Secretary Clinton tonight on MSNBC

[DefenseLawyer]

She was asked about the caucus strategy to send supporters over to O'Malley to keep him viable.

Her initial response? "This is the first I've heard about it". Really? Not that it's a big deal, but I'm sorry, I find that difficult to believe.

[Duckhunter935]

1. did she do that

Nervous laugh?

[Hoyt]

4. The "nervous laughter" is when she really wants to say we have to do something about our education

system if this is an example of the graduates.

[Hoyt]

2. I can believe it. She's got more important things to do than junk like that.

[DefenseLawyer]

7. She didn't say "I'm not doing that"

She said it was the first she had HEARD of it. Of course she then went on to say it had happened to her before and that it was a common practice, but apparently not one she had ever heard of before.

[onecaliberal]

3. Cough bullshit cough. I don't believe her.

This is what happens when you tell so many lies. No one believes anything you say.

[BigGLiberal]

5. This is an old strategy. Obama did this in 2008.

[DURHAM D]

6. The question was about her campaign planning this strategy?

"This is the first I've heard about it" was in response to a question about what her campaign was planning. MSNBC had just chatted about it for a whole segment and she was on an airplane.

She went on to indicate that she had heard of this strategy. No kidding, it was done to her in 2008.

Are you really an attorney?

[DefenseLawyer]

11. She's really never even heard about her campaigns' strategy?

They have a phone app made especially for that purpose! But she's not heard anything about the strategy. Okay. Whatever you say.

[DURHAM D]

14. You misstate what she said and what I said.

Done

[riversedge]

8. You can choose to continue to live in your paranoid world or let reason

guide you. Continuing to believe everything Clinton says is a lie is stupid.

[Armstead]

17. She does tell the truth...sometimes

The odds are about 50-50...Either that or a non-answer

[Robbins]

9. Even though i decry MSM especilly MSNBC

I am impressed they even asked her about it.

Problem for her is this crap is out before the caucus happens.

[Avalux]

10. I heard the interview, she really didn't answer the question.

I find it hard to believe that if something like that is planned, she doesn't know about it. Iowa is critical for Hillary because Bernie is going to take NH. Historically, if a candidate (Democrat or Republican) wins both states, they win the nomination.

[Arazi]

12. Lying. Again. Quelle surprise eom

[nolabear]

13. Oh, for a second there I thought this was about her wonderful speech in Iowa.

I should have known. This is DU.

By the way the OP completely misrepresents what was said. If it shows up somewhere later I'll be sure to post it.

[DefenseLawyer]

16. That's what she said

I thought the rest of her response was fine, by the way. But the first time she's heard of her own campaigns' strategy? Come on now. Not the end of the world... Just not really necessary.

[nolabear]

19. I heard the question as asking about it as a general strategy, and if it was hers.

And her answer that she hadn't heard about hers using it. The commentary before they talked to her had been about it being a way she could potentially keep O'Malley voters from going to Sanders, but not that it was an actual plan her campaign had said they were using.

As I said, if it becomes available anywhere I'll post it. Meanwhile, I think she'll do fine.

[DefenseLawyer]

20. They have an app

Made specifically to help them employ the strategy. I find it hard to believe this is she first she had heard about it. But hey, maybe it was. Maybe she's the last to know what her campaign is planning.

[nolabear]

21. How do you know that?

Really, how do you know?

[Metric System]

15. How dare her campaign play by caucus rules and learn from the Obama campaign's 2008 strategy!

[DefenseLawyer]

18. I think it's fine to use the strategy

That's part of the way the caucus works. I just didn't think it was necessary to claim she had never even heard that her campaign was using that strategy before someone told her tonight on MSNBC. I found that to be an unnecessary prevarication to what was otherwise a reasonable answer.