Did Hillary's EMAIL sink her in Iowa instead of the data breech as has been suggested? (now a poll)

[Omaha Steve]

I was asked to make this a poll.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/did-hillary-clinton-diss-iowa-caucuses-private-email-n472251

Did Hillary Clinton Diss the Iowa Caucuses in Private Email?

by MARK MURRAY

The latest State Department release of Hillary Clinton emails contained this message from Clinton to friend Sidney Blumenthal: "If Mittens [Mitt Romney] can't beat Grinch [Gingrich] in Florida, there will be pressure on state Republican parties to reopen or liberalize ballot access especially in the caucuses, which as we know are creatures of the parties' extremes."

Clinton's remark shouldn't be too surprising given that she lost caucuses contests - including Iowa's - to Barack Obama in 2008.

But if Clinton's caucuses-tilt-to-the-extremes comment sounds familiar, it's pretty much what helped sink Howard Dean before the 2004 Iowa caucuses - exclusive video that NBC News unearthed during that election cycle.

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[highprincipleswork]

1. To suggest the data breech yielded anything that would change the course of the race is ridiculous.

[artislife]

4. True! nt

[emulatorloo]

5. Yes that was one stupid thread here at DU which is getting a lot of ridicule.

[Segami]

9. The laugh-line is growing by the minute on that thread

[emulatorloo]

11. Yep!

[NorthCarolina]

6. When all looks hopeless it's time to resort to the shotgun approach.

Issue lots of claims, accusations and hope that at least one sticks.

[Uncle Joe]

12. Or the cigarette lighter.

[arcane1]

8. I would add "dishonest" to that description.

They know they're talking shit, but will say Whatever It Takes.

[joshcryer]

24. +1, the data breach was focused on SC.

And they got caught and fired before they could do anything with it.

[emulatorloo]

2. Iowa Democrats disrespect the Iowa Republican Causus all the time

Because the Republican caucus always goes for the crazy Christian.

That comment does not hurt her w Democrats, but probably makes Republicans mad, lol.

[Art_from_Ark]

17. Well, she did use the plural possessive form of "party",

which means she thinks both Democratic and Republican caucuses are "creatures of the parties' extremes."

[winter is coming]

3. It's more likely related to the biggest thing in her wordcloud: Untrustworthy. n/t

[uponit7771]

7. Nope, it was the data... data breached and now Sanders is closer... :-)

[DisgustipatedinCA]

13. Spoken like it's a fact, and with great authority, signifying NOTHING.

Come on back if you get something actionable.

[kath]

16. I think you missed the smile at the end of that post.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

19. I did miss it. I'm left wondering what's meant, if not the obvious.

[NurseJackie]

10. It was the data theft.

[sadoldgirl]

14. And tomorrows meme to blame

Bernie for catching up with her in Iowa to

claim that he made derogatory remarks about
a former great president? What idiotic excuse
will you find for Wednesday.

Oh, I am sure you will find new ones.

[anigbrowl]

15. In keeping with the Daily Mail STYLE headline...

Betteridge's law of headlines advises that any headline ending with a question mark can be safely answered with 'No.'

The reason why journalists use that style of headline is that they know the story is probably bullshit, and don’t actually have the sources and facts to back it up, but still want to run it.

[Kalidurga]

18. No I think she is sinking because she does what she always does

She gets all attacky and starts looking desperate. Then she sticks her foot in her mouth and starts asking about birth certificates and things like that.

[Punkingal]

20. It's just Clinton fatigue. Besides, I don't think Iowa likes her.

[Douglas Carpenter]

21. I think the good people of Iowa simply like Senator Sanders' message. It is pro-Sanders

not anti-Hillary that is the main force at work behind the Sanders surge

[Scuba]

22. No, Bernie's message and Hillary's history are the things sinking her campaign.

[joshcryer]

23. Sanders has an impressive phone banking game in IA.

Any thing else is needless speculation.

[Betty Karlson]

25. What sunk her was Hillary Clinton, her ties to the elites,

and still increasing name recognition of her two competitors.