As Sanders soars, Clinton goes negative — a bad move The Hill Jan 22 2016
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may be poised to win both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary, and as Sanders soars, rival Hillary Clinton is making the worst possible move of launching an all-out attack against him, which is the same mistake she made when she attacked Barack Obama in 2008.
For some time, I have strongly advised people close to the Clintons to not go negative against Sanders. Clinton needs to inspire voters about why she should be president, not become a negative candidate who reminds voters of the kind of politics they want to end. Remember — and this is a key point — that when Clinton attacks Sanders for the vision and programs he believes in, she is attacking the large numbers of Democrats and independents who believe in what Sanders believes and favor the same changes and reforms that he promotes.
The Clinton attack against Sanders is the worst possible move for her and for Democrats. Because Clinton has low ratings for trustworthiness, whereas Sanders's ratings are high, a Clinton attack against Sanders will backfire.
I’ve been saying this all along. All attacks on Bernie backfire.
They backfire because Bernie is the real deal. Even people who disagree with him say that he is "sincere" and "authentic".
He keeps it on the stuff that matters, while refusing to talk about stuff like Hillary's use of a private email server and account while at the State Department (because the people have critical issues that need talked about), when just about every other politician in the world would've used those damn emails to their political advantage.
That's why when people see attacks on Bernie, they immediately examine the accuser (and their motivations), making is easy for attacks on Bernie to backfire.
We will soon hear that giant backfiring sound. 😆