April 11, 2016

Bernie Sanders Turns Fire On Hillary Clinton As Not Being Qualified Due To Having Bad Judgment

April 11, 2016/ Anne Enke

Bernie Sanders sats 'something is clearly lacking' in Hillary Clinton's judgment Washington Post

After a week in which the two Democratic presidential candidates questioned each other’s preparations and qualifications, Bernie Sanders on Sunday took aim at Hillary Clinton’s judgment, saying “something is clearly lacking.”

During talk show appearances, the senator from Vermont continued to zero in on Clinton’s acceptance of special-interest money, her support for the Iraq War and her past backing of international trade agreements.

“In many respects, she may have the experience to be president of the United States,” Sanders said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “No one can argue that. But in terms of her judgement, something is clearly lacking.”

Is Hillary Clinton qualified to be president? Take the quiz, and you'll learn a lot about Hillary Clinton's past accomplishments. HillaryClinton.com

Poll: Hillary Leads Bernie In Both New York and PA, Says New Fox Poll

New York

In New York Hillary leads Bernie 54% to 37% a similar spread as to the Emerson poll released a few days ago. In terms of delegates, a win of this size would give Clinton 145 delegates to Sanders' 102.

In New York, Clinton gets 61 percent of support from black voters to Sanders's 29 percent. She also wins among whites in her adopted home state, by a 13-point margin. Sanders wins among men (by four points) and people younger than 45 (by 11). Clinton wins everywhere else. We suspect also that Hillary is winning over 30. Pundits never talk about the reality that 65-70% of Bernie's votes comes from age 30 and younger.

Clinton is up 11% 49% to 38%.

The New York poll surveyed 1,403 New York voters between April 4-7. For Democrats, 801 likely primary voters were polled for a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points; for Republicans, 602 likely primary voters were surveyed for a margin of error of plus or minus 4 points.

The Pennsylvania poll surveyed 1,607 Pennsylvania voters between April 4-7. For both Democrats and Republicans, the margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Bernie's Numbers Don't Add Up

Bernie Sanders Is Even Less Competitive Than He Appears FiveThirtyEight

For all Bernie's talk about the "will of the people", reality is that he has captured 46% of the pledged delegates from 42% of the raw votes. We don't know why everyone is eyeing the superdelegates with the idea that bernie is getting screwed by the system. It seems that Hillary is the one shorted on pledged delegates if the focus is votes cast.

The Truth On Bernie & The Vatican

Vatican: Pope Didn't Invite Bernie Sanders The Daily Beast

We seem to have general agreement around Bernie's trip to the Vatican & confirmation that he asked to be invited.

Monsignor Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo. chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences initially disputed the terse commentary of Margaret Archer, president of Pontifical Academy of Social Science, saying the Sanders invited himself and that he was guilty of "monumental discourtesy."

“Sanders made the first move, for the obvious reasons,” Archer told Bloomberg. “He may be going for the Catholic vote but this is not the Catholic vote and he should remember that and act accordingly -- not that he will.”

Sorondo later toned down his initial comments telling CNN the invitation should not be seen as an endorsement of the senator’s nomination. “It does not signify any support of the campaign," Sorondo said. "We want to establish a dialogue between North America and South America so we thought to invite a [U.S.] politician. The President of Bolivia will also be there. Perhaps the others (candidates) would have been interested but they did not request to come."

He also confirmed to CNN that Sanders had reached out to the Vatican first. “He has expressed an interest many times in the Pope's encyclical and it's clear that he has an interest in studying it,” Sorondo said. “It might have that effect, but we are not looking to support the campaign."

Tad Devine Totally Defended John Kerry's Iraq War Vote NBC Archives

Bernie's top strategist Tad Devine had no problem with John Kerry's Iraq vote in the 2004 presidential campaign. Interviewed on 'Meet the Press' Aug 22, 2004, Devine told Tim Russert that Kerry does not regret his vote to authorize the use of force in Iraq. What he deeply regrets is what the president -- that Bush guy that Bernie never names -- did with that authority.

Pressed by the legendary Tim Russert, Devine doubled down, saying:

"Tim, again, the authorization was the right vote, it was the right choice. In fact, in 1998, John Kerry supported regime change in Iraq. And the fact of the matter is that this president said he would go to the United Nations, exhaust every remedy, build a broad international coalition. He failed to do so and the result of that president's failures is what's going on today in Iraq. It is a huge problem being paid for by American taxpayers and American troops."

Hmmmm. Yet the same vote by HIllary Clinton disqualifies her to be president from the same Tad Devine. Is that sexism? Or just different strokes for different folks -- especially if you're a Clinton. Of course Tad Devine is even more successful now, and his business is to do Bernie's bidding.

Hillary Clinton Headlines April 10, 2016

Fire Bill Clinton Slate

Bernie Sanders' hollow aspirational politics The Week

Laura Bush hints she'd rather see Hillary as president The Telegraph

Sanders Over the Edge NYTimes

Rorschach's Crime Bill The Atlantic

Bernie Sanders's Successful Insurgency The Atlantic

Jane Sanders is sick of Clinton's 'innuendos' Washington Examiner

April 03, 2016

Hillary Chooses Wisconsin Dinner To Remind Us That Bernie Sanders In Now A Democrat In Name Only

April 03, 2016/ Anne Enke

Hillary Clinton's campaign says Bernie Sanders 'rejected' debate dates MSNBC

The Clinton and Sanders campaigns can't agree on dates for a New York debate. Clinton’s campaign said in a statement that it proposed April 4 as the first possible date, but the Sanders team wanted the debate after the Wisconsin primary on April 5. Clinton officials then suggested April 14 or April 15 as debate dates and are hopeful Sanders will come to accept one of these dates.

“The Sanders campaign needs to stop with the games,” Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon wrote. “The Sanders campaign needs to stop using the New York primary as a playground for political games and negative attacks against Hillary Clinton. The voters of New York deserve better.”

The proposed debate on April 15 would be on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Fallon explained, but “that, too, was rejected.”

Update: ABC reports that Hillary has agreed to debate on Good Morning America Friday April 15 before the New York primary on April 19. The Sanders campaign has not yet responded.

Hillary Shines At Wisconsin Democratic Party Dinner

HIllary Clinton campaigns in Eau Claire, Wis. Saturday April 2, 2016 with Sen. Tammy Baldwin

Sanders leads polls but Clinton wins more crowd support at Wisconsin gala The Guardian

"The latest polls may give Sanders a comfortable lead over former secretary of state Hillary Clinton in the Badger State, but Saturday night’s gala – filled with union members and party stalwarts – was definitely Clinton territory, even just judging by the number of standing ovations and the amount of sustained applause for the candidates’ speeches. (The fact that the first speaker was local congresswoman Gwendolyn Moore, who has endorsed Clinton, and Minnesota senator Al Franken and Clinton-endorser batted clean-up, was perhaps another clue.)

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And though the audience stood and applauded the end of his speech, the “Bernie!” chants were limited to the general admission seats, where people continued to stand throughout his exit music – David Bowie’s Starman – to catch a glimpse of their favorite and share stickers with each other.

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“We believe that when a governor attacks nurses, police and firefighters, it doesn’t make him a leader, it makes him a bully,” she said.

Clinton’s promise to support down-ticket candidates in the state – “always have, always will” – earned cheers, but it was her statement that “I don’t think the president gets the credit his deserves” on Wall Street reform that got many in the crowd on their feet.

Interestingly, though, for a heavily union crowd, it wasn’t Clinton’s efforts to highlight her opposition to various trade deals that earned her the affection of the audience – though one lone Sanders supporter cheered when she noted that her opponent opposed every trade deal no matter what. It was her statement that good trade deals could help Wisconsin’s exports, which have gone up 50% in the last 10 years, according to date from the Department of Commerce. "

Huma Abedin: Hillary Clinton Has Been Vocal on Unpopular Issues MSNBC

"Huma Abedin, vice chair of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, has been low-key on the campaign trail thus far. But she broke her silence on Friday, saying that her boss of almost 20 years has been vocal on issues even if they’re not “the thing of the moment.”

“I think that if my boss quit tomorrow, she will go down as one of the greatest American women in the history of the world,” Abedin said in interview with the podcast Call Your Girlfriend. “We’re in the midst of campaigning in New York right now, and we’ve been looking through her record and the things that she did in the Senate and everyone she helped from 9/11 and beyond … I know she’s committed to making people’s lives better. I wish the world could see the Hillary Clinton that I see every day.”