Hillary Clinton Will Star In GOP Midterm Plan

[RandySF]

Fox News: “Clinton is starring in the Republican Party’s 2018 midterm strategy. With no Democrat to attack in the White House for the first time in nearly a decade, Republicans are betting big that the ghost of Clinton will serve them well in 2018.”

“Even if she avoids the spotlight moving forward, the Republican Party plans to evoke her early and often in key congressional races, particularly in regions Trump won, which feature most of the midterm season’s competitive races.”

“Internal polling and focus groups conducted by Republican campaigns find that Clinton remains one of the most unpopular high-profile Democrats in the nation, second only to Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader.”



https://politicalwire.com/2018/04/22/hillary-clinton-will-star-in-gop-midterm-plan/

[riversedge]

1. It amazes me how some folks can be such fools and vote for a ghost!

[TheBlackAdder]

34. Besides Trump's most ardent supporters, it will remind everyone else that he's an iligitimate prez.

[democratisphere]

2. Further proof redumbliCONs can't evolve and think past the end of their nose.

Always rolling out the same old same old.

[Kirk Lover]

3. Well this should be interesting. nt

[Doodley]

4. That is not going to win votes. Glad to see them pick a losing campaign!

[Proud liberal 80]

5. I thought that this

Was an article from the Onion or Borowitz report

[renegade000]

6. That's going to be straightforward to counter, but I guess it's all they've got...

[NastyRiffraff]

7. Please proceed, GOP

And thanks for the help in the midterms!

[Lucinda]

33. Exactly.

[Me.]

8. And Yet

HRC remains the most admired woman in America and...

The 5th most admired woman in the world

Maybe they should be polling other than the diehards

Or ask a question different than..."Do you think HRC is horrible?"

[LenaBaby61]

11. Maybe they should be polling other than the diehards.

Well, many in the media and some in the print press are OBSESSED with that deplorable 30-35% (Fatso's base). Screw Democrats, Independents, Women, Minorities, the young certain income voters etc. It's all about that 30-35% of tRumputin's deplorable base and how THEY feel about their Dear Leader

[Me.]

13. The Minority Of A Minority

Makes sense...

[LenaBaby61]

14. "The Minority Of A Minority."

Exactly!!!!

[TDale313]

15. The die hards are they got left.

And these districts are so gerrymandered that die hards are the only ones GOP House members think they need to worry about. Not a winning strategy to become/stay relevant as a national party- but may save a few red seats from going blue and that may be all they can hope for right now.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Frank Luntz as much as said this would be

the GOP's 2018 Election theme. Sure it scored highest in his Focus Groups.

[TDale313]

10. Were what, surprised?

She’s been their bogey(wo)man for nearly three decades. It’s bullshit, but it brings in the $$$ for them and fires up their base, so of course they’re going there. It’s not like they got anything positive to run on.

[vlyons]

12. Wow - just complete nothing

GOP has absolutely nothing - not even a viable enemy to hate. What a big yawn the GOP has become. Maybe some Republicans will yawn and say "why bother?" on election day.

[Takket]

16. Sadly it is a good strategy

Despite all that has been said about drumpf there has been zero sympathy for Clinton in the MSM. she remains a hated figure for not “taking responsibility” for “her own bad campaign”.

Despite the fact she did... and it wasn’t her fault Putin had her overthrown in favor of his puppet.

They spent that entire election season creating a Pavlovian response to the name Clinton and I see No reason to believe Clinton Derangememt Syndrome won’t serve them again.

[onetexan]

17. They need a scapegoat & Hillary is their punching bag

Ones fears what one doesn't know. The RW are afraid of a smart, hawkish, confident woman whose more qualified for the presidency than any man.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

21. Sadly is right. It's like a football play the offense keeps runnin 'til the defense

comes up with a strategy for how to stop it.

[NYC Liberal]

24. "They spent that entire election season creating a Pavlovian response to the name Clinton"

Nope.

They've spent the last 30 years creating a Pavlovian response to the name Clinton.

The media has carried water for the right-wing's anti-Clinton smears and hit jobs for years, and that is why people feel the way they do about her.

[Takket]

37. +1!!!!

[UCmeNdc]

18. Hillary and Bill Clinton need to start to sue anyone who lies about them.

Take them to court every time. If they publically say you lie, you like sex with children, you stole money, etc. You take them to court.

[BeyondGeography]

19. Idiots

All she has to do is stay home and they lose.

[jalan48]

22. I think she plans to make appearances with candidates in more liberal districts.

[BeyondGeography]

25. As long as she ignores them that is fine

Just don’t take the bait.

[jalan48]

26. I would guess they are going to use video of her speaking in other areas of the country. It's what

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they have done with Pelosi. The politics of hate has really taken a foothold in our country. Instead of debating issues they are making it about personalities.

[BeyondGeography]

28. They have an enthusiasm problem

She won’t do anything to help them. I’d prefer she didn’t campaign at all, tbh.

[emulatorloo]

20. Another brilliant strategy lol. Shes retired. Idiots n/t

[argyl]

23. Her last government position was Secretary of State six years earlier.

She was cheated of the Presidency in 2016, graciously accepted the results and has announced she has no plans to run for President again.

And the GOP is going to beat up on her yet again?
Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi.

They think that's their ticket to success in 2018?Yeah, it'll play well with the Deplorables but they're already on board.

They'll be going to the well once too often this time. Talk about the reek and flop sweat of desperation.

Nothing lasts forever, numbskulls. This scary Hillary bullshit is getting old and weak.

[FakeNoose]

27. In the PA special election last month - Conor Lamb vs. Rick Saccone

...Saccone was apparently running against Nancy Pelosi! Even though Pelosi never came to Pennsylvania or even endorsed Lamb, she was Saccone's opponent in all the local TV ads. It was ridiculous, the GOP couldn't get it out of their heads.

Needless to say it's a useless strategy, which is I'm sure the reason why they're using it across the nation by next fall. Only instead of Pelosi this time the strawman will be Hillary. What a bunch of lost souls they are!

[Pope George Ringo II]

29. It checks off the first thing they need for the midterms.

It fires up their base. It is clearly and absolutely their best bet on achieving this requirement.

Unfortunately for them, in order to actually win much they're also going to have to benefit voters at some point, which would be so completely out of character we don't need to worry about it.

[Beartracks]

32. Benefits for voters? What?

Oh, right - you mean providing public services for the people of this nation, or what Republicans call "pandering."

Republicans only provide services and benefits for the wealthy corporatists, but they're not voters; they're owners.

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[TheDebbieDee]

30. Hillary Clinton should retaliate for ALL the republican BS that has been heaped upon her by

By filming commercials for 3 or 4 republican candidates in which she compliments each of them for several things - Sec Clinton should release the commercials near the end of September!

The republicans will $hit themselves because Sec Clinton has said good things about their candidates and will go broke trying to explain to their idiot voters that the candidates are republicans and not Dems...

[still_one]

31. So let me get this straight, they are going to campaign against Clinton who isn't even running for

anything, while the Democratic candidate in that respective state or district will be campaigning on issues that will actually affect people in their state.

So far whatever strategy the republicans have been using sure hasn't worked very well, and this included some of the reddest states around

It will be interesting if the republicans running in 2018 are going to ask trump to campaign for them......

[Mike Nelson]

35. Great strategy...

...the deplorables who were going to get out and vote come Hell or high water will get out and vote! I hope the advertising campaign spends a lot of money on this effort.

[JHB]

36. Also known as Plan "Woogie Woogie Woogie"

[ismnotwasm]

38. I thought it was going to be Nancy Pelosi

At least it was a couple weeks ago. They change their minds ?

[workinclasszero]

39. IOW the GOP has nothing!

Where is the beautiful health care for all, much cheaper than Obama care?

Where is the peace you promised vs "warmonger Hillary"?

Where are all the coal mining jobs? Where are all the factory jobs? Paying a middle class paycheck, not walmart wages.

All they got to show is a budget busting massive tax cut for big business and billionaires.

GOP is gonna get its fat ass kicked hard this fall!

[Hortensis]

40. As said, the GOP is going to get its ass handed to it

if it tries this. Did Luntz's focus groups tell them to campaign on the Tax Heist, I wonder? Actually trying to do that has so far given them a nasty shock.

This is obviously meant to reassure and boost turnout by feeding its "red in tooth and nail" base what it wants.

But what else? Are they really driven to just securing their conservative "redoubts"? Or is this a way of securing them without spending money needed elsewhere?

They're not stupid and the stakes and battle for power are enormous.

[Garrett78]

41. Maybe it's a bad strategy, but it's the best they have.

Dog whistling, blatant racism, blatant sexism, demonization of certain 'liberals'...that's been the Republican playbook for 50 years. All while bashing the "liberal media," which has worked like a charm (the mainstream media promotes false equivalencies and has become too afraid to identify facts as facts and falsehoods as falsehoods). Republicans have been suffering a lot of losses since Trump took office, because Trump (who is just a symptom of the aforementioned playbook) is such an extremely dangerous and outlandish individual. But, make no mistake, that Republican strategy has paid many dividends. And it's all they've got.

Absent that strategy, the GOP would go extinct. Absent racism alone, the GOP would go extinct. Support for right wing economics, right wing environmental policy and right wing foreign policy would be minimal. Those who bemoan people "voting against their economic interests" need to understand that those folks are voting *for* their (perceived) cultural/social interests. Alter the latter and you put an end to the former. The struggle to combat racism and sexism (structural/institutional and individual) is vital. Those who attack "identity politics" are severely misguided.