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February 12, 2016

Sanders squandered his lead while Clinton shone at the latest debate

Much more.. It's a great analysis.. But, I can only do so many snips so you'll have to go to the linky!..
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/12/bernie-sanders-squandered-lead-hillary-clinton-democratic-debate

In what was easily her strongest debate performance in recent memory – and arguably her strongest since the campaign began – Hillary Clinton was calm, cool and collected at Thursday night’s debate.

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It was as tone-deaf a line as any all night and, worse yet, it may have reminded Clinton of another line of attack she’d prepared in advance. In an MSNBC interview earlier on Thursday, Sanders had criticized President Obama’s failure to connect with Congress, saying in an interview with MSNBC, “There’s a huge gap right now between Congress and the American people. ... What presidential leadership is about [is] closing that gap.”

From a political analyst’s perspective, it’s a completely valid criticism – but when you’re running in a Democratic primary with an extremely popular Democratic president, it is, well, a weird move.

And Clinton didn’t let him – or the audience – forget about that or other critiques of the president, pivoting near the end of evening to Sander’s frequent criticism of Obama. “I want to follow up on something having to do with leadership” she said, “because, you know, today Senator Sanders said that President Obama failed the presidential leadership test. And this is not the first time.”

Then, without changing her even tone in the slightest, Clinton launched her most vicious attack on Sanders of the debate, running down a list of the times Sanders had called the president “weak” and “a disappointment”. She ended with, “I don’t think [Obama] gets the credit he deserves.”

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The argument over Obama’s legacy is one that Clinton’s campaign has been wanting to have with Sanders for some time, and Sanders set her up for an easy hit. Viewers at home watching the candidates on a split screen could see Sanders huffing and puffing as Clinton spoke, laughing angrily to himself and scribbling notes as she spoke. He clearly hadn’t been expecting that line of attack, though he might well have anticipated it. When he finally did get time to respond, he told the woman whom he’d earlier all but accused of accepting campaign donations in direct exchange for political favors that repeating his own words “was a low blow”, indignantly and with no cool whatsoever.

Much more.. It's a great analysis.. But, I can only do so many snips so you'll have to go to the linky!..
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/12/bernie-sanders-squandered-lead-hillary-clinton-democratic-debate

KMOD~http://hillaryclintonsupporters.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5659

"Failure to connect with Congress".. when everyone knows that the repubs vowed on election night to obstruct anything proposed by the President. they were not only going to not help him.. they would hurt him by any means necessary.

President Obama got Obamacare passed in 2009 with him and Kucinich voting for it.. how is that not connecting? With not one vote from a repub.



[font color=blue]Hillary's Group~Mahalo~[/font]
February 12, 2016

Awesome Endorsement for Hillary, William.. Thank You! I didn't know

he said all those beautiful words before getting asked a question about BS and responding..

Which wasn't bad at all.. why they so mad. lol





February 12, 2016

Since when is a fact a "low blow".. is it a "low blow" when BS goes on about Hillary.

BS would say it's a low blow.. He needs to own going after President Obama. and quit acting like such a victim.

Jonathan Alter
✔ ?@jonathanalter
Hillary is right. Bernie trashed Obama's policies routinely to me and other reporters, especially in 2011-2013 period.
5:48 PM - 11 Feb 2016
677 677 Retweets 519 519 likes

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110745919

Bernie Sanders Says It Would Be A ‘Good Idea’ To Primary President Obama

http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/07/22/277124/bernie-sanders-primary-obama/

Oh please let sanders try.. it will go flat like all of his other accusations.

February 12, 2016

Another Tweet from John Dingell, SunSeeker~

John Dingell
✔ ?@JohnDingell
Gotta say, attacking our sitting President AND a civil rights icon in the same day is one hell of a Democratic primary election strategy.
3:49 PM - 11 Feb 2016
514 514 Retweets 479 479 likes

http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/11/tweet-of-the-day-24/
February 12, 2016

One does not simply blame Obama or Hillary.. It's all their faults!



How's that workin' that for him?

Thank you, yallerdawg!

Hillary was too Cool!
February 12, 2016

NPR Tweet.. Hillary Clinton's closing statement #demdebate~


NPR Politics
✔ ?@nprpolitics
Hillary Clinton's closing statement #nprdebate #demdebate
5:56 PM - 11 Feb 2016
115 115 Retweets 157 157 likes

Spandan @ TPV ?@thepeoplesview
Hillary: If we stopped banking and corporate abuses tomorrow, we'd still have racism, sexism, homophobia, attacks on workers. #DemDebate
5:52 PM - 11 Feb 2016
21 21 Retweets 15 15 likes

Jonathan Alter
✔ ?@jonathanalter
Hillary is right. Bernie trashed Obama's policies routinely to me and other reporters, especially in 2011-2013 period.
5:48 PM - 11 Feb 2016
677 677 Retweets 519 519 likes

John Dingell
✔ ?@JohnDingell
No matter who you are or who you're voting for, you should honestly think twice about your choices in life if you're attacking @repjohnlewis
3:22 PM - 11 Feb 2016
684 684 Retweets 770 770 likes

http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/11/the-presidents-day-84/


ETA:

Hillary Clinton
✔ ?@HillaryClinton
President Obama doesn't get the credit he deserves. His accomplishments shouldn't be up for debate at a #DemDebate.
5:49 PM - 11 Feb 2016
1,618 1,618 Retweets 3,227 3,227 likes Hillary!

http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/11/tweet-of-the-day-24/

[font color=blue]Hillary's Group~Mahalo~[/font]
February 12, 2016

Things Ben Jealous needs to know. Good Grief man.

Thank you, Tommy!



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