Nah... They're Not Worried... LOL !!! - 'Clinton Opens The Spigots On Sanders' - Politico

[WillyT]

Clinton opens the spigots on Sanders
She insists that she doesn't pay attention to polls and is 'not nervous at all' about Sanders' recent surge.
By Nick Gass and Eliza Collins - Politico
01/13/16 01:15 PM EST Updated 01/13/16 03:05 PM EST


Hillary Clinton insisted that her stepped-up operational tempo was always the plan. | AP

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For months, Hillary Clinton's campaign played it relatively cool with Bernie Sanders.

That's over now.

With the clock ticking toward Iowa and New Hampshire and her poll numbers on the wane in those early states, Clinton and her staffers are blitzing the talk shows and Twitter, hammering the Vermont senator on everything from guns to health care to taxes to sheer electability — all at a furious pace that almost rivals Donald Trump's.

Clinton played notoriously hard-to-get during the first phase of her campaign — so much so that it was considered breaking news when she agreed to a sit-down interview with CNN.

But over the past 10 days, she has appeared no fewer than nine times on five major networks — CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and MSNBC, including live three morning-show appearances Wednesday. The former secretary of state has averaged one interview a day since Friday, Jan. 8, when she called into MSNBC’s "Hardball." Three days earlier, she also appeared in an extensive sit-down interview with “Hardball” host Chris Matthews. And the appearances don’t seem to be slowing down: She’ll appear on NBC's “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" and sit down with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Thursday, all at the same time her campaign looks to get a boost amid sagging poll numbers.

Before the crack of dawn on Wednesday, Clinton rose to assure George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "Good Morning America" in person that she was not concerned—that, despite Bernie Sanders' blazing poll numbers, despite the fact that he overtook her in Iowa and opened up a comfortable double-digit lead in New Hampshire, despite the fact Sanders hours earlier had disputed her daughter Chelsea's assertion that he wanted to scrap Obamacare entirely, despite the fact that the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary are mere weeks away, the Clinton campaign is not sweating the challenge. And then she appeared on NBC's "Today" with Savannah Guthrie, again rejecting the notion that her campaign is suddenly feeling pressure from Sanders. An hour later, Clinton fielded similar questions from the co-hosts of "CBS This Morning."

Clinton insisted that her stepped-up operational tempo was always the plan, that she doesn't pay attention to polls and is "not nervous at all" about Sanders' recent surge.

But with the glow of magnanimity surrounding Sanders' "damn emails" debate moment from October largely faded, both campaigns have sharpened their attacks. In the past, Sanders would speak of his plans to reform Wall Street in broad terms that only hinted at his differences with his primary opponent, while Clinton branded herself as a "practical" progressive who could get things done in Washington. Not anymore: Over the last week, Clinton and her surrogates have assailed Sanders' ideas in increasingly pugilistic terms.

On Monday, she rang the opening bell...

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More: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-2016-217711

[cali]

1. Lie, Hillary, lie!

[CharlotteVale]

6. It's funny how bad she is at something she does so often.

[Dawson Leery]

2. Keep up the B.S Bernie, you will lose.

Don't think we will forget about the data theft.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. that dead horse has maggots by now.

Man, some hillarians will lie out of habit, apparently.

[retrowire]

5. Good thing you're remembering I guess.

When the DNC and Hillary were so quick to let it go....

Wonder why? lmao

[hootinholler]

9. I think the suit is still ongoing

It should be entering discovery soon if not already.

[Lazy Daisy]

18. Exactly

Have we heard from the "independent" investigation? Shouldn't have taken this long.
DWS--- move along, nothing to see here. We've accomplished what we wanted.

[Helen Borg]

30. That's why Debbie looks so stressed out!

She's probably doing all she can to stall!

[Motown_Johnny]

8. What data theft?

You see, I forgot about it already.


Just kidding, but if that is what all your hopes are pinned upon, you are screwed.

[snoringvoter]

41. Yeah, I got emails from the Clinton campaign since December 22nd.

Wonder why, since I never donated to DNC since 2004 (when Dean was running), and unsubscribed from the DNC email, and all of a sudden I get emails from Clinton begging me to donate her a dollar. What gives?

[Motown_Johnny]

42. Do you still have that email? I think the subject was "nervous".

I can't find an image of it online.

I find it funny that they would send out an email with that subject line (assuming I am correct on that matter) and then have Hillary out claiming that she is not nervous.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

10. Know what's funny? I can document plenty of H Clinton lies. You can document NO Sanders lies.

Because there aren't any.

It's real easy to support Senator Sanders.

[pangaia]

22. The, ....the the.... what? The what was thatr? The......DATA THEFT ???

[azurnoir]

28. we won't either in fact we're curious about what the hold up in the suit is

the discovery part should be quite enlightening indeed

[dorkzilla]

31. You have actual evidence of the data theft?

Seems to me you need to go talk to the investigators about that.

Or you know, don’t repeat patently false accusations.

[840high]

35. So lame.

[Jim Lane]

38. Do you plan to forget about the "data theft" if Hillary is nominated?

As I understand it from numerous Clinton supporters on this board, her nomination is inevitable or virtually so. (Indeed, according to some, it will be seen as a virtual certainty after Super Tuesday, less than two months away.)

Clinton as nominee would obviously want the votes, time, and money of Sanders supporters.

At that point, would the pitch be, "We magnanimously forgive you for the data theft and we will allow you to help elect Clinton"?

See, I don't think that a lot of Sanders supporters will forget about the bullshit allegations of data theft. I think that posts like yours hurt Clinton's chances of becoming President.

[Betty Karlson]

3. This was always the plan?

Half her platform has been refurbished in the past two months; but this was always the plan?

That 1% millionaire career politician will say anything to win the presidency...

[CorporatistNation]

43. Clinton Inc. Will Say Anything Anytime Anyplace To Whomever Saying Whatever She...

thinks They want to hear... yes it is THAT bad... and getting worse. The wheels coming off will....

[Betty Karlson]

45. I think the word we are looking for is either flailing, rabid, or unhinged. eom

[Kalidurga]

7. She insists that she doesn't pay attention to polls

what a f'n stupid lie. If I was in politics you bet your ass I would pay attention to the polls. I would be very unlikely to change my opinions or what I am advocating. But, it would tell me where I need to clarify my positions if polls indicated people thought I was saying A when I was saying B. They would allow me to know what messages to focus on and which ones to perhaps get more education on, I might change my mind then. I would explain why I did that as well. For example if I changed my mind about being a war hawk. I would say I am sorry that I was so blind to what the oligarchy does world wide and it does appear most wars are to prop up a capitalistic system that can only exist when it preys on labor in it's own boarders and by stealing/underpaying for resources in other countries. I will be very careful about advocating for any war under those circumstances and I am sorry if I ever advocated for an exploitative war.

[JimDandy]

14. Clinton's Internal Polling was trumpeted just yesterday

by several of her DU supporters (campaign insiders?) as the more accurate poll when the news broke that the latest public media polls showed Bernie ahead in both Iowa and NH.

So either Clinton is lying about not paying attention to polls, or those posters are terribly misinformed about the existence of internal polls inside the Clinton campaign.

[Kalidurga]

16. I think they are deliberately misinformed.

Clinton hired a polling firm to conduct a poll now we are to believe her when she says she pays no attention to polls. Well then it appears she just likes throwing money around to get a poll she isn't going to pay attention to anyway.

[840high]

36. She's lying.

[roguevalley]

19. bill clinton lived and died by polls. she does the same. this disengenuous

no sweat malarkey is not helping her. Be honest about it and maybe it will mobilize your followers, some of whom may be flagging at the futility they see.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

11. Is this thepoint where she starts demanding more debates...

and DWS coincidentally delivers them all of a sudden?

[CorporatistNation]

44. Hillaryous!!!!

I Love it...

[mhatrw]

12. Never Nervous Lip Service nt

[thereismore]

13. The weathervane pays no attention to the wind. LOL. nt

[Jarqui]

26. lol is right

good line

[lame54]

15. She's not nervous because she doesn't understand that it's not a surge

[Duval]

17. OK, Hillary. Now, more debates?? eom

[Armstead]

20. Release the Krakken! Tracy Flick

[Roy Rolling]

21. I love the sweet smell of desperation in the morning n/t

[eggplant]

23. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. n/t

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

33. We are at the 3rd stage for sure. Next up: "then you win".

[WillyT]

37. Just For You...

[SoapBox]

24. She cannot win and she will not win.

The campaign is a mess...not to mention the wildly spinning Weathervane on issues...and that she has left such a trail of previous interviews and videos (to prove that she has been all over the planet on issues), that are easy to find.

A mess, a mess, a mess....

[dae]

25. And water's not wet.

[Jarqui]

27. Deja vu

That's what it's been feeling like the last few days

[NorthCarolina]

29. She doesn't pay attention to polls? Right, I'll bet.

[fbc]

32. Finally Bernie is getting some press coverage!

Thanks Hillary!

[SandersDem]

34. Sooo NotMyAbuela

My abuela got up every morning at 5 AM. HC is going at it now and it is well past 6 PM...way too late to tend to the gardens.

[WillyT]

40. :)

[WillyT]

39. Evening Kick !!!

[WillyT]

46. Morning Kick !!!