Clinton alienating Nevada voters?

[EndElectoral]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/clinton-hillary-nevada-blowback-219295

Harry Reid allies to Team Clinton: Don't slam Nevada's caucus
Her campaign's attempt to downgrade expectations backfires in the pivotal caucus state.
By Annie Karni

02/15/16 05:20 AM EST

With five days to go until the Nevada caucuses — once viewed as Hillary Clinton’s Western firewall — Sen. Harry Reid and his allies are incensed at the wounded Democratic front-runner.
The reason: the Clinton campaign’s attempt to downgrade expectations there by whitewashing the diverse state.

The campaign’s recent assertion that Nevada is “still a state that is 80 percent white voters” — in other words, a state that looks a lot like Bernie Sanders’ base — is simply wrong, Reid allies claim. But more galling than that, they say, it undermines the entire rationale for the caucuses’ existence: The state was pushed to the front of the election calendar eight years ago solely because Reid lobbied for better demographic representation than the overwhelmingly white early-voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire.

“Harry Reid pushed hard to move Nevada near the front of the primary calendar precisely because of its diversity,” a source close to the Senate minority leader said last week after the Clinton team pushed the “white Nevada” narrative in a series of conferences calls to donors and lawmakers on the Hill, as well as in television interviews (Clinton operatives have since appeared to back off that argument).

“Nevada is the early state that is truly representative of America, and we’re proud of that fact,” the source added. “It sounds like the Clinton team is worried about another embarrassing result.”

[FreakinDJ]

1. That's fine - just Backpedal right off the cliff sweety

[upaloopa]

2. Are there any like to what "Clinton operatives" said?

Or is this just more anti Hillary bull shit?

[Luminous Animal]

4. Here...

Spokesman Brian Fallon, appearing on MSNBC on Tuesday morning, pointed to a story by the Washington Post listing three reasons that Sanders, not Clinton, might have the upper hand in the caucuses there. (“A smart item,” Fallon said.)
And how important is Nevada, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd asked.

“Nevada is an important state. So is South Carolina, which comes after that.”
And are both must-wins?

“There’s going to be a narrowing in both places — we’re clear-eyed about that,” said Fallon. “There’s an important Hispanic element to the Democratic caucus in Nevada. But it’s still a state that is 80% white voters. You have a caucus-style format, and he’ll have the momentum coming out of New Hampshire presumably, so there’s a lot of reasons he should do well.”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/defeated-in-new-hampshire-clinton-camp-already-forecasting-c#.vmaMKjyx8

[thesquanderer]

9. Yes...

see http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511205152

[pkdu]

3. "?".....How very "Fox News" of you.... nt

[Kalidurga]

7. When you can't argue on the substance look over there....

FOX!!!!!

[pkdu]

8. Oh , I tried going thru the substance...

...even made it past " incensed at the wounded Democratic front-runner" without laughing too hard. ...but then had to stop at "undermines the entire rationale for the caucuses’ existence"...which is utter tripe , no self respecting journalist should be allowed to hyperventilate and get paid to do so. ( you can say it undermines the timing , but NOT its very existence)


Oh , and same piece is actually posted on FoxNation now...


? Fox "questioning headlines" , are still a disgusting device , and tell more about the poster than any reader.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

5. Firewall Berning Down

Winds of change feeding the flames!

[Mike__M]

6. ONLY Nevada voters?

Huh.

[thesquanderer]

10. Is anyone asking why Hillary feels she can't win white voters? (n/t)

[liberal_at_heart]

11. you mean working class white voters? The Democrats don't care about them. Now they do care

about the rich white voters, but they could give a rats ass about working class white voters.