Waiting for California and the FBI

[cui bono]

Published on Thursday, June 02, 2016 by Consortium News

Waiting for California and the FBI

Some Democratic leaders are privately scouting around for someone to replace Hillary Clinton if she stumbles again in California and/or the FBI detects a crime in her email scandal

by Robert Parry


For months now, poll after poll have registered the judgment of the American people that they want neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump as the next President, but the two major parties seem unable to steer away from this looming pileup, forcing voters to choose between two widely disdained politicians.

The Republicans are locked in after Trump’s hostile takeover of the party’s selection process, but the Democrats have one final chance to steer clear – on June 7 when they hold several primaries and caucuses including New Jersey and California. If Bernie Sanders can upset Clinton in California – and/or if Clinton’s legal problems over her emails worsen – there remains a long-shot chance that the Democratic convention might nominate someone else.

As far-fetched as this might seem, some senior Democrats, including reportedly White House officials, are giving serious thought to how the party can grab the wheel at the last moment and avoid the collision of two historically unpopular political figures, a smash-up where Trump might be the one walking away, damaged but victorious.

Two Washington insiders – Democratic pollster and political adviser Douglas E. Schoen and famed Watergate investigative reporter Carl Bernstein – have described panicky meetings of top Democrats worried over Clinton’s troubled campaign, with Schoen also describing private talks about possible last-minute alternatives.

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[onehandle]

1. Nope. nt

[George II]

7. I particularly like this line:

"Democratic leaders are privately scouting around for someone to replace Hillary Clinton"

Clearly to them Sanders to them is out of the running!

[onehandle]

14. How embarrassing for them. nt

[frylock]

15. What's going to be embarrassing is the herstorically low voter turnout for the GE.

[seabeyond]

17. For reals. I thought this on the other OP. Like, Sanders supporters posting it. That Democrats

would be searching beyond the "other" in the race. Too fuggin funny. That being said, it is a bullshit article, but whatever. All is allowed on Du right now.

[hrmjustin]

2. Douglas E. Schoen advocated for Obama to not run for re-election.

He is fox's pretend Democrat.

[Tarc]

3. Common Dreams is my new go-to for fantasy writing.

[cui bono]

6. So DU isn't the only site you come to by mistake?

Explains so much.



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[Tarc]

19. I've been at the DU since just about the beginning

and will remain long after the Bernsters decide this isn't for them anymore.

[NV Whino]

20. Looks like you got a lot of sleep between the and now.

[George II]

4. What's your point? Will this get Sanders the nomination? Or will it gain votes for Trump?

[cui bono]

5. I'm not Robert Parry.

[George II]

9. Again, what is YOUR point in posting this?

[cui bono]

11. Again? You didn't ask that before.

[Ferd Berfel]

12. The Point is - It ain't over, till it's over

[WhiteTara]

8. So do they post this story anew each day?

I saw this yesterday and the day before.

[cui bono]

10. It's dated today.

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[WhiteTara]

13. I know

what's up with that?

[frylock]

16. I wish we could get back to the important issues, like POPEGHAZI! and the chair throwing incident.

[beachbumbob]

18. Only panic are from sanders campaign staff that be unemployed next week