Hillary Has ‘Half a Dream’

[cali]

Durham, N.H. — One of the most striking statistics to come of the Iowa caucus entry polling was the enormous skew of young voters away from Hillary Clinton and to Bernie Sanders. Only 14 percent of caucusgoers 17 to 29 supported Clinton, while 84 percent supported Sanders.

On Thursday, I traveled to the University of New Hampshire, site of a debate between Clinton and Sanders that night. Before the debate, I mingled on campus with people rallying for both candidates, with the Sanders rally many times larger than the Clinton one. The energy for Sanders at the school was electric.

For the actual debate, I went to a debate-watching party for Clinton supporters at the Three Chimneys Inn, just off campus. There were more heads of white hair in that room than a jar of cotton balls.

The two scenes so close to each other drove home the point for me: Hillary Clinton has a threatening young voter problem.

Young folks are facing a warming planet, exploding student debt, stunted mobility, stagnant wages and the increasing corporatization of the country due in part to the increasing consolidation of wealth and the impact of that wealth on American institutions.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/opinion/hillary-has-half-a-dream.html

[stonecutter357]

1. Hillary is the‘ Dream’

[cali]

2. She is indeed. A nightmare.

[quickesst]

3. Yep,....

... And far more preferable full on fantasy.

HILLARY: 2016 AND BEYOND

[daleanime]

6. Guaranteeing gridlock and maximizing the republican vote....

for at least 4 years, definitely something to cheer about.

[quickesst]

10. Tomato...

...You say tomahto, I say tomayto.

[daleanime]

12. I say we start pushing back against that right now...

you say 'never ever'. So I also say have a great day, let me know when you find something you feel is worth fighting for.

[quickesst]

14. you say 'never ever'.....

Where? You seem to believe that "something worth fighting for" is only worth fighting for if it's what you're fighting for.
Anyway you have a nice day too.

[daleanime]

15. I get that from....

Hillary 'No We Can't' Clinton. No problem, I'm willing to fight for health care and education for your friends and family too. And thank you.

[daleanime]

5. And then you wake up....

with nothing.

[Lancero]

8. Yeah, Hillary is the best canidate for the traditional American "Dream"

They call it the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.

[artislife]

4. I have been talking about the shit we have left to the millenials.

Especially the state of the planet.

We screwed it all up and pretty much decided to do only incremental changes. That is not going to work.

[daleanime]

7. Amen....

[RiverLover]

9. About the author...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Blow

https://www.facebook.com/CharlesMBlow

I love his op-eds.

Thanks for posting this one Cali!

As usual, he's spot on.

[Arazi]

11. Kicked and Recced for a thoughtful article. Love his writing eom

[gyroscope]

13. The only thing Hillary Clinton dreams of

is getting paid tens of millions from Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.

[senz]

16. Clinton dreams of unlimited power. Sanders dreams of a better America.

Some choice, huh?