Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton Calm and Confident In Closing Days of Iowa
A sharp contrast to the chaos of her final push in 2008.
http://time.com/4201183/hillary-clinton-calm-and-confident-in-closing-days-of-iowa/
Peterson, a 53-year-old teacher from Grand Mount, first got involved in politics in 2007 for Clintons first presidential bid. Before those caucuses she worked her heart outas did the whole campaignin a frantic belated push to counter a surging Barack Obama. When Clinton placed third in Iowa, Peterson was crushed. But this time, she says, shes a lot more confident.
In recent weeks, Clinton has battled a flurry of headlines declaring her panicked at rival Bernie Sanders surge in polls and fundraising. Clinton is racing to close the enthusiasm gap, while her polls numbers are in an absolute free fall, and Sanders surge threatens a replay of 2008 for Clinton. But the reality on the ground doesnt bear this out.
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The Davenport rally, essentially Clintons closing argument to Iowas eastern Quad Cities, was one of the largest crowds Clinton has addressed by design. As Clinton makes her way across the Hawkeye State ahead of Mondays caucuses, her eventsas well as her husbandsare by design smaller and more intimate. There are no desperate recriminations, just a calm outline of the differences between Clinton and her rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. She is so on message that her events hardly vary in structure and tone. Her husbands events are so quieta retelling of how he met his wife and how she has over the years been a force of good in his life and, he argues, the worldthat the New York Times declared the magic seems to be missing and quoted political observers worried about his health.
Whats missing, actually, is the panic. The final month before the 2008 Iowa caucuses was a long, chaotic freak out. ...
NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)"But the reality on the ground doesnt bear this out. " That's the part - "reality" - that has been continually ignored by a certain group.
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)the trash that is posted about Hillary on a daily basis here. DU has practically become Freeper HQ.
This article is pretty good generally and the others embedded within it are also heartening.
Bless you, Nance! You remain a voice of sanity in a chaotic world.
Cha
(295,899 posts)in Hill's Group and Hillary Clinton Supporters.Com..
No, bullpucky!
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)Just doing my part to show reality outside DU!
pandr32
(11,447 posts)And at the same time Sanders has gone as negative as can be--amazing for someone with so much integrity (supporters have claimed) and who personally vowed to never resort to such common, ugly political behavior. I heard him today and am shocked.
Cha
(295,899 posts)The other guy is desperate and it's not pretty.
this will blow back on him.. says everything about him and absolutely nothing about his target.
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)belief in the American people after the constant stream of crap she has experienced in her political life.
She is definitely Presidential material.
Cha
(295,899 posts)Great piece! Love the pic!
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)She inspires me. I wish I could be as calm as she is.
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)support her and even to those who don't. She thinks carefully about what they say and ask. She is also not afraid to admit her mistakes and change course, after careful consideration.
To her detractors, that particular quality is not seen as strength but derided. But it is definitely a strength, IMO, and is one of her many, many attributes that inspire me. And yes, right now, her calmness is impressive.
We have her back!
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BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)MoDo has never been a Hillary fan.
ismnotwasm
(41,919 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,207 posts)Kath1
(4,309 posts)Looking good from here!