "sandal" a central issue in his campaign. First saying that the superdelegates are unfair & undemocratic, then campaigning to get them to flip & relying on them to win the nomination. Promising to release his complete tax returns, then delaying, delaying & delaying, and then only releasing a summary. Saying that he can win in Nov with independents & disgruntled Republicans, then criticizing Clinton for courting independents & disgruntled Republicans.

And that's only off the top of my head.

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
5. Because he has the most effective ads and the biggest rallies (?) where birds show up on cue...
Fri May 13, 2016, 11:09 AM
May 2016
"Social Security," Bernie 2016. Ace Score: 550
"Real Change (Revised)," Bernie 2016. Ace Score: 532
"Works For Us All," Bernie 2016. Ace Score: 523
"Mari," Bernie 2016. Ace Score: 519
"We The People," Carson America. Ace Score: 517
"Real Change," Bernie 2016. Ace Score: 514
"Working Families," Bernie 2016. Ace Score: 512
"Never Quit," Draft Biden. Ace Score: 512
"America: Never Give Up," Kasich for America. Ace Score: 508
"The Bottom 100 Million," Bernie 2016. Ace Score: 504
"Keith," Hillary for America. Ace Score: 504


http://www.campaignlive.com/article/bernie-sanders-effective-political-ads-2016-presidential-race/1379312

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
4. ?
Fri May 13, 2016, 11:06 AM
May 2016

Those Hillary micro rallies aren't doing it. Obama did the heavy lifting in 2008, now it is Sanders.

Sanders still pulling them in:
http://abc7.com/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign-enlists-celebs-to-register-la-college-students/1332384/

The (Sanders) campaign also worked to sign up voters at Cal State LA and UCLA among other campuses.
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