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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNYT Editorial Board: A Lesson in Hillary Clinton’s Loss in Michigan
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Mrs. Clintons candidacy speaks eloquently of embracing the people, values and thinking that make this nation a leader in the world. But her campaign tactics, particularly in Michigan, did not live up to this vision.
Even with a double-digit lead before the primary, she failed to avoid the type of negative tactics that could damage her in the long haul. A new Washington Post-ABC poll says that nationally, Mrs. Clintons margin over Bernie Sanders has shrunk: she polls at 49 percent compared with 42 percent for Mr. Sanders; in January her lead was more than double that. If she hopes to unify Democrats as the nominee, trying to tarnish Mr. Sanders as she did in Michigan this week is not the way to go.
Even with a double-digit lead before the primary, she failed to avoid the type of negative tactics that could damage her in the long haul. A new Washington Post-ABC poll says that nationally, Mrs. Clintons margin over Bernie Sanders has shrunk: she polls at 49 percent compared with 42 percent for Mr. Sanders; in January her lead was more than double that. If she hopes to unify Democrats as the nominee, trying to tarnish Mr. Sanders as she did in Michigan this week is not the way to go.
Mr. Sanderss opposition to free-trade agreements resonated in Michigan, and are likely to help him in Ohio, Missouri and Illinois next week. He has consistently pointed out Mrs. Clintons past support for trade pacts, starting with Nafta when her husband was in the White House, and her shifting positions ever since. Mrs. Clinton is now opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which she promoted as secretary of state. If she hopes to convince skeptical rust-belt voters that shes in their corner, she needs to explain why she once believed that trade pacts would help American workers.
The Clinton machine should stop trying to tie Mr. Sanders to the National Rifle Association. Though Mr. Sanders has a D-minus from the N.R.A., in Michigan Mrs. Clintons operatives took to Twitter touting the N.R.A.s tweets supporting Mr. Sanderss statement that making manufacturers liable for gun violence would destroy gun manufacturing in America. On Tuesday, her campaign issued a news release saying that the mothers of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis, two African-American shooting victims, are speaking out about Senator Bernie Sanders comments on guns and African-Americans in Sundays Democratic primary debate. Mr. Sanders, like Mrs. Clinton, has spent decades working against racial discrimination, poverty and gun violence. To suggest otherwise is wrong.
The Clinton machine should stop trying to tie Mr. Sanders to the National Rifle Association. Though Mr. Sanders has a D-minus from the N.R.A., in Michigan Mrs. Clintons operatives took to Twitter touting the N.R.A.s tweets supporting Mr. Sanderss statement that making manufacturers liable for gun violence would destroy gun manufacturing in America. On Tuesday, her campaign issued a news release saying that the mothers of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis, two African-American shooting victims, are speaking out about Senator Bernie Sanders comments on guns and African-Americans in Sundays Democratic primary debate. Mr. Sanders, like Mrs. Clinton, has spent decades working against racial discrimination, poverty and gun violence. To suggest otherwise is wrong.
Full editorial: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/opinion/a-lesson-in-hillary-clintons-loss-in-michigan.html
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NYT Editorial Board: A Lesson in Hillary Clinton’s Loss in Michigan (Original Post)
Mufaddal
Mar 2016
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longship
(40,416 posts)1. Oh dear. What is Hillary Clinton trying to do?
I have an idea, but it might be so popular among Hillary supporters.
Here it is:
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)2. Relentless negativity. It's agonizing.
thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)3. Correction to your last line
it's an editorial, not an op-ed. That is, it officially represents the editorial view of the Times itself, unlike an op-ed which would not.
Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)4. Good catch!
Thanks!