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In reply to the discussion: Brazile: 'Proof' that Clinton rigged nomination process broke my heart [View all]karynnj
(59,508 posts)I realize that polls that early are somewhat about name recognition, but she polled as the likely Democratic nominee as high as 70%. I was never a huge Clinton fan, but I clearly expected her to be the nominee and to become President from almost the moment she stepped down as SoS.
I hate all these inside the failed campaign narratives. If this except is representative, only the author comes and to some degree Sanders comes out ok. Hillary comes off as using a weak DNC to fuel a money machine that allowed her to raise far above the campaign finance limits and have most of it return to where she or surrogates could control it. DWS is totally pathetic in all ways. President Obama is seen as less involved in party building than Brazille wants him to be. Seriously, his main job was to be President and to accomplish what he could in his second term in spite of the Republicans.
What is perhaps most shocking is that the DNC could have been so in debt for the years after 2012 without someone actually in the DNC .. like Brazille .. having any idea. It also seems as though no one, other than Clinton, was involved in the fund raising. If true, that is pretty shocking. In prior years, every Democrat with ANY following or name seemed to both hold fundraisers and to craft letters asking for DSC, DCCC, and DNC contributions. What this does explain are the times when HRC traveled to fundraisers rather than campaign events. It might be that even in the general election, she had to do this because others did not step up to do it.