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01-14-2016, 10:38 PM
Clinton's health-care assault on Sanders backfires (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-health-care-217789):
Hillary Clinton’s assault on Bernie Sanders for his support of a single-payer health system has stunned and irritated liberals who see it as an abandonment of core progressive principles.
“Even though its real-world prospects are pretty close to nil, [single payer] is still iconic in the eyes of a large proportion of the Democratic left,” said John McDonough, former Senate staffer who helped draft the Affordable Care Act. “A lot of people will interpret this attack in a way that may be even more hostile to Clinton.”
Bashing your rival for embracing a touchstone liberal value, still supported by 81 percent of Democrats according to a poll last month, is a risky maneuver just weeks before the first Democratic caucuses and primary.
That is what desperation sounds like. Just like her lead over Obama collapsed after she led him by 20 points in December 2007, her lead over Sanders is collapsing after leading him by 20 points in December 2015. Now she's attacking a policy that she herself advocated 20 years ago and one that is popular among over 80% of Democrats out of desperation because she's seeing her best chance at the presidency slip away from her.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Hillary Clinton’s assault on Bernie Sanders for his support of a single-payer health system has stunned and irritated liberals who see it as an abandonment of core progressive principles.
“Even though its real-world prospects are pretty close to nil, [single payer] is still iconic in the eyes of a large proportion of the Democratic left,” said John McDonough, former Senate staffer who helped draft the Affordable Care Act. “A lot of people will interpret this attack in a way that may be even more hostile to Clinton.”
Bashing your rival for embracing a touchstone liberal value, still supported by 81 percent of Democrats according to a poll last month, is a risky maneuver just weeks before the first Democratic caucuses and primary.
That is what desperation sounds like. Just like her lead over Obama collapsed after she led him by 20 points in December 2007, her lead over Sanders is collapsing after leading him by 20 points in December 2015. Now she's attacking a policy that she herself advocated 20 years ago and one that is popular among over 80% of Democrats out of desperation because she's seeing her best chance at the presidency slip away from her.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.