Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders's attack machine comes back to haunt him [View all]Gothmog
(145,264 posts)The Clinton campaign had a 100+ page well written memorandum on opposition research on sanders but never had to use it because sanders was such a weak candidate that it was not needed. sanders was mathematically eliminated after the Super Tuesday contests and never had a chance of being the nominee and so there was never a need to vet him
The Clinton campaign treated Sanders with kid gloves because sanders had no chance in the real world of being the nominee. The press did not vet sanders because sanders was such a weak candidate and it would have been a waste of their time. VOX had a good article on the potential lines of attack that Sanders would be exposed to if Sanders was the nominee. http://www.vox.com/2016/2/3/10903404/gop-campaign-against-sanders One of the more interesting observations in the VOX analysis is the fact that sanders have been treated with kids gloves compared to what sanders would face if he was the Democratic nominee. I strongly agree with the VOX's position that the so-called negative attacks against sanders have been mild. Form the article:
I have no interest in litigating any of these attacks here. Like any Democrat elected president in 2016, Sanders wouldn't be able to get much done, but he would block attempts to roll back Obama's accomplishments and have a chance to fill a few Supreme Court vacancies.
When Sanders supporters discuss these attacks, though, they do so in tones of barely contained outrage, as though it is simply disgusting what they have to put up with. Questioning the practical achievability of single-payer health care. Impugning the broad electoral appeal of socialism. Is nothing sacred?
But c'mon. This stuff is patty-cakes compared with the brutalization he would face at the hands of the right in a general election.
His supporters would need to recalibrate their umbrage-o-meters in a serious way.
sanders was treated with kid gloves by the Clinton campaign because of the amusing over-reactions of the sanders supporters in the primary process. It appears that you are upset that Hillary Clinton did not use all of the oppo research that was available. sanders was a weak candidate and would have been destroyed if the oppo research was used.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden