2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNew Clinton strategy: Steady as she goes and criticize Comey.
New York Times:
Mrs. Clinton made no rash moves overnight or on Saturday, advisers said, making clear that she wanted the campaign to operate normally while putting pressure on the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to provide more details about the inquiry to dispel any possibility that her candidacy was under legal threat.
In conference calls, email chains and overnight text messages, Clinton aides provided talking points for allies to convey a coordinated message that the campaign was confident that the F.B.I. would find nothing to hurt Mrs. Clinton in the new inquiry. According to several party officials, donors and campaign surrogates appearing on television, the greater concern is that an election that seemed like Mrs. Clintons to lose will now be thrown into doubt, depressing some of her supporters while rallying Republicans around down-ballot candidates and even their battered presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump.
In a conference call with campaign surrogates on Friday night, a rare gathering at the start of a weekend, Clinton advisers asked them to push a coordinated message in news media interviews and with voters: that the F.B.I. investigation had not been reopened; that none of the new emails had emerged from Mrs. Clinton; that the F.B.I. had to release more details about its inquiry; and that they were concerned that Mr. Comey had taken this action.
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iemitsu
(3,888 posts)Sounds like a good way forward to me.
I sure hope it works and that voters are not swayed by the lies and innuendo promoted by the press.
depressing some of her supporters while rallying Republicans around down-ballot candidates and even their battered presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump.
Exactly what I've been saying. This is Comey's goal. We'll see what the data says.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)These latest "revelations" are total trash and discerning minds know that already. In truth, this is just more red meat for voters inclined to vote for Trump anyway. The echo chamber reverberates with white noise that the tone-deaf Trumpites confuse with chamber music.
Hillary, as always, has handled this gracefully, forcefully...and presidentially.
budkin
(6,703 posts)It's really the best strategy
vadermike
(1,415 posts)I hope I think this probably won't cause trump to win but down ballot I would be worried In fact maybe it's best that early voting has started We should win but carter was way ahead in 76 and almost lost It could get close
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)She should attack Trump. Not only is Comey beneath her, he's just a diversion. The real threat to America is that Putin loving, Chinese steel buying, lech Trump.