April 25, 2008
Plouffe To Douglass: HRC's Electability In Question
David Plouffe tells National Journal Contributing Editor Linda Douglass that Hillary Clinton is the one whose electability is in question. He cites high negatives, untrustworthiness and her “limited range” ...
A snippet of Douglass' interview, which airs today on POTUS 08:
"Plouffe: I mean I think her electability issues are the following: she has a high unfavorable rating. It would be the highest unfavorable rating for any presidential nominee in recent history. Fairly or not, the majority of voters do not trust Senator Clinton. Those two points are related, obviously -- her unfavorable rating and the sense that voters do not find her honest or trustworthy. And I do think she has limited appeal with Independent voters -- ideally you'd win them. John McCain has unique appeal with Independent voters. Senator Clinton has difficulty matching up with him with Independent voters. She's got less appeal to Republicans, and I also think she's not going to create the kind of turn out that we will in the African-American community and with all voters under 40."
"So I think she's got real limited range here, and we think that we will be just as strong as she will be in the core battleground states like Pennsylvania, like Ohio. But the question is in Iowa, in Wisconsin, in New Mexico, in Nevada – these are states that have always been very close, that a Democratic nominee has to carry. And we're doing much better than she is against John McCain."
Posted at 10:52 AM
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A Democratic nominee doesn't have to carry Nevada, Iowa, or New Mexico if they win Florida and Ohio. Hillary can win Florida and Ohio and Obama can't. Obama is the far riskier nominee as far as electability.
William | 04.25.08 11:18 AM
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A Democratic nominee doesn't have to carry Nevada, Iowa, or New Mexico if they win Florida and Ohio. Hillary can win Florida and Ohio and Obama can't. Obama is the far riskier nominee as far as electability.
William | 04.25.08 11:19 AM
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Republican Strategy: (1) help Hillary Clinton secure the Democratic Nominee; (2) McCain to actively try to win over African Americans that the Clintons have alienated, so that they will vote for McCain in November! So that is why you see McCain actively seeking out the support of African-Americans now, hoping to woo them back into the fold of the Republican party while, they smile in glee as the Clintons alienate them by their kitchen sink strategy. The Republicans in their plan to help Hillary make Barack look unelectable through their surrogates, Joe Scarborough, Pat Buchanan and others, continually ask their watching public to sow doubts, "do we really know who this guy is?" (ever after Barack wrote two very personal autobiographical books); they ask: "why can't this guy seal the deal?", then they continually bring up Rev. Wright, as if Rev. Wright's statements were Barack's. Do they ask of Clinton, "Was it not Rev. Wright you called on for prayer and support after the Monica Lewinsky scandal and invited him to the White House?" No, they rather ask with indignance, "why did he Barack) sit there for 20 years" though Rev. Wright's 9-11 comments were not 20 years ago but five. Then they praise Hillary -- saying how smart she is, how tough; how she can attract blue-collar white workers and dismiss all of the white support Barack gets in every election. They even praise her for her ability to drink down shots and for her acting ability to turn herself into a working-class girl who can shoot ducks behind a cottage (possibly another Bosnian fabrication) -- in otherwords for her performances and lies. Chris Matthews calls it impressive! In otherwords, they do not reward truth and authenticity in our politicians but how well they can act which has nothing to do with the true governing of a society.
Their plan and plotting is to get Hillary elected Democratic nominee, then unleash the "arsenal of weapons" they have against her and Bill, for they have been Planning this for a long time; then defeat her in the Fall with the very help of African-Americans that the Clintons have alienated and that McCain is so eagerly trying to impress at this time; -- beautiful though Machiavellian!
Let's be clear, Barack is fighting a Two-headed Giant: the Clintons as a unity for they are one, the Republican Party: McCain, Cable Television: Joe Scarborough, Pat Buchanan, Wolf Blitzer Rush Limbaugh (we need to have Barack bloodied up) & Fox News -- a Mighty Giant indeed. Hillary actively seeks their support to help her beat Barack but they will turn against her like a mighty sword if she was to become the Democratic nominee come fall.
It is not easy to overcome this Mighty Giant of Special Interest Money & Corporate Greed, but what we can do, is to identify who they are and not give them anymore Power. Turn off TV shows which are disingenuous and have their own political agenda that is not in keeping with the welfare of the people, stop buying their books or newspapers, write more articles about the ways they try to divide us and fool us, write/call and email them and their producers our objections to the way they are reporting non-news, gossip, and trying to brainwash us for their own continued domination of the masses. Maybe we will have to write their sponsors and complain -- hit them in their pocket book. We all have to get involved in this effort. We can no longer let them distract us or divide us. We too have power!
This effort by the people, for the people, is the one kink in the armour of this Mighty Giant. We the people are finally waking up and seeing through their lies, distortion and domination, and we will nominate Barack Obama, the People's Champion. I say people because there are some disinfected Republicans and Independents who are finally waking up to the fact that under Republican rule this country has suffered, while big business and big money has prospered. And, in truth, we are all one, we all share the same Red blood. It is a sad fact, that we cannot recognize America anymore. They have hi-jacked our television with exploitation of sex and violence to our children, then they want to try them like adults, when they are only children and are trying to find their way. Dispicable! People are waking up to this and they are ready to get their power back, their jobs back, their very way of life back, which is the American way: peace, brotherhood, prosperity for all, not just a special few.
Then we have the Clintons , who were once the bedrock of the Democratic Party, or so we thought, who we have since learned that they will bed with anyone (Rush Limbaugh, Richard Mellon Scaife), say anything, do anything (fuel a racial and gender divide and push us back 50 years), put on any kind of Act to achieve their power again, it seems for powers sake! Does anyone really believe that Mark Penn is not vitally active in their Campaign though publically they say otherwise and does our corporate Media expose this myth? Sadly not! Unfortunately, the Clintons have lost their way, blinded by power and ambition. -- This is not the kind of Political Couple we want to lead America to a more holistic place, as we can no longer trust them to be truthful or authentic or have the best interest of the people at heart!
Angellight | 04.25.08 11:26 AM
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And where does Barack Obama's campaign manager get these "facts"?
From POLLS!!!!
LOL! Hasn't the Obama campaign learned that depending on polls as "facts" has not been very smart in this election!
FACT: More Democrats have voted for Hillary Clinton than any other Democratic candidate so far.
FACT: Both candidates need superdelegates to actually win the nomination.
Obama has more pledged delegates.
Clinton has more votes.
If those statistics hold, then we'll see which statistic is more important to the superdelegates in June.
Jan | 04.25.08 12:53 PM
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Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchanan?!? Have you ever looked at the ratings for MSNBC???? They could not influence enough people to win a school board election.
bio mom | 04.25.08 03:26 PM
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