2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: There is no doubt it's been a tough week for HRC. [View all]Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Hillary Clinton's week from hell: can she shake off troubles to take on Trump?
For Hillary Clinton, the week that Donald Trump finally sealed the Republican presidential nomination should to have been a triumphant one.
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The first was the sight of the former secretary of state falling behind her Republican opponent in an average of national opinion polls.
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Then came a damning report by an independent inspector at the state department, who contradicted Clintons claims that she had been allowed to use a private email server for official business while serving as the nations chief diplomat.
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The next surprise blow to Team Clinton this week was new opinion polling in California, where the penultimate and largest Democratic primary takes place on 7 June. It showed Sanders virtually neck and neck, forcing Clinton to schedule extra appearances to try to avoid the humiliating prospect of winning the national nomination race on the same day as she loses the largest state.
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To make matters worse, Sanders responded to Clintons decision to pull out of a scheduled televised debate by taking up a subsequently rescinded offer to face Donald Trump instead. Though establishment Democrats fumed at the disloyalty of such a stunt, few doubted it would have drawn giant audiences.
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Somewhat less attention was drawn to the final shock news of the week: a federal investigation into campaign contributions to a longtime Clinton confidant, Governor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia.
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This speaks to a central part of her campaign her experience and calls into question her judgment. The question now is what is the next shoe to drop.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/28/hillary-clinton-campaign-emails-bernie-sanders-trump-polls
Not mentioned was the Kenneth Starr firing, which let the media rehash the Clinton impeachment. The editorial by Shawn King. The pentagon official documenting their ignoring operational security at paccom.
Here's Mika and the new media attitude.
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"Jaw dropping", "liar", "completely non credible", "new emails found, what's that about" - MSNBC
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