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NYT Politics ?@nytpolitics 8h8 hours agoI would rather lose than win the way you guys did, Clintons director of communications told Kellyanne Conway. http://nyti.ms/2fM3ZRF
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Top strategists from the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton, interrupting each other and sometimes raising their voices, engaged in an angry debate on Thursday about how Mr. Trump pulled off his upset victory (held at Harvards Institute of Politics).
David Bossie, Mr. Trumps deputy campaign manager, called Mr. Bannon a brilliant strategist.
That provoked the Clinton campaigns director of communications, Jennifer Palmieri, to respond, If providing a platform for white supremacists makes me a brilliant tactician, I am more proud to have lost.
Joel Benenson, Mrs. Clintons pollster, accused the Trump campaign of using dog whistles about immigrants and minorities to appeal to white voters in battleground states. Robby Mook, Mrs. Clintons campaign manager, disputed the notion that Mr. Trump won primarily by appealing on economic issues, citing exit polls in Michigan and Wisconsin showing Mrs. Clinton carried more voters who ranked the economy as their top issue.
read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/us/politics/campaign-managers-trump-clinton-crackle-in-debate.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0
Gothmog
(144,876 posts)Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Cold-blooded VS Conscience
The hideousness of The Cretin's people haven't reached the lowest level yet.
There is our real battle.
ProfessorPlum
(11,253 posts)So everyone is pleased in this scenario, apparently.
...just satisfied to have run an inclusive campaign.
She was obviously speaking to what Bannon, Kellyanne and her cohorts had done. 'Brilliant' isn't a word I'd use to describe a campaign which ushered in the worst influences in the nation into senior levels of national government. Anyone enabling in that should have resigned (if they actually objected to the bigotry and the rest), rather than further Trump into office.
sylvanus
(122 posts)...Hillary's was the most liberal platform in history.
She won traditional Democratic precincts. Republican ones outperformed previous elections, though. I'd argue that her outreach and promotion of the black community and the Latino community alienated wwc voters in some of those states and drew out more rural voters against her.
Besides, it's just not credible to point to the election result to determine whether she ran an inclusive campaign. I'm not going to bother to explain that to you.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)No doubt, that's the conclusion that best suits your narrative... "apparently."
world wide wally
(21,734 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)She is pure ugly inside and out. I cannot wait for that cadaver with make-up plastered on it to fade away and crawl back to whatever it is she does when not shilling for asshats.
BainsBane
(53,010 posts)It must be hard for Robby Mook to sit with someone who worked to undermine his very rights as a citizen.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Too bad we have an American political party that has plenty of room for racists.