February 1, 2016

"That's the sound of the people, led by women, carrying Hillary to history"

Hated By Insiders, Loved by the People – Hillary Clinton Is the Great American Populist

http://bluenationreview.com/hillary-clinton-is-americas-true-populist/
By Peter Daou
January 31, 2016


One of the prerequisites of Washington insiderism is disdain for Hillary Clinton. Hating Hillary is an industry among the political class and media elites. Books, columns, editorials, entire websites are devoted to it. Columnists like Maureen Dowd build careers on their malignant anti-Hillary vendettas.

Over the course of 2015, Hillary’s professional haters have gone so far as to fabricate polls to derail her candidacy. MSNBC’s Morning Joe has spent the entire 2016 presidential cycle in anti-Hillary overdrive, featuring a rotating cast of Beltway insiders whose contempt for her oozes through the screen.

Hillary is the subject of more vile attacks in an average day than most politicians will endure in an entire career. Hundreds of millions of dollars are devoted to the destruction of her public image. Conservative billionaires are funding shadowy operations to undermine her. The media establishment and commentariat dutifully disseminate the negative frames crafted by these groups while DC pundits play the role of concern trolls, condescendingly asking why Hillary is so “unlikable” and “cold.”

Yet somehow Hillary is stronger than ever, well-positioned to win the Democratic nomination and to defeat whichever unhinged Republican she faces in the general election.

The chasm between insider hate and outsider admiration is the story of Hillary’s career. The dichotomy between what’s said about Hillary and how popular she is boggles the mind.

There’s much talk of populism in 2016, of establishment versus outsiders, of Trump and Bernie. But what’s more populist than a candidate beloved by the people and reviled by political tastemakers and media elites?

Yes, Hillary is the true outsider, and yes, that statement torpedoes conventional wisdom. As Sady Doyle so astutely observes about the media environment: “I’ve come to believe that saying nice things about Hillary Clinton can be a subversive act.”

If there’s one challenge for Hillary – and frankly for the Democratic Party should she be the nominee – it’s that insider hate for her merges with organized rightwing attacks and filters through the media system into social channels where younger voters consume it devoid of historical context. Without the benefit of hindsight, without knowing that Hillary has been falsely accused of every heinous act under the sun, younger voters struggle to assess the veracity of the information and end up believing things about Hillary that are patently false.

It is one of the reasons Bernie Sanders’s message, which is not that different from Hillary’s, resonates with younger voters: Bernie’s reputation simply hasn’t been assailed for three decades. His message gets through without a filter of sarcasm and mockery that greets every Hillary utterance.

Still, 2016 is shaping up to be a monumental step forward for the American people, who are bucking the conventional wisdom machine (a machine that has worked overtime to convince us that Hillary is losing, flailing, corrupt, disliked, robotic, shrill, calculating, polarizing, and on and on.)

If you’re tuned into politics, you can hear the distant rumble, the sound of a sleeping giant awakening. That’s the sound of the people, led by women, carrying Hillary to history.
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Alan Mairson ?@AlanMairson 6h6 hours ago

@sh4joy Agreed. She's resilient. And has endured a lot. No argument from me there. @peterdaou @BlueNationRev


Beverlee Hughes ?@BeverleeHughes3 6h6 hours ago
Hear Us Roar! #ImWithHer Hated By Insiders, Loved by the People – Hillary Clinton Is the Great American Populist



campskunk ?@campskunk 6h6 hours ago



new article up by @peterdaou quoting @sadydoyle - "saying nice things about hillary can be a subversive act"



@campskunk @pe

February 1, 2016

Bam! @Hillary to Maddow: "I'm not just raising money for myself, I'm raising it for Dems up & down..

Great interview--short and to the point. Hillary sounds upbeat and ready to ROAR!!


Peter Daou ?@peterdaou 10h10 hours ago

Bam! @HillaryClinton to @maddow: "I'm not just raising money for myself, I'm raising money for Dems up and down the ballot."--to begin to take back the House and State Governorships



Also, when asked by host about Sanders change on Hillary's email stance -- Hillary said she was disappointed that Sanders has been going negative with his campaign.

Also, Hillary said she has spoken out against the oil pipeline which will pass through Iowa



http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-makes-closing-arguments-for-iowa-613044803883

The Rachel Maddow Show 1/31/16
Clinton makes closing arguments for Iowa
Hillary Clinton, Democratic front-runner for the presidential nomination in 2016, talks with Rachel Maddow and Brian Williams about tomorrow's Iowa caucuses and how the race against Senator Bernie Sanders is shaping up for the upcoming primary elections. Duration: 8:40

February 1, 2016

Bernie Sanders never released his Foreign Policy Policies--NEED to Heed the words of JFK

Tweet:
Bernie Sanders never released his Foreign Policy Policies--NEED to Heed the words of JFK :large #p2 #Hillary2016

February 1, 2016

Hillary Clinton closes with populist fire in Iowa

Source: The Des Moines Register





Hillary Clinton closes with populist fire in Iowa
Heidi M Przybyla, USA TODAY 7:36 p.m. CST January 31, 2016


Clinton meets with local residents at the Jones St. Java House on April 14, 2015, in LeClaire, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall, AP
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In school gyms, college campuses and other venues, the former secretary of state is trying to persuade Democrats she is the heir to President Obama’s legacy and a scrappy fighter who shares their outrage over the struggles of the middle class and the poor.

The balance Clinton wants to strike between pragmatism — she says, unlike Sanders, she can get things done in Washington because she wants to build on Obama’s programs — and her populist message was on display at one of her final campaign stops in Council Bluffs. After praising Obama’s record, Clinton said she’s the candidate most capable of achieving change.

“I don’t want to over-promise and under-deliver,” said Clinton, without mentioning Sanders by name. “I’d rather under-promise and over-deliver.”

Then she pivoted to a list of national priorities, including improving early childhood education, infrastructure and manufacturing jobs. ........................


Read more: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/01/31/hillary-clinton-goes-populist-fire-closing-argument-iowa/79615966/

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February 1, 2016

Pro-Sanders super PAC brought in $2.3 million

Pretty good.


Pro-Sanders super PAC brought in $2.3 million

While the Vermont senator eschews big-money groups, the super PAC affiliated with the nurses union had a record haul.

By Kenneth P. Vogel

01/31/16 12:08 PM EST

Updated 01/31/16 12:29 PM EST


Bernie Sanders rails against super PACs, but the main super PAC supporting his presidential campaign had its biggest off-year fundraising haul ever, bringing in $2.3 million last year, according to a report filed Sunday morning with the Federal Election Commission.

The super PAC, National Nurses United for Patient Protection, is affiliated with the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, National Nurses United, and its members have been a near-constant presence at Sanders’ rallies.

National Nurses United for Patient Protection, spent $1.3 million in the second half of the year, including donations totaling nearly $400,000 to a pair of other unlimited-spending groups supporting Sanders ― the California-based Progressive Kick received $245,000 and the Chicago-based Reclaim Chicago got $150,000. Most of the direct spending by National Nurses United for Patient Protection went towards ads, rallies and other voter outreach associated with a bus tour supporting Sanders, according to the report.

Sanders this month thanked the union’s members “for their support in my campaign” and called National Nurses United “one of the sponsors of my campaign and I appreciate that.”

The PAC ended last year with $1.1 million in the bank, though it has continued to spend heavily in support of Sanders’ campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination against Hillary Clinton.
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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/bernie-sanders-super-pac-218478#ixzz3yrnk5ep2