Clinton likely to win Presidency... so media invents new definition of "winning", just for her.

[DetlefK]

https://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/05/06/pundits-new-lament-clinton-might-win-she-won-t-win-right-way/210258

But instead of admitting they misread her run (how do you accumulate 13 million primary votes and not connect with people?), some have decided to change the rules -- to move the goal posts midway through the game -- and suggest that even if she wins the presidency, Clinton will have won it the wrong way, and that in some bizarre way her victory won’t be legitimate.

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According to Fournier, Clinton’s victory and her presidency will only matter if she completely transforms American politics. And if she accomplishes that without any help from Republicans, of course.

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Meanwhile, over at Politico, Todd Purdum’s recent piece, “How Hillary Could Win the Election—and Lose the Country,” harped on many of the same points Fournier made in The Atlantic. Yes, Clinton can win, but she’s winning the wrong way:

" It is entirely possible to be the winner and still not get much of a mandate—to enter office as a kind of default president who gets in because no other candidate is electable but who doesn’t have the faith and loyalty of a large portion of the nation.”

Specifically, Purdum deducts points for Clinton lacking a clear vision (a “new animating idea”). Yes, as Purdum quotes from a recent Clinton speech, she’s fighting for “civil rights, voting rights, workers’ rights, women’s rights, LGBT rights, and rights for people with disabilities.” But to pundit Purdum, it seems boring.


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Did these pundits lament that GWB won the 2004 election by a razor-thin margin and then went on to brag that this victory gives him a mandate?

Did these pundits lament when Mitt Romney became the republican candidate by default in 2012 because the other guys were just horrible and embarrassing?

[Trust Buster]

1. Republicans worked hard to earn the disgust this country feels for them.

Fournier has never been able to admit that. He is one who pushes the "both parties are equally guilty" meme.

[procon]

2. Women, like blacks, are just too scary to be allowed into the privileged

white man's private power club. As Hillary's lead widens, watch how the media will begin to transform Trump from an idiotic buffoon, into a wise sage deserving of becoming the next fearless leader.