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Re: Claire McCaskill, a major Clinton ally, unloads on Bernie Sanders

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 26 Jun 15 2:15 AM | 96 view(s)
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Hi clo,

You hope! The reason folks like CM appear is because they are just beginning to worry about Bernie's momentum.

Of course HC's supporters want us to think it will be a stroll. It won't be.

HC's record is incumbency without notable achievements or obvious passionate beliefs beyond personal ambition. As head of the state department she jumped on planes but what did she achieve? No one can name a thing she did and succeeded in making a profound difference. Healthcare - fail. Russia reset - fail. This is going to be a real problem for her.

BS is many things she ain't. He doesn't think what the polls tell him to. So he comes across as having integrity.

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Claire McCaskill, a major Clinton ally, unloads on Bernie Sanders
By: clo in ALEA
Fri, 26 Jun 15 2:00 AM 		Msg. 17042 of 54959

I agree with Claire on this.
I'd add, she knows all of the world leaders & has met most. Her credentials in this arena (foreign affairs) will be impossible for others to compete with, on both sides.

Claire McCaskill, a major Clinton ally, unloads on Bernie Sanders
By DANIEL STRAUSS 6/25/15 10:42 AM EDT

Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) unloaded on her Senate colleague Bernie Sanders on Thursday, saying the Vermont independent is far too liberal to make it to the White House.

“I think that the media is giving Bernie a pass right now,” McCaskill said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “I very rarely read in any coverage of Bernie that he’s a socialist. I think everybody wants a fight and I think they are not really giving the same scrutiny to Bernie Sanders that they’re giving to, certainly, Hillary Clinton and the other candidates.” 

McCaskill endorsed Clinton’s 2016 bid almost exactly two years ago, in June 2013, making her one of the former secretary of state’s earliest major Democratic backers. In the 2008 cycle, she endorsed then-Sen. Barack Obama over Clinton.
But this time, she’s all in for Hillary.

“So she’s going to win this, and as soon as I think they begin treating [Sanders] like a serious candidate instead of, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s so great we’ve got a fight in the Democratic Party’, I think it’ll be very clear,” McCaskill said.

“Any other candidate that had the numbers that Hillary Clinton had right now would be talked about as absolutely untouchable,” she said. “I think Bernie is too liberal to gather enough votes in this country to become president, and I think Hillary Clinton is going to become a fantastic president.”

McCaskill’s comments came the same day that a pair of new polls showed Sanders gaining momentum in Iowa and New Hampshire. Both those polls, from Bloomberg Politics, found Clinton with a substantial lead.

Meanwhile, the super PAC aligned with former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, another candidate running in the Democratic primary, released an ad Thursday, attacking Sanders on gun control.
“Bernie Sanders is no progressive when it comes to guns,” the voice-over said.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/claire-mccaskill-bernie-sanders-criticizes-liberal-2016-morning-joe-119419.html#ixzz3e6nTJioc

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