Did Hillary eat the VRWC's lunch yesterday?

[ucrdem]

As many pundits have noted this is the year of the mad-as-hell outsider who has no loyalty to party, wants to blow things up and start over, and speaks to the anger and frustration of the middle-class masses. Thus the rise of Trump who is giving the GOP establishment conniptions. But as we know the Tea Party is a creature of the VRWC, nurtured for the purpose of stirring up nativist resentment of Barack Obama and the party he leads.

Into that milieu steps Bernie Sanders who appeared to be everything Hillary isn't and constantly insinuates that she and Obama are corrupt by virtue of their Wall Steet connections. And we know that TurdBlossom and company are supporting the Sanders campaign with high-octane anti-Hillary messaging:

GREENE: Steven Law, the CEO of American Crossroads, came by our studios. . . . You know, the day after the Democratic Nevada caucuses, you did what seemed like a victory lap. I just want to read back some from your press statement. American Crossroads and Bernie Sanders help Nevada caucus-goers see right through Hillary Clinton's manufactured zeal on immigration reform. You and Bernie Sanders do not seem like a natural match.

LAW: Yeah, we're rarely...

GREENE: What's going on?

LAW: We're rarely in the same sentence, you know, but we saw as an opportunity in the Democratic nominating process was to take some of the research we've already done on Hillary and the kinds of weaknesses that we found and road test them.

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/26/468216156/conservative-superpacs-ads-take-aim-at-hillary-clinton

also:

http://www.americancrossroads.org/

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/us/the-best-way-to-vilify-clinton-gop-spends-heavily-to-test-it.html?_r=0

So what happened? Did Hillary houdini her way out of the perfect Benghazi? The one that sent Jebster packing some weeks ago? Because if that's the case she pulled off a pretty amazing upset and appears to have a touch of Bill's comeback mojo after all. Or am I completely deluded?

[litlbilly]

1. you are insinuating Carl Rove is supporting Bernie, I would go with crazy or

you guys are looking for another way out after Bernie wins the nomination

[JonLeibowitz]

3. The amazing thing is Law comes right out and says why they were doing what they did

They claim that it was to road test attacks for the fall, so they know what is effective. Of course, you may not want to believe him. I have my doubts to be sure.

[Lucinda]

2. I skipped the American Crossroads link :)

but I found the other two interesting reading. We knew they were running ads to interfere, but it is interesting to see what else they are up to. They will be hard pressed to paint her as an elitist that doesn't care about people, because there is way too much in the public record that proves the opposite.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Like her frothing, hypocritical opposition to marriage equality? That shows she cares about others?

It shows me she does not mind shouting at others about a religion she herself does not see fit to follow.

[Lucinda]

9. Bernie was for civil unions before he came on board for marriage equality

And he did it just a few years before Hillary did.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/10/05/bernie_sanders_on_marriage_equality_he_s_no_longtime_champion.html

[bigtree]

4. we saw an opportunity in the Democratic nominating process

"we saw as an opportunity in the Democratic nominating process was to take some of the research we've already done on Hillary and the kinds of weaknesses that we found and road test them."

k&r

[ucrdem]

5. Exactly, and it seems like they're rolling them out all at once

I get the feeling they expect the road test to end sooner than they'd hoped. . . .

[NurseJackie]

6. Interesting stuff! (Thanks!) nt

[silenttigersong]

8. I am quite surethat Bushes Brain would much prefer Hillary ...

Try to keep up ,its like a" Political Aristocracy."