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Achillita
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Clinton tests out new campaign style
#22268675 - 09/21/15 10:13 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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https://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2015/09/hillary_clinton_tests_out_a_new_campaign_style
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MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hillary Clinton turned up the volume on partisan rhetoric and promises to the middle-class as she played to an audience of Democratic Granite State voters — an attempt to counteract the growing popularity of rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and regain footing after her email scandal, analysts say.
Clinton spoke ahead of Sanders at the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s convention yesterday, where she showed renewed energy and touched on many of her opponents’ usual talking points, pledging to fight big money, raise the minimum wage and ensure that Americans who work hard are able to “get ahead and stay ahead.”
“I’m the granddaughter of a factory worker who believed in America,” she said, kicking off her 45-minute speech.
Clinton told voters she’d dedicate her time to issues “that you talk about around your kitchen table,” such as student debt and paid leave.
And, she said, she’d “stand up to all of the attacks from the super PACs and the Koch brothers every chance I get.”
Audience members noticed the change.
“She was on fire,” said Lisa Beaudoin, 45, of Temple, N.H., adding that, unlike Sanders, Clinton has shown she can “work across party lines to achieve results.”
Sanders has gained traction over Clinton in New Hampshire in recent months, and a Monmouth University poll this week put the progressive senator ahead of Clinton 43 percent to 36 percent.
“It’s become clear that she has a fight on her hands in New Hampshire,” said David
A. Hopkins, assistant professor of political science at Boston College. “She’s had a tough couple of months in getting Democrats to feel energetic for her. I think you’ll probably see more of a campaign style designed to engender more enthusiasm.”
Clinton also could be trying to redefine her image in the aftermath of an email scandal that threatened to derail her campaign, said Daniel Mulcare, political science professor at Salem State University.
“If she comes out with a more dynamic persona, it could put some of the concerns about the emails to rest,” he said. “People don’t necessarily trust Hillary. If she showed more passion, it could be a way to win people over.”
Hundreds of loyal supporters cheered on Sanders yesterday, waving Bernie signs as he took the stage.
“Well, it certainly sounds like some people are ready for a political revolution,” Sanders said.
Despite Clinton’s promises to combat super PACs, Sanders reminded the audience he is the only candidate without one.
“You’re looking at a candidate who does not represent the agenda of corporate America, who does not represent the agenda of the billionaire class, and I stand before you today to say loudly and proudly, I don’t want their money; I don’t want a super PAC,” he said. “We’re going to do it on our own.”
She pretty much changed her platform. How serious do you think she is in doing the stuff she promised during this speech? Is it just for the votes that she lost?
What's your guys thoughts?
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Edited by Achillita (09/21/15 10:14 AM)
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luvdemshrooms
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Re: Clinton tests out new campaign style [Re: Achillita]
#22268756 - 09/21/15 10:41 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Achillita said: She pretty much changed her platform.
What??? A politician saying one thing one day and another thing the next? Say it isn't so!
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How serious do you think she is in doing the stuff she promised during this speech?
Completely serious. Until she isn't. Or until the wind blows a different direction. Or until the sunsets, or rises.
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Is it just for the votes that she lost?
If you mean for the 'potential' votes she lost, yes. It's strictly because of those.
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Re: Clinton tests out new campaign style [Re: Achillita]
#22268782 - 09/21/15 10:47 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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To me it looks like she was doing two things.
Blaming her super PAC for the Bernie attack ad while associating such behavior with the right.
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And, she said, she’d “stand up to all of the attacks from the super PACs and the Koch brothers every chance I get.”
And taking the wind out of Bernie's sails.
I don't know if she'll keep doing it. I imagine it's going to depend on who she's speaking too and rather or not Bernie is speaking after her.
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The bitch is desperate, will say or do anything. She can't keep up the enthusiasm act for long and it will look fake anyway. Cows ear /= silk purse.
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Re: Clinton tests out new campaign style [Re: Stonehenge]
#22274442 - 09/22/15 02:38 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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To quote a favorite rapper:
"Tried to deceive me, you only deceived you, What you thought was invisible was only see through."
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