2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "Why is the DNC trying to screw over Bernie Sanders?" [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)Why else would someone from Arkansas run for an open Senate seat for New York as soon as that seat became available? That was in 2000, as Bill's term as president was about to expire. So, with absolutely no previous relationship whatsoever with the state of New York but with lots and lots of connections and party support, she wins that election. But why New York? one might ask. Why not run for Senate for the state you lived in for years? Because Arkansas is Nowheresville, that's why; Little Rock does not have a Wall Street. Goldman Sachs is in New York. Money is in New York. Connections and political power are in New York, not Arkansas.
OK, then, the new Senator from New York starts collecting favors and sucking up to Wall Street and getting to be BFFs with the likes of Lloyd Blankfein (and Donald Trump). Eight years later everybody is sick of W and the Dems have a very good chance of returning to the White House - and Herself is ready.
But that well-funded juggernaut hit a pothole in '08 when Obama, who was almost as unexpected as the Spanish Inquisition, won the nomination despite a heinously dishonest and racist campaign on the part of Herself, aided and abetted by Himself, who evidently wanted, and still wants, to take up residence in the White House again almost as much as she does. Or maybe more. But she refused to cede the nomination to Obama until the last minute because "something might happen" before the convention, you saw what happened to RFK, after all, so Obama cuts a deal and she gets to be SoS. But she leaves that position after Obama's first term because you can't really charge Goldman Sachs $250K per speech while you're still a cabinet secretary, can you?
And here we are, eight years after the last nomination fight, and it's the same old, same old, for the Dem establishment. Or maybe worse. Bernie isn't the equivalent of Obama; he's lots scarier as far as the DNC and DWS are concerned. That's why the establishment thumb is pressing so hard on the scale this time. They knew Obama wouldn't derail the gravy train but they figure Bernie will at least try - and they will do whatever they can to prevent that from happening.
I think she will get the nomination by hook or by crook and that depresses me a great deal.