E-Mail Woes and Gun Rants: Clinton’s Fear Reveals Opportunity for Sanders
A good round up on yesterday's shenanigans:
January 8 was a bad day for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The Democratic presidential front runner(according to some), who had largely put her summertime e-mail scandal to bed, suddenly found herself back in the crosshairs
Unfortunately for Clinton, her bad day did not end with the two damning e-mails. In New Hampshire, the second primary election state, challenger Bernie Sanders is soaring in the polls. Though Clinton still clings to her lead in Iowa, the first primary election state, she has been barnstorming New Hampshire to try and cut off Bernie Sanders before he can build up a head of steam.
Though she holds her lead in the polls, TIME reports that the “caucus math” stands to boost Bernie Sanders. This math, explains the article, tends to minimize the margin of victory or loss, meaning that Clinton is unlikely to win a clear victory on February 1.
For a candidate whose entire case to voters hinges on her alleged electability, a weak “victory” over Bernie Sanders in Iowa and a sound defeat in New Hampshire could be devastating. No longer assured of Clinton’s “inevitability,” horders of tentative Clinton supporters may defect to Sanders, whom they admire personally.
In addition to bad news in the polls, Hillary Clinton is also facing continued bad news over husband Bill, the former president who is now stumping for his wife. The widely-known philanderer, who faces renewed scrutiny over old allegations of sexual assault, has been brazenly attacked by Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.
With gun control considered to be the one political issue where Clinton more liberal than Sanders, it would seem to be bad strategy to begin demanding apologies for past votes. Such a maneuver gives Sanders and his supporters ample opportunity to demand that Clinton admit her own errors in judgment on…well, everything else. From Clinton’s support of conservative welfare reform to the Defense of Marriage Act to her vote on invading Iraq, there is a lot of wrongdoing to be admitted. Trying to push Sanders onto an apology tour may backfire spectacularly, with voters demanding a laundry list of apologies from Hillary Clinton, especially for the years 1996 to 2002.
http://thebernreport.com/e-mail-woes-and-gun-rants-clintons-fear-reveals-opportunity-for-sanders/