Stunning:
Hillary Clinton has at least one thing to be thankful for: Superdelegates.
"That is her only true firewall," an adviser glumly said Wednesday in the wake of a humbling New Hampshire defeat that has shaken the confidence of the candidate and the campaign.
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or all the talk about a campaign shakeup, several people close to the organization said Clinton was eying someone to coordinate message, so their television advertising and campaign message were the same or complimentary, rather than competing.
The first day of the next phase of the campaign is Thursday night in Milwaukee on the debate stage. But campaign aides say they know they have to hunker down -- as Clinton "guts it out."
"Only she can fix this," one adviser said.
Let me be absolutely clear: a Superdelegates strategy is absolutely unacceptable. If you win the pledged delegates, you win. Superdelegates will not be allowed to overturn the will of the voters, I don't care if they nominated a lobster.
Jesus Christ. If that's all we've got in the way of fighting spirit, then this is going to be a broken organization in short order.
Only Hillary Clinton can fix this mess. She has to pull herself and this campaign together. She has to see her campaign as an extension of herself. That makes its way to your volunteers, and eventually touches the electorate. That's whole point of having an organization... to carry your candidate to the electorate with vigor.
I know what it's like to be on the losing end of a presidential primary. It happens. I also know that our candidate was never, ever down no matter what and his spirit spread throughout the entire organization. He'd give pep talks and even critique himself:
"I want everybody to catch your breath. Do what you do to get your ya-ya's out — that's an old '60s expression — and then understand that coming back we're going to have to work twice as hard as we've been working," Obama said. "We're going to have to be smarter, we're going to have to be tougher, our game is going to have to be tighter."
Before finishing, he included a self-assessment, adding, "I am going to have to be a better candidate."
The only person who can fix this is the candidate. That's her job. If she can't, she doesn't deserve to be president.
Friday, Feb 12, 2016 · 12:02:55 AM +00:00
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brooklynbadboy
Sorry I can't engage with you guys. Busy serving the oligarchy. Quick perusal of the comments and a soft of group reply:
Everyone should want our campaigns to bring A game. Neither of them look like general election winners to me. But only the Clinton Campaign is saying stupid shit like this ridiculous Superdelegate crap. That's a candidate problem. kos' diary gets to the heart of the lack coherent leadership here.
2. Nobody is panicked. Except mouthy Clinton people. It's her job to make them shut up. The CBC can't save her.
3. Liberal activists want a fight with President Obama? Heh. You will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Good luck with that!
Friday, Feb 12, 2016 · 12:03:00 AM +00:00
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brooklynbadboy
Sorry I can't engage with you guys. Busy serving the oligarchy. Quick perusal of the comments and a soft of group reply:
Everyone should want our campaigns to bring A game. Neither of them look like general election winners to me. But only the Clinton Campaign is saying stupid shit like this ridiculous Superdelegate crap. That's a candidate problem. kos' diary gets to the heart of the lack coherent leadership here.
2. Nobody is panicked. Except mouthy Clinton people. It's her job to make them shut up. The CBC can't save her.
3. Liberal activists want a fight with President Obama? Heh. You will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Good luck with that!