Hillary Clinton and 11 Dimensional Chess

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Wednesday February 24, 2016 · 6:53 AM PST

2016/02/24 · 06:53

Last night, Secretary Clinton reiterated her current position on the release of transcripts of her private paid speeches to Goldman Sachs and other banking institutions. She won’t show hers, if the other candidates (including Republicans) show theirs.

Now, of course, Bernie can’t release any such transcripts because he didn’t give any private paid speeches to Wall Street.

What I am having a hard time understanding is the political strategy behind Clinton’s position. If she’s the nominee, either her Republican opponent will, like Bernie, have no such paid speech transcripts to release, and she will look like she’s just stonewalling to hide something. That’s not particularly good.

But what if her opponent is Trump? He has private paid speeches. And he will most definitely release his transcripts. Why wouldn’t he? He doesn’t say one thing in private, a different thing in public. And releasing his transcripts would put Clinton in a corner, one she has painted herself into. What does she do then? Release, or come up with another excuse?

Is this some kind of 11 dimensional chess move on the part of the Clinton campaign that I just don’t grasp?

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Tuesday February 23, 2016 · 9:32 AM PST

2016/02/23 · 09:32

When I came to Daily Kos this afternoon, I got a pop up ad mentioning Bernie Sanders and his bill to protect Native American lands. I clicked on the ad and signed the petition. Then I was taken to a donation page and given the option to split a contribution between Bernie and Daily Kos.

Now I know that Kos is officially neutral, but the front page appears to me anyway to slant away from Bernie (to say the least).

Needless to say, I declined. All my couch pennies belong to Bernie.

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