Interesting that you bring up anyone in the political business. I was an intern, LA, and aide in the Senate Majority Caucus. I've worked around both of the democratic candidates before I left (switched careers to environmental work in the private sector).
A fortune has been spent by the Clintons on both possitive and negative messaging against her and the right wing has oppo. Sanders doesn't if you're implying that. More than that, it's common knowledge what her weaknesses are to be exploited. I could jump into the Sanders campaign and bury her, but he is intentionally not doing it. You and I both know that. At this point, I'm just assuming you work in the beltway, so I'm treating you as such.
Now, the whole server thing is a real issue. You know that. Political internet arguing aside, you know that it is a major red flag. Fuck indictments or whatever, it shows her how far her defiance goes. It illustrates her entitlement. But most of all it shows her poor judgment, sloppy work, but the most worrisome thing about it combined with some of the other ways she is conducting herself in public shows her authoritarian nature has only seemed to intensify over the past decade.
Real people might not know why that is a major concern like you and I do, but they can feel it- it's reflected in her polling. These are the same problems she had in 2008, among the rockstar that Obama was, and that is even more concerning to me because she has not learned from her mistake. She is getting more sloppy and seemingly more irritable and thin-skinned. I genuinely think that there will at least be major considerations among super delegates at the convention. Even among the ones who genuinely like her- few and far between. If things keep on this trend, I don't even think Dean will vote for her.
In truth anybody in the political business does it but in the case of HC they found a very rich vein to exploit, true or not, and his worked like a charm. Personally i think either Sanders or HC would be fine
No. We both know this isn't true from experience. People are concerned. The military is concerned. A lot of agencies are concerned. I believe the actual soldiers in the military have been shown through filings to have donated substantially more to Sanders. So lets cut the shit if we're having a conversation. No one else is reading this far down the thead which is possibly dead anyway.
the important thing is to keep the momentum of the administration that has shown it to be
This is a matter of my own pure political stance, but I disagree with this with every cell in my body. I love Obama personally, only having been around him and head nods vs meeting him, but he has lost control of the generals. I'm sure you've read the conservative op-ed 'Leading from Behind', but if you haven't please do. It's a great piece. In operations, everyone is running around without direction and not being productive. It's just putting out fires at this point in foreign policy. Again, the generals make it 10x worse. Hillary will have way more issues with her ego, authoritarianism, and defiance with them and contractors. Her judgment comes into play here especially with the intelligence community. Obama is acting as a manager at this point and she will make everything worse. It's ironic because of her former position.
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