Why Hillary Clinton, not Bernie Sanders, 'won' the CNN town hall

[DemocratSinceBirth]

(CNN)Bernie Sanders, fresh from a virtual tie in Iowa, moved through CNN's Democratic Town Hall meeting in New Hampshire by mostly keeping to his policy of not "going negative" against Hillary Clinton.

Which is not to say there was no parry and thrust on issues. But Clinton's mild jabs at Sanders weren't what made it a winning night for her: the real advantage the former secretary of state realized Wednesday night was in her ability to connect with voters as a wife and grandmother, as well as a polished political professional.

"I have never run a negative ad in my life," Sanders said during his turn on the stage with Anderson Cooper, nonetheless carefully drawing specific contrasts with Clinton on his core issues of income inequality and political reform.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/opinions/democratic-town-hall-sanders-clinton-louis/index.html

[Purveyor]

1. lol...

[AtomicKitten]

10. +1

[Binkie The Clown]

2. Yup. She connected with all those millennials who are clamoring to vote for Grandma. n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Are millennial the only people worthy of being listened to?/nt

[Warren DeMontague]

13. Apparently they're worthy of being mocked/ignored, if GDP's constant stream of getoffmylawnitude

is any indication.

[NorthCarolina]

6. I think she prefers "abuela".

eom

[Punkingal]

3. Like hell she won it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Thank you for your opinion and I will surely assign it the weight it is worth.

DSB

[Punkingal]

8. It's worth exactly as much as yours.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I never said it wasn't/nt

[NurseJackie]

4. She carries herself, and presents herself so much better than any of the candidates.

Her depth of knowledge, her experience, her demeanor and sincerity, her ability to think on her feet, her ability to remain calm and focused and poised ... SHE is the one that I want to LEAD this country and to REPRESENT this country.

Go, Hillary!

[Dawgs]

11. "Her sincerity"

[DefenseLawyer]

12. The only thing that came out of that

was even more scrutiny of her Wall Street bribes errrrrr speeches. The glib "That's what they offered" and the ever so parsed "I had not committed to run". Personally I thought that was the part where she really connected as a grandmother.

[JudyM]

19. To think the electorate would believe either of those statements, she must view us as super stupid.

Obv her staff was trying to come up with the best response, in advance, to both of those issues, and this is what they came up with?

And what a coincidence that $200,000 seems to be the ballpark that every organization just happened to "offer" her to speak, including educational institutions that have far less liquid capital. They know that we have no way to verify the actual conversations.

And, of course, it's entirely plausible that she didn't take that SOS job to better position herself for a run at the presidency. Puhleeze.

Bernie would do well to make "Trust. Bernie." or something like that, an advertising theme.

[pnwmom]

15. Thank you!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. You're welcome./nt

[jillan]

17. Guess what people? Hillary is a grandmother! But Bernie is a Grandfather! Wow!! When asked what was

the most meaningful moment in his life it was all about his wife Jane (who was beaming the entire time) and his children and his GRANDCHILDREN!

Not to mention his rant about faith. That is worth framing. It was so touching.

Hillary spend the entire hour talking about I I I I I I I I I.

But she is a grandmother!

[Nanjeanne]

18. Grammy!!!!!!!

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[GeorgeGist]

20. Glad you put 'won' in quotes.