Clinton’s third-term dilemma

[Common]

Clinton will throw obama under the bus and call him more names than they do on stormfront if it would guarantee her election.


Hillary Clinton (http://thehill.com/people/hillary-clinton) faces a unique dilemma on the 2016 campaign trail: How much to embrace President Obama, and how much to run away from him.

Obama remains a relatively popular figure, with a 51 percent approval rating from Gallup and a 90 percent approval rating among Democrats.
Yet public opinion on the Obama economic record is decidedly mixed. Sixty-five percent of Americans think the country is on the wrong track, according to the Real Clear Politics average, while 27 percent say the country is on the right track.The polling and data can sometimes seem contradictory. Only 42 percent in an Associated Press poll last month described the U.S. economy as good, but two-thirds said their own households were doing well.
Obama can hardly wait to get on the campaign trail with Clinton, and the presumptive Democratic nominee is happy to have him. The two will campaign together for the first time this Thursday in Wisconsin, a state where Clinton will be favored this fall.
Yet Clinton has handled questions about the Obama economy with the care of a politician who can see downsides to fully embracing Obama.
In an interview Wednesday with Fox News’s Bret Baier, Clinton initially dodged questions about what she would do differently than Obama on the economy, turning to a well-worn campaign statement about how Obama hasn’t received enough credit for the economic recovery.
Pressed further on how a Clinton economic team might tread differently from Obama, Clinton cited infrastructure spending and expanding manufacturing jobs as two issues she’d focus on, while blaming congressional Republicans for holding up Obama’s efforts.
Clinton and Obama also have real differences — particularly on foreign policy, where Clinton has criticized the Iran nuclear deal and Obama’s handling of Syria.


Republicans believe that labeling Clinton as a third-term for Obama is a winning argument for their side.
Trump’s campaign motto of “Make America Great Again” pointedly sets up the Obama years as a disaster. And Republicans point to an excruciatingly slow recovery in arguing that voters hardly want four more years of Obama’s policies.
Gallup (http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/192563/economy-jobs-dysfunctional-government.aspx?g_source=ECONOMY&g_medium=topic&g_campaign=tiles) found that Trump has a ten-percentage-point edge over Clinton on the question of which candidate would do a better job handling the economy — a good sign for the presumptive Republican nominee given the importance of the economy to voters.
When Obama endorsed Clinton on Thursday, Trump seized on the connection.
“Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obama—but nobody else does!” Trump tweeted.
Team Clinton’s confidence in allying itself with Obama is just as clear.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/283075-clintons-third-term-dilemma

[MMC]

:wink:


Where to, Hillary? How Clinton Is Relying on President Obama’s Help.....


Now that Mr. Obama has endorsed Hillary Clinton (http://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/hillary-rodham-clinton?8qa), her advisers are eager to use his political touch in those and other battleground states and extend the Democratic streak there this fall. They see Mr. Obama as a one-of-a-kind resource — a popular sitting president — in the looming campaign to defeat Donald J. Trump (http://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/donald-trump?8qa).

Political strategists at the White House and in Mrs. Clinton’s campaign are just beginning to determine a specific stump-speech schedule for the president after his endorsement (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/us/politics/obama-is-eager-to-hit-the-stump-for-hillary-clinton-and-shred-donald-trump.html) on Thursday of his former secretary of state. Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton will appear together on Wednesday for the first time since she secured the Democratic nomination, and they have chosen Green Bay, Wis., another city where Mr. Obama lifted Democratic fortunes.

But that is likely to be one of the few times they appear together. Instead, Mr. Obama will be on his own, cutting a path across white suburbs in the Midwest and Rust Belt and spending time in African-American communities in states like North Carolina and Virginia. The president will reach out to independents and others in New Hampshire and Iowa, and rally young people, Hispanics and Asian-Americans in competitive states like Colorado, Florida and Nevada.

Aides said the president’s October calendar has been largely cleared of other activities, leaving him time to campaign wherever Mrs. Clinton needs him. Mrs. Clinton’s strategists said they were likely to send the president to the Orlando area in Florida; Montgomery County, Pa., north of Philadelphia; Denver; and Charlotte.

Still, some Sanders supporters said they were devoted to their candidate and ambivalent about hearing Mr. Obama extol Mrs. Clinton.....snip~

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/11/us/politics/hillary-clinton-obama.html?_r=1

[donttread]

Clinton will throw obama under the bus and call him more names than they do on stormfront if it would guarantee her election.


Hillary Clinton (http://thehill.com/people/hillary-clinton) faces a unique dilemma on the 2016 campaign trail: How much to embrace President Obama, and how much to run away from him.

Obama remains a relatively popular figure, with a 51 percent approval rating from Gallup and a 90 percent approval rating among Democrats.
Yet public opinion on the Obama economic record is decidedly mixed. Sixty-five percent of Americans think the country is on the wrong track, according to the Real Clear Politics average, while 27 percent say the country is on the right track.The polling and data can sometimes seem contradictory. Only 42 percent in an Associated Press poll last month described the U.S. economy as good, but two-thirds said their own households were doing well.
Obama can hardly wait to get on the campaign trail with Clinton, and the presumptive Democratic nominee is happy to have him. The two will campaign together for the first time this Thursday in Wisconsin, a state where Clinton will be favored this fall.
Yet Clinton has handled questions about the Obama economy with the care of a politician who can see downsides to fully embracing Obama.
In an interview Wednesday with Fox News’s Bret Baier, Clinton initially dodged questions about what she would do differently than Obama on the economy, turning to a well-worn campaign statement about how Obama hasn’t received enough credit for the economic recovery.
Pressed further on how a Clinton economic team might tread differently from Obama, Clinton cited infrastructure spending and expanding manufacturing jobs as two issues she’d focus on, while blaming congressional Republicans for holding up Obama’s efforts.
Clinton and Obama also have real differences — particularly on foreign policy, where Clinton has criticized the Iran nuclear deal and Obama’s handling of Syria.


Republicans believe that labeling Clinton as a third-term for Obama is a winning argument for their side.
Trump’s campaign motto of “Make America Great Again” pointedly sets up the Obama years as a disaster. And Republicans point to an excruciatingly slow recovery in arguing that voters hardly want four more years of Obama’s policies.
Gallup (http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/192563/economy-jobs-dysfunctional-government.aspx?g_source=ECONOMY&g_medium=topic&g_campaign=tiles) found that Trump has a ten-percentage-point edge over Clinton on the question of which candidate would do a better job handling the economy — a good sign for the presumptive Republican nominee given the importance of the economy to voters.
When Obama endorsed Clinton on Thursday, Trump seized on the connection.
“Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obama—but nobody else does!” Trump tweeted.
Team Clinton’s confidence in allying itself with Obama is just as clear.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/283075-clintons-third-term-dilemma

27% think we're on the right track? That's horrifingly sad. You raise an interesting point , even as the DNC starts to spin Hilary as the next Obama, she is clearly closer to being a neocon than an Obama. She is the poster child for our "one party system"

[JVV]

It doesn't matter.

A party led by Trump can't keep Hillary out of the White House. Whether she embraces Obama or distances herself from him.

It just doesn't matter.

Hillary is the devil we know. 60% of the country don't consider her honest, but at the same time 60% of the country do trust her to have the skills necessary to be a good president.

Trump is an unpredictable devil and the thought of him as president will scare the majority into embracing Hillary. Now that the Democratic primary is essentially over, she is pulling further ahead in the polls and Trump will not be able to close the gap.

We're getting caught up in a silly reality show and pumping ourselves up with suspense about the possible ways it could go, as if there isn't already a predetermined ending.

[exotix]

I've been in awe of the Billary-bashers for some time now ... especially given the beauties conservatism presents us with.

[Peter1469]

I've been in awe of the Billary-bashers for some time now ... especially given the beauties conservatism presents us with.

You should expel yourself from the US.

[Mac-7]

It doesn't matter.

A party led by Trump can't keep Hillary out of the White House. Whether she embraces Obama or distances herself from him.

It just doesn't matter.

Hillary is the devil we know. 60% of the country don't consider her honest, but at the same time 60% of the country do trust her to have the skills necessary to be a good president.

Trump is an unpredictable devil and the thought of him as president will scare the majority into embracing Hillary. Now that the Democratic primary is essentially over, she is pulling further ahead in the polls and Trump will not be able to close the gap.

We're getting caught up in a silly reality show and pumping ourselves up with suspense about the possible ways it could go, as if there isn't already a predetermined ending.

If you think the previous 3 occupiers of the while house and the leadership in congress have done a good job then you might think hillary has the skills to be a good president.

but i think they have all been a massive failure and hillary would be the last nail in our coffin.

[donttread]

It doesn't matter.

A party led by Trump can't keep Hillary out of the White House. Whether she embraces Obama or distances herself from him.

It just doesn't matter.

Hillary is the devil we know. 60% of the country don't consider her honest, but at the same time 60% of the country do trust her to have the skills necessary to be a good president.

Trump is an unpredictable devil and the thought of him as president will scare the majority into embracing Hillary. Now that the Democratic primary is essentially over, she is pulling further ahead in the polls and Trump will not be able to close the gap.

We're getting caught up in a silly reality show and pumping ourselves up with suspense about the possible ways it could go, as if there isn't already a predetermined ending.

So Americans see dishonesty as a skill necessary to run the country? That sure explains a lot.

[MMC]

I've been in awe of the Billary-bashers for some time now ... especially given the beauties conservatism presents us with.

Hows that Beauty Progressivism implemented with the ghettoes and the inner city working out. Why doth your populations shrink and businesses walks out.

[donttread]

I've been in awe of the Billary-bashers for some time now ... especially given the beauties conservatism presents us with.

Yeah, that old "Sure my candidate is shit but yours is worse " approach has done so much to impove our country.

[donttread]

If you think the previous 3 occupiers of the while house and the leadership in congress have done a good job then you might think hillary has the skills to be a good president.

but i think they have all been a massive failure and hillary would be the last nail in our coffin.

Well not so fast on Billy boy. I mean yeah, he's a horned up good old boy but the last time we balanced a budget was under his regime. BTW, if your defense is that as president he doesn't do or control that than we might as well strike all o our comments about any president. I'm not saying he was a great president, far from it. But neither should he be lumped in with the Bushbama nightmare.

[AZ Jim]

You should expel yourself from the US.You are a immature child.

[Tahuyaman]

Hillary Clinton (http://thehill.com/people/hillary-clinton) faces a unique dilemma on the 2016 campaign trail: How much to embrace President Obama, and how much to run away from him.


http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/283075-clintons-third-term-dilemma

She'll do what her husband did. She will tailor or alter her positions on the various issues based on the audience is addressing. The media will let her get away with it, just as they did her husband.

[Tahuyaman]

You are a immature child.


You are a senile and bitter little man.

[Common]

It doesn't matter.

A party led by Trump can't keep Hillary out of the White House. Whether she embraces Obama or distances herself from him.

It just doesn't matter.

Hillary is the devil we know. 60% of the country don't consider her honest, but at the same time 60% of the country do trust her to have the skills necessary to be a good president.

Trump is an unpredictable devil and the thought of him as president will scare the majority into embracing Hillary. Now that the Democratic primary is essentially over, she is pulling further ahead in the polls and Trump will not be able to close the gap.

We're getting caught up in a silly reality show and pumping ourselves up with suspense about the possible ways it could go, as if there isn't already a predetermined ending.

lol oh my the devil

[Common]

You are a senile and bitter little man.

and they all said Bob was bad and this guy they embraced. LMAO

[zelmo1234]

My hope still is in the Gov's of the 50 states, and the Congress.

The President has way to much power and so does the Supreme Court.

I am hoping that Congress will take back their Constitutional Power.

It should be Easy, the people Can't stand Hillary so they are not going to be upset if the oppose her, and they should.

If the judges want to keep legislating from the Bench, cut their security budget, and the people will take care of the problem.

Liberals are and always have been cowards. But we have become to worried about being called a Racist or what ever ist they want to call you that day.

I think that with either Trump or Hillary the constitutional powers given to the 3 branches of government may rebalance themselves.

[Tahuyaman]

and they all said Bob was bad and this guy they embraced. LMAO

Liberals are attracted to the senseless.

[Rebel Son]

I've been in awe of the Billary-bashers for some time now ... especially given the beauties conservatism presents us with.

So you support Bernie? figured you did, all good however. Vote your feelings I guess. Thing is, if you vote hillary, will we be safe from invaders.............if you vote bernie, who is going to pay for his programs....Nice thought. Your thinking, I'm not asking for fact, just what you actually think.

[JVV]

So Americans see dishonesty as a skill necessary to run the country? That sure explains a lot.


Dishonesty and competence can coexist.

Americans can dislike one while being relieved by the other.

And now that the GOP has committed suicide and chosen Trump, tens of millions of Americans are going to be relieved to vote for Hillary no matter how dishonest she is.

[Peter1469]

You are a immature child.


People under 70 are a child to you.