Clinton embraces Obama and wins debate

[MrWendel]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/opinions/democratic-debate-reaction-louis/index.html

The days of Hillary Clinton subtly separating herself from President Barack Obama on one policy or another are over: she won the debate in Milwaukee by lavishly and repeatedly praising Obama -- and delivered a sharp rebuke to Sen. Bernie Sanders for criticizing the President.

"The kind of criticism we've heard from Senator Sanders about our President, I expect from Republicans," she said in the closing minutes of the debate. "I do not expect from someone running for the Democratic nomination to succeed President Obama."

Clinton's sudden bombshell was delivered so late in the proceedings that Sanders had no choice but to use part of his closing statement to respond. "Madam Secretary, that is a low blow," he said. "I think it is really unfair to suggest I have not been supportive of the President."

The exchange capped a night in which Clinton drew on her experience as a debater to outpoint Sanders.

Playing to the home crowd, she attacked Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the conservative Republican who has tangled with labor unions in bitter battles in recent years. When talk turned to ending racial bias in the criminal justice system, it was Clinton, not Sanders, who dropped a reference to the killing of Dontre Hamilton, a man shot more than a dozen times by a Milwaukee police officer in 2014.

But most of all, in a straightforward pitch to black voters -- who will make up an estimated 60% of the ballots cast in the South Carolina primary later this month -- Clinton suggested that Sanders has not been sufficiently loyal to Obama, who is beloved by his community.

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[berniepdx420]

1. Dream on Mr. Wendel...

[berniepdx420]

4. oh my...

[peacebird]

5. Since you get to denigrate us with BernieBro, may we call you Hillbots? Or Hillaryites?

After all, she's Hillaryousness herself!

[MrWendel]

6. Feel free...

it's not new.

[peacebird]

3. Talking heads & Establishment media always say HRC wins the debate, no?

New Hampshire seemed to show differently. What was the end result? Well over 20% more votes for Bernie than Hillary? That's a shellacking.
Then there was Iowa, in which she won by only the barest squealer - .02%?

Cannot wait to see the results in Nevada and South Carolina. I am betting that Bernie is going to shock her again!