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pangaia

(24,324 posts)
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:44 AM Feb 2016

Hillary Clinton's campaign is reportedly unhappy with Hillary Clinton

There is trouble in Hillaryland: According to anonymous sources who spoke with Politico, Hillary Clinton is frustrated with her campaign staff — and vice versa. With the too-close-for-comfort win over Bernie Sanders in Iowa and a New Hampshire victory for the Vermont senator on the horizon, Clinton is reportedly looking to reassess the staff at her Brooklyn headquarters sooner rather than later.

One source who is close with both Hillary and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, said, "The Clintons are not happy, and have been letting all of us know that. The idea is that we need a more forward-looking message, for the primary — but also for the general election too… There's no sense of panic, but there is an urgency to fix these problems right now."

There is dissatisfaction among Clinton's staffers, too:

Over the summer while her campaign was bogged down in the email controversy, Clinton was deeply frustrated with her own staff, and vice versa. The candidate blamed her team for not getting her out of the mess quickly, and her team blamed Clinton for being stubbornly unwilling to take the advice of campaign chairman John Podesta and others to apologize, turn over her server, and move on. The entire experience made her a deeply vulnerable frontrunner out of the gate, and underscored a lack of trust between Clinton and her operatives, many of whom were former Obama staffers that she didn't consider part of her inner circle of trust.

Her advisers were also frustrated by having to play roles they hadn't been hired for and were ill-suited for. From the beginning, [the campaign's top pollster and strategist Joel] Benenson was frustrated that he was forced to split his time between defending his boss on emails and defining a path for her candidacy. Clinton, meanwhile, longed for a chief strategist in the Mark Penn mold who could take on a more expansive role than playing pollster. [Politico]


http://theweek.com/speedreads/604429/hillary-clintons-campaign-reportedly-unhappy-hillary-clinton


FULL STORY HERE:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/hillary-clinton-staff-shakeup-218955?cmpid=sf#ixzz3zbYzMVDK

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Hillary Clinton's campaign is reportedly unhappy with Hillary Clinton (Original Post) pangaia Feb 2016 OP
They... SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #1
Ah, the mark of a great leader: surround yourself with talented people R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2016 #2
Loved this from Bill Maher Nanjeanne Feb 2016 #3
I do hope the guys who wrote 'Game Change' come out with a book about this campaign. frylock Feb 2016 #4
"The Clintons are not happy..." Binkie The Clown Feb 2016 #5
Right on the money, Binkey. pangaia Feb 2016 #6
Bwahaha. Are you calling me a clown? (hehe) n/t Binkie The Clown Feb 2016 #8
YES I AM !!! pangaia Feb 2016 #9
When I was 7 years old my mom made me a clown costume for Halloween. Binkie The Clown Feb 2016 #11
My ex-wife's husband is a aeronautical engineer. ( I can't spell that) pangaia Feb 2016 #13
Lots of Politico's articles are premised on "anonymous sources". Beacool Feb 2016 #7
So they're making this up? Yurovsky Feb 2016 #16
Right about now I'd say that Hillary is not happy with Hillary. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #10
Hillary trying to find out what is wrong with her campaign = Nasrudin looking for his donkey Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #12
YOU KNOW the MULLAH !!!!! WOW !!! pangaia Feb 2016 #15
My Wife forwarded me a text today... she's in Tucson for a couple days. It said cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #17
+1 quantass Feb 2016 #14
 

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)
2. Ah, the mark of a great leader: surround yourself with talented people
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 12:46 PM
Feb 2016

then blame them for your fuckups.

Nanjeanne

(4,974 posts)
3. Loved this from Bill Maher
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 12:48 PM
Feb 2016

That Hillary - she's just not good at campaigning.

In 2008 she lost to a black man with a Muslim name.

Now she's losing to a 74 year old Jewish socialist.

Hillary, we're making this as easy as we can for you.

You're gonna have to help a little.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
4. I do hope the guys who wrote 'Game Change' come out with a book about this campaign.
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 01:04 PM
Feb 2016

What a hot mess.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
5. "The Clintons are not happy..."
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 01:09 PM
Feb 2016

Not "Hillary is not happy", but "[font size=3]The Clintons[/font] are not happy..."

That is a very telling remark. Hillary is not running for president, [font size=3]The Clintons[/font] are running for president, and I'm very uncomfortable with that.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
11. When I was 7 years old my mom made me a clown costume for Halloween.
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:14 PM
Feb 2016

I wanted to be a clown ever since, so thank you.
Unfortunately I had to settle for being an engineer to make enough to raise my family. hehe.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
13. My ex-wife's husband is a aeronautical engineer. ( I can't spell that)
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:21 PM
Feb 2016

He'd make a terrible clown, though.. too serious... :&gt

Yurovsky

(2,064 posts)
16. So they're making this up?
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:29 PM
Feb 2016

That's a pretty serious charge to lob at a legitimate news/political organization. Politico isn't Fox or Rush Limbaugh.

Now they might not be high-level sources within Team Clinton, but I would give Politico the benefit of the doubt.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
12. Hillary trying to find out what is wrong with her campaign = Nasrudin looking for his donkey
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:19 PM
Feb 2016

He rides around town, "have you seen my donkey? Im looking for my donkey"

On his donkey.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
15. YOU KNOW the MULLAH !!!!! WOW !!!
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:26 PM
Feb 2016

One night the Mullah is crawling on the ground under a street light.
Guy walks up-- What are you doing?

I lost a key.
Where did you lose it?
Over there by the stable.
Then why are you looking for it here?
Because there is more light.




 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
17. My Wife forwarded me a text today... she's in Tucson for a couple days. It said
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:32 PM
Feb 2016

Autocomplete is my worst enema.

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