Joe Biden and Michele Obama are the most popular politicians in America (KOS diary with links)

[karynnj]

94. You are the one who is completely absurd

Sanders did not make up the claim that Clinton got big money for Wall Street speeches. Knowing that she was likely to run for President, she had to know that ANY opponent would have spoken of that. Not to mention, you are claiming that Sanders spoke of pay to play - when he did not.

Even if she had no opposition in the primaries at all, Trump who made a fake populist, not a politician, campaign in the primaries and general election would STILL have used those speeches and Clinton's many years in DC, to paint her as a career politician close to Wall Street.

In any primary, there is a comparison between the choices. Bernie Sanders, a long time Democratic Socialist, had his GREATEST contrast with Clinton on Wall Street. There was no way that difference would not come up. In addition, Clinton had baggage and it was public. She would have likely won had she scrupulously abided by the Obama agreement with her on avoiding even the appearances of conflict of interest between the Clinton Foundation and her role as SoS, not given those speeches, and immediately handled the email problem by giving the State Department all her work emails when she left. The fact is that she should have regularly archived her work email during her 4 year term. At minimum, she should at least have separated personal and work and turned the work ones over when she left - especially as there were FOIA requests even in her term.

It was not Bernie Sanders who created the perceptions that made HRC vulnerable.