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January 14, 2016

Some interesting quotes from that article

“I’m getting a little PTSD on the whole Iowa thing,” said one 2008 veteran. “It’s a little troublesome to watch. The whole lack of enthusiasm, someone gaining momentum on her -- that’s the troubling thing.”

“If I were them, I’d be sweating a little bit,” said Mo Elleithee, who served as Clinton’s traveling press secretary from 2008

“Momentum matters, narrative matters,” warned Elleithee. “The results in Iowa can impact the trajectory of the race. She was leading in South Carolina by double-digits until the day Obama won Iowa. And the next day the bottom fell out.

January 13, 2016

Deja vu

That's what it's been feeling like the last few days

January 13, 2016

You were suggesting that I could not recognize that Sanders and Obama were not the same

candidate.

There are lots of differences between them. Color is just one.

However, we are seeing some things that are similar in 2016 to 2008.

Obama's campaign was in roughly the same spot as Sanders is now. The 2008 Iowa win catapulted Obama into being a serious contender - the graphs show it. A 2016 win in Iowa and NH would do something similar for Bernie - in terms of making the primary competitive - which to date in the polls, it really hasn't been until maybe recently.

Would it be as much as what we saw with Obama? I really don't know. Maybe. Maybe not. With all the money Bernie has, it will just turn this primary into a competitive contest. I suspect Clinton will still have the advantage and be in a better position than she was in 2008.

A key difference is that to me, Obama pretty much snatched the nomination on Super Tuesday. To some extent, he took the Clinton campaign by surprise. I think that's going to be tougher to do this time around. Of course, if Hillary keeps marching Chelsea out to lie for her, that could change in a hurry.

January 13, 2016

I don't think this is an accident.

I feel like they're playing possum.

Big GOP complaint of the past primaries were the hits Romney and McCain took.

They whine they don't have an anointed one in public but behind closed doors, I strongly suspect they do. They're sitting on a lot of money right now. Like poker players, they just haven't put it on the table yet while the media chows down on Trump, Cruz, etc.

January 13, 2016

Ok, here you go



Different graph. Similar story. Bernie's pretty close to where Obama was.
January 13, 2016

I can't recall lying helping any Clinton after they've been caught

And they've been caught lying enough times that we've got a fair amount of case history to base that on.

January 13, 2016

I watched that video and had flashbacks to Jed Lewison (JEDREport) videos in 2008

New video, new subject to some extent but vintage Hillary.

Get used to it if she wins the primary.

The problem with videos like this is because there's considerable truth to them, they change minds and they stick.

January 13, 2016

Well her supporters obviously do because she's lied so frequently

it's the only way left for them to handle it.

60% of Americans do not trust Hillary Clinton. Those are repeated poll results. I'm not making that up.

The Republicans are already hammering away at "untrustworthy" with Hillary. They hammered away at Obama being a Muslim Kenyan and got 20% of the electorate to believe that. 60% are believing the untrustworthy label because Hillary has been caught lying a lot - there's some truth to the allegation so it sticks more.

I can't recall a presidential candidate in my lifetime getting elected president while 60% of the country finds them untrustworthy. It's a really bad polling number.

It's helping Bernie right now who is a significant contrast to that behavior.

It's a key reason why she is a turnoff as a candidate for me because I can't believe in what she's telling me - she's burned me too many times.

It's a problem Hillary cannot shake and here she is, sending her daughter out to carry on the family tradition of lying to the American people. Not a good moment for Hillary. That's self destruction/implosion.

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