Hillary's Campaign Is Imploding. And It's LEAKING like a Sieve.

[berni_mccoy]

Any time a campaign starts to leak this badly, you know it's in trouble. Yesterday it was reported that a source "close to the situation" was relaying that Bill is worried about the campaign. Now, today, it's multiple sources and Vanity Fair is covering it.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/01/bill-clinton-hillary-campaign-strategy

Even Bill Clinton Is Freaking Out About Hillary’s Stumbling Campaign

The Comeback Kid can’t be kept on the sidelines for long. After finally stepping out of the shadows earlier this month to begin stumping for his wife, Bill Clinton is reportedly seizing a larger role in advising Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign as he grows increasingly worried that she isn’t focusing enough on the dozens of primary states that vote in March.

News of Bill’s involvement in Clinton’s camp reflects a very real concern: what once seemed an easy path to victory for the former secretary of state has now turned treacherous with the soaring popularity of Bernie Sanders, whose poll numbers in the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire threaten to stunt her momentum. According to Politico, Bill has been urging the campaign to begin diverting resources outside Iowa and New Hampshire, reportedly calling her campaign manager, Robert Mook, “almost daily” to persuade him to send more staff to the states voting in March. The resistance, it seems, comes from Hillary’s team’s overwhelming desire to not repeat the mistakes of 2008, when an unknown post-racial upstart came out of nowhere to win Iowa, pushing her to a shocking third place.

But several sources tell Politico they are convinced, along with Bill, that this is the wrong way to play the primary game.

[WillyT]

1. Kick !!!

[msongs]

2. yawn using unamed sources to support your claims. Is this the National Enquirer lol nt

[SoCalMusicLover]

5. Vanity Fair

Not the National Enquirer. Vanity Fair. Did you miss that part?

[roguevalley]

47. vanity fair is an awesome magazine on political issues. Don't worry.

Hillary is busy 'shaking some sense' into Iowans right now to worry about the other ... say, 49 states she needs to win.

[Major Nikon]

11. The unnamed Watergate source, deep throat, wasn't revealed for 33 years

Ironically by Vanity Fair.

[zentrum]

24. VF does damn well

…sourced political reporting. It's known for it.

[restorefreedom]

37. i didn't know that. interesting factoid. nt

[SusanaMontana41]

43. Unnamed sources such as Deep Throat?

Smells like desperation to me.

[SoCalMusicLover]

3. On The Bright Side

I don't think she has to worry about finishing 3rd in Iowa this time. 2nd on the other hand.

[pangaia]

39. Wouldn't it be a hoot if she did finish 3rd?

[Ned_Devine]

48. Yes it would. All it would take is for Iowans to warm up to O'Malley's down home charm...

...and it might be possible

[99Forever]

4. K.R

[libdem4life]

6. Who wants a First Bubba in the White house, anyway?

[NCTraveler]

12. It would be President Clinton, and I do. nt.

[libdem4life]

13. That's then a bit redundant...President Clinton and President Clinton.

Here we go with the ultimate in Pillow Talk. Egads.

[NCTraveler]

17. It's the way it is.

Past Presidents are referred to as Mr. President.

[libdem4life]

18. Well, I'm not too concerned about the likelihood of having to deal with that.

President Sanders works better for me. We can agree to disagree.

[NCTraveler]

19. lol. I had no idea we were in disagreement. At all.

The things one learns. I was simply addressing the manner in which past Presidents are referred. Didn't know it was a point of contention for some.

[libdem4life]

20. "The likelyhood" of that event...one President and one Ex-President in the White House...was what I

was referring to. Sorry I wasn't clearer. He's still the first Bubba...you know, First Lady et al. Our current First Lady is ALSO Michelle Obama. And if she had been a Senator or such, she would ALSO be Senator Obama.

I hope that's clearer.

[NCTraveler]

21. Love it. nt.

[AlbertCat]

58. It would be President Clinton, and I do.

So we'e electing both of them????

Hillary needs Bill to help her run the country.... like her campaign????

[merrily]

25. !

[tinrobot]

45. Hell of a lot better than Melania Trump

[libdem4life]

46. I'll give you that one...to be sure.

[Skwmom]

7. Or he is pushing for a Comeback argument making it appear worse than it is. n/t

[cali]

8. hyperbole

[Dems to Win]

9. I sure hope Dems aren't saddled with this team leading the charge in Nov

Circular firing squad, just like her campaign team in 2008.

They have learned nothing. Can't even keep their mouths shut.

[Jarqui]

10. We're just two weeks away from the anniversary of her 2008 campaign manager quitting

It was preceded with these signs of it unraveling.

[Myrina]

14. Not a fan of HRC but really.

If the 90's taught us nothing else, we should know that she, Bill and The Machine will not go quietly. Ever.

[Oilwellian]

15. Right, it's the staff's fault n/t

[workinclasszero]

16. ...a source "close to the situation"

What total BS! LOLZ

...a source "close to the situation"...

IOW, a Sanders operative.

How stupid do they think people are anyway? SMH

[libdem4life]

27. Cool Conspiracy Theory.

[workinclasszero]

30. Fine...

Name the source then.

I'll wait......

[libdem4life]

38. You make my point...there Isn't One...or a Conspiracy.

[Enthusiast]

51. And blow their cover? Not on your life!

[CoffeeCat]

35. It's Vanity Fair

...and unnamed sources are often used, especially in political stories.

Politico is reporting the same thing.

I sense mass hysteria in the Clinton camp and a campaign that is imploding so badly that people are talking about it.

There comes a point where the damage is so bad that people begin flapping their gums.

[d_legendary1]

40. Of course you know that some people want more than "unnamed sources"

They want photos, written statements, recordings, a first born child, and a birth certificate. That and twenty bucks will get you closer to the truth.

[Eleanors38]

22. De ja vu all over again.

[fbc]

23. Hillary don't go away angry

Just go away

[kath]

49. far, far, far away. like why don't you and Bill retire to Siberia so we never have to hear your

Voices or see your faces again.

[Indepatriot]

26. For Hillary and President Bubba

[merrily]

28. I am skeptical. Who is really in charge of a campaign, the candidate or the campaign manager?

If you have a candidate worth his or her salt, the candidate is in charge. I don't believe Bill is calling Mook daily to beg for something. I just don't.

[draa]

33. I read an article a few weeks back that said she had problems controlling her staff in 2008.

It spoke to leadership. Your questions lead back to that article for me.

Now she's having the same issues in 2016.

[PADemD]

41. From this article, it doesn't sound like it's the Campaign Manager.

Robby Mook Just Took the Hardest Job in Politics: Saving the Clintons from Themselves

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/04/robby-mook-hillary-clinton-campaign-manager-profile

[draa]

29. K+R

[azmom]

31. Sweet

[Spitfire of ATJ]

32. Wanna talk "momentum"?....

I did this for the Romney campaign...

[draa]

34. Sweet. And it's the truth.

[AzDar]

36. K & R

[raindaddy]

42. It's Hillary.. She lacks authenticity....

there's nothing Bill or anyone else can do about it. And it just becomes worse with desperation

[abakan]

44. Yip Yip Yippee!

Can I get you a bailing bucket, Hillary?

[Enthusiast]

50. Kicked and recommended!

We trust Bill even less than we trust Hillary. Now that Hillary has attacked single payer we see that our mistrust was justified.

[senz]

55. Not so sure about that

They're both slippery, but Hillary tends to get reckless when she's desperate, which could make her more dangerous.

[dlwickham]

52. multiple sources

OMFG anything but that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tularetom]

53. Remember when we all said we weren't ready for Bill Clinton's 3rd term?

And we were told, "Oh no, she's a strong independent woman. She'll never allow him to make decisions for her. She'll keep him on the sidelines".

Well, at the first sign of trouble in the campaign he's all set to stick his big red nose in. And she can't stop him.

I don't know about anybody else, but to me this is exactly what we can expect from a Hillary Clinton presidency. He'll be calling cabinet officers, senators, the press, everybody, to defend her decisions or to make decisions for her. And I don't think the country wants him anywhere near the decision making process. We're just now realizing the implications of the crappy he job he did 20 years ago.

Maybe the campaign needs to hire a couple of interns to keep him occupied so he won't fuck everything up for her.

[Helen Borg]

54. And the noise an implosion makes must be

MOOOOB

[emsimon33]

56. Bill, your Third Way, pander to the wealthy and Wall Street no longer plays.

Bet Bill is very upset at Hillary's no longer being the undisputed Democratic nominee. She helped the family fortune and the Clinton Foundation enormously as Secretary of State and as president...well...$$$$$.

[Old Crow]

57. Found my large fork, finally.

Always good to keep at hand when you get the sense that something's almost done.

[glinda]

60. NICE!

[SoapBox]

59. I think that should have said....

Even Bill Clinton Is Freaking Out About Hillary’s FUMBLING Campaign

And now he wants a shift to the Super Tuesday states?

So Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada have been tossed under the loser bus?

The writing is already on the wall, Wild Willie...it's over.

[Orsino]

61. Unconvincing.

Yes, Sanders is gaining ground. Big Money, however, is still behind Clinton, and will be unless several primaries go against her.