Clinton camp lobbys reporters to cover Sander's "Deep South states" debate comment
Glenn Thrush from Politico was part of a PBS roundtable today that was hosted by David Axelrod.
Thrush made an interesting comment during the discussion, "I've received six emails from the Clinton camp this morning, about Bernie's 'deep south' comment".
Thrush was referring to Sander's comment made in last night's debate where he acknowledged that "Clinton cleaned our clock in the Deep South" and then went on to discuss the likelihood of doing well in upcoming states.
It appears that the Clinton camp was working very hard this morning, to pressure media members into covering Sander's "Deep South" comment and cast the comment in a derogatory light.
After hearing Thrush's "they emailed me six times this morning" comment, I thought it would be interesting to find out if any media outlets had acquiesced to the Clinton' camp's high-pressure tactics.
This list is not comprehensive, by any means, but here are a few highlights:
1.) Politico--"Sanders: We Lost the Deep South Because it Was Conservative"
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/bernie-sanders-deep-south-conservative-222000
Excerpt: Bernie Sanders thinks he’s been doing well in recent Democratic primary contests because he’s no longer competing in the Deep South — "the most conservative part of this great country" and a place where he said "we got murdered."
The Vermont senator expressed confidence in his ability to win the nomination, but wrote off his losses in states like South Carolina and Alabama as anomalies.
2.) US News "The Revolution Will Be Fantacized" (Focus of the article is Bernie's "Southern State" comment.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robert-schlesinger/articles/2016-04-15/bernie-sanders-bad-delegate-math-and-fantasy-revolution
He went on to argue that he's going to win because he'll pile up votes now that the contest has moved out of the Deep South. This is a shorthand version of an argument that Sanders and his allies have been deploying recently in an attempt to downplay Clinton's lead in pledged delegates. (snip) There's a lot wrong with this formulation, as Paul Krugman wrote in The New York Times this morning. It suggests a world view redolent of former half-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's toxic pandering to "real America."
3.) The Atlantic "Sander's Not-So-Southern Strategy" (Entire article focused on Bernie's "Southern State" comment)
Evidently, Senator Bernie Sanders wishes that the region had a little less electoral power. During Thursday’s debate with Hillary Clinton, he repeated a point that has recently gained prominence in his own remarks and the echoes of his surrogates: That an early front-loading of primaries in the South “distorts reality” and that the South is not a vital part of the Democrats’ national coalition. With that sentiment comes a bit of a deeper implication. The minority voters of the South might not be a part of his plans moving forward.
4.) Paul Krugman "The Conscience of a Liberal: Why I Haven't Felt the Bern" (Entire editorial focused on Berne's "Southern State"
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/why-i-havent-felt-the-bern/
Today’s column offers an opportunity to say, for the record, why I haven’t been the Bernie booster a lot of people apparently expected me to be. For the business about discounting Clinton support as coming from “conservative states” in the “Deep South” actually exemplifies the problem I saw in the Sanders campaign from the beginning, and made me distrust both the movement and the man.
5.) The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/bernie-and-hillary-on-the-waterfront
“Look, let me acknowledge what is absolutely true. Secretary Clinton cleaned our clock in the Deep South. No question about it. We got murdered there. That is the most conservative part of this great country. That’s the fact.” It is also a region where the Democratic electorate is largely black, and was the scene of historic fights for voting rights, which Sanders might have considered, with some humility, before he continued, “But you know what? We’re out of the Deep South now. And we’re moving up. We got here.”
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get awfully sick of the Clinton camp's phone calls and emails.
I've heard CNN pundits discussing how the Clinton camp calls them up to give them the spin and the talking points.
Like just throwing something at the wall and seeing if it sticks.
And as a few weeks ago, I have added to my list of phony progressives. The winner of my "you're a phony progressive" award goes to NY Times columnist Paul Krugman. I thought he truly had common sense, pragmatic view to things beyond economics. I was wrong. He was enticed by the "Dark Side" 
Congrats Paul. I look forward to deleting your next column when it arrives in my inbox.
