Sickening. Clinton waves the "I can take it, but you're attacking Obama..." flag

[JimDandy]

Blatantly pandering to the Black audience.

:barf:

[hrmjustin]

1. Can't handle legit criticism?

[JimDandy]

9. Ask Obama if he can handle criticism. Clinton doesn't think so.

And again... :barf:

[hrmjustin]

11. Are you denying he said these things?

Sorry but if you guys can bring up everything she said about him in 2008 we can bring up what he said in 2011.

Get over it.

[JimDandy]

16. Hmm, Chuck Todd just mentioned her doing this.

It seems others are finding it bizarre too.

[hrmjustin]

17. Really? To defending the current Democratic President is bizarre?

Maybe in your world but not mine.

[JimDandy]

23. Obama can defend himself. This is surreal after how she attacked

him in 2008 and ended up turning the Black vote against her. Now she thinks she's talking TO Blacks, but she just ended up talking down to them. Nuff said.

[hrmjustin]

25. Sorry the facts don't fit your narrative.

It must hurt.

[Tommy2Tone]

26. No kidding n/t

[hrmjustin]

27. The things they say to try to tear her down is amazing.

[Tommy2Tone]

31. I like what I read earlier.

Bernie thinks white liberals run the Democratic party. Hillary knows black Democrats run the party.

[Armstead]

35. Wall St and the Clinton/Third Way crowd run the party

[Tommy2Tone]

41. It's why latest poll showed Bernie down 20 points

It pisses off lifelong Democrats for Bernie and his supporters to trash us when they don't get their way.

[Armstead]

42. That sounds very insiderish. Many "lifelong Democrats" are also pissed at the party

Many feel they seldom get their way, and often get the opposite of what they believe in.

Maybe "lifelong Democrats" such as yourself might want to listen and open up more, instead of continually circling the wagons against change.

[Tommy2Tone]

45. I see no change

Bernie is talking about a lot of stuff that will never happen. His Medicare is DOA and he knows it but he is the pied piper who says everything people want to hear.

Do you ever ask yourself how he is going to get it accomplished? -

[oasis]

22. He's not Chuck "Toad" now? Ooookay.

[gwheezie]

33. The Bernie supporters love chuck

Never heard a bad thing about him.

[oasis]

40. Many Dems have been onto slime ball "Toad" for years.

He's GOP through and through.

[Green Forest]

39. Hillary rehearsed that soundbite which is why it sounded strange. She had to stick it in somewhere.

Bernie got her back, though. Made her look stupid.

[JimDandy]

43. That's what it sounded like to us alright.

[onecaliberal]

2. Obama isn't running. She is alienating a lot of folks.

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. Yeah, Annie Oakley is at it again...

lying as usual. Unfortunately for her, Bernie has Dr. West, Killer Mike, Shaun King and Nina Turner in SC advocating for him! Her SC "firewall" is crumbling.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[Armstead]

37. I wish Bernie would just say Nina Turner would be his VP choice now

She is both an amazing person and a great advocate for Bernie. She'd get the attention of the AA community, that's for sure.

[in_cog_ni_to]

38. She would be the PERFECT VP choice!

She's a tough cookie too. I love her!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[Peregrine Took]

4. Someone get me Bei Bei - the adorable PANDA baby.

HRC is throwing him around tonight!

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. She uses Obama when it's convenient for her.

Then she throws him under the bus when she thinks she can score a point.

She is everything that is wrong with 'politics as usual'!

[seabeyond]

6. Then maybe Sanders ought to not campaign on that if he does not want a call out.

[kcjohn1]

7. Sanders should have said

Obama is big boy and he can take it. He took your cheap shots in 2008 and Republicans over 8 years.

[JimDandy]

20. Exactly. Obama wears big boy pants every darn workin day

and on the days he's sick even!

What a stupid move by Clinton.

[ucrdem]

8. Good move. Go Hill!

[retrowire]

10. And todd chuck just said while shaking his head, "She's clearly wrapping herself in an obama flag"nt

[RandySF]

13. Chuck Todd

Who asked Obama, to his face, why he said nothing about Stria right after the POTUS talked about Syria.

[retrowire]

14. Tuck Chodd, I'm sorry. lol nt

[tk2kewl]

15. makes you wonder...

why was it the coordinated strategy for democratic candidates to distance themselves from Obama 2 yrs ago, but all of sudden it's not. could it be that the DNC HRC and DWS wanted to throw an election to try to scare people into voting for HRC?

[RandySF]

12. So none of it is true?

[tk2kewl]

18. nothing wrong with saying that while Obama guided us out of the recession

he still screwed the pooch by offering up cuts to SS and not prosecuting any of the perpetrators responsible for our near total economic collapse

or allowing wall st banks to take our bail out money and still pay billions in bonuses.

or to after all of the above to allow these institutions that bet against american families to gain more power and become more influential

i would have loved to see Obama get challenged from the left in 2012 given these facts, just as i'm glad Bernie decided he wasn't goint to let Hillary take the nomination in a walk

[Autumn]

19. Wonderful post

[tk2kewl]

21. thanks

i'm thankful for Obama, and some good things have taken place over the last 7 years. But we can do better, and this is politics not football. It's not a game - it's not simply about winning and losing - it's about trying to make the world a better place

[Autumn]

24. Yes it is about making the world a better place.

We have that obligation.

[GoneFishin]

28. Yep. That was a very cheesy pivot.

[Renew Deal]

29. Why do you assume she's pandering to the Black audience?

[tk2kewl]

30. especially given that in 2008 she was the candidate of "hard working white people"

you wouldn't think she could actually pull off a complete 180, would you?

[tammywammy]

32. How was that pandering to the black audience?

[gwheezie]

34. I'm not getting the racial implication

HRC was a member of his cabinet. She has said she's going to continue his policies.

[uponit7771]

36. The Obama cooalition is more than just black people

[Gothmog]

44. From 538

Nate and Harry Eaton comment on the need to appeal to the base http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/nbc-democratic-debate-presidential-election-2016/

HARRY ENTEN 10:31 PM
Not really. What I do see, though, is Clinton clearly knows where her base is. She knows she needs black voters in her corner. That’s why she is wrapping herself in the Obama cloth. A lot of people think the Democratic base is exclusively white liberals; it’s not. It’s black Democrats. Unless Sanders can gain support among that group, this primary is over.

NATE SILVER 10:35 PM
More seriously — I agree with Harry that the candidates have been speaking mostly to their respective bases on the substance. So I’m wondering whether Sanders’s feistier demeanor tonight will play positively or negatively with the home audience.

Sanders will not be the nominee unless he expands his base and I do not think that Sanders did this. Attacking President Obama is not a good way to appeal to African American voters