Clinton can win because she is a democrat, her advantages don’t apply to republicans.
[shrug] Most Americans outside Florida will not have met him or anyone he knows. And his record as governor carries its own baggage .
And the one major policy project of her own was a backroom deal to subsidize private health insurance companies.
BrainGlutton:
And a lot of Americans still feel that way; but practically none of them would ever vote for a Democrat anyway, so it doesn’t matter electorally. Most Americans recall the Clinton years with, for the most part, aching nostalgia.
Cite for people “aching” for Bubba and Hillary, rather than for other parts of the 1990’s?
Well, she tried to get something done. Americans love that.
Chronos
January 13, 2015, 3:01am
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First ladies don’t get policy projects of their own. She may have helped with planning and organizing, but anything she planned was ultimately Bill’s project, not hers.
Is Cruz running? I look forward to him leading an army of angry, misinformed senior citizens and creating divisions within the republican party.
adaher
January 13, 2015, 7:48am
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Not to mention Hillary has repudiated a good part of Bill’s legacy.
adaher
January 13, 2015, 8:05am
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Lobohan
January 13, 2015, 9:04am
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Specialist. Nice way to describe his goofy ideological views.
adaher
January 13, 2015, 4:24pm
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NAFTA is the most prominent example, but come on, we know she’s lying. All Democratic candidates lie about NAFTA to get the nomination. As Obama’s team assured CAnada, “it’s just campaign talk”.
adaher:
NAFTA is the most prominent example, but come on, we know she’s lying. All Democratic candidates lie about NAFTA to get the nomination. As Obama’s team assured CAnada, “it’s just campaign talk”.
Cite, please. Just as a reminder.
I should have clarified – the cite request was for Obama’s statement to Canada.
Well, you know what Heinlein said about specialization…
That’s like saying that Jenny McCarthy is a specialist (vaccination issues).
adaher
January 13, 2015, 11:26pm
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Did Barack Obama's campaign quietly contact Canadian officials to tell them not to take seriously the Illinois senator's tough talk about renegotiating trade agreements?
CTV, the well-regarded Canadian news network, reported this week that a top...
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CTV, the well-regarded Canadian news network, reported this week that a top Obama adviser contacted the Canadian government to calm fears that the senator was serious about rewriting pro-corporate deals such as the North American Free Trade Agreement to benefit workers, farmers and the environment. According to CTV, the Obama adviser told the Canadians that “when Senator Obama talks about opting out of the free trade deal, the Canadian government shouldn’t worry. The operative said it was just campaign rhetoric not to be taken seriously.”
After that report aired on Wednesday, an Obama campaign spokesperson claimed in an interview with CTV that “no message was passed to the Canadian government that suggests that Obama does not mean what he says about opting out of NAFTA if it is not renegotiated.”
The problem, of course, is that CTV has a very credible source – a a high-ranking member of the Canadian embassy – who has provided the network with details of the call and a timeline.
Of course, the source is now being pressured to tell a different story by superiors. But few serious observers of the trade debate – with its history of back channel communications – doubts the scenario as it was first reported.
Attempts by CTV to get the Obama camp to respond to specific questions about the conversation and the timeline in question have so far proven unsuccessful.
According to CTV, “the Obama camp did not respond to repeated questions from CTV on reports that a conversation on this matter was held between Obama’s senior economic adviser – Austan Goolsbee – and the Canadian Consulate General in Chicago.”
CTV did contact Goolsbee, but he’s not cooperating.
The network reports that “(Goolsbee refused to say whether he had such a conversation with the Canadian government office in Chicago. He also said he has been told to direct any questions to the campaign headquarters.”
It is starting to sound an awfully lot like the Obama campaign may have gotten caught telling Canada one thing and Ohio something different.
What’s the bottom line on this story? According to the network: “Sources at the highest levels of the Canadian government – who first told CTV that a call was made from the Obama camp – have reconfirmed their position.”
That was always the problem with Goolsbee. Too honest, which is why he couldn’t stay in the administration long.