ABC: Bernie Sanders' Popularity Making Hillary Clinton Campaign 'Nervous'

[pa28]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-popularity-making-hillary-clinton-campaign-nervous/story?id=36187078

Asked about whether their increased engagement with Sanders is a sign they're concerned about Sanders, Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said: "Republicans are trying to rip away the progress we have made on issue after issue, and we are making clear that Hillary Clinton is the best candidate to take them on and get things done."

But the Sanders campaign has taken it as a sign of worries.

"See the new Fox poll that had Bernie up a lot in New Hampshire? No wonder they're in attack mode," Sanders communications director Michael Briggs said in a statement. "Secretary Clinton and her team are getting nervous and nasty because the so-called inevitable nominee anointed by the establishment eight months ago doesn't look so inevitable anymore."

More at the link . . .

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-popularity-making-hillary-clinton-campaign-nervous/story?id=36187078

[leftofcool]

1. So says Briggs. He wishes Hillary was nervous

[rhett o rick]

11. Wow, you got a comment in two minutes. Some are in denial of the ever growing

popularity of Sen Sanders. But I think they are in denial about a lot of things. Like if you support the wealthy 1% and think that they might give us some cake (maybe some social justice gains). The greed of the wealthy have stripped the lower 99% of much of our wealth and resources and yet some want to let them continue.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

12. my daughters friend here in Colorado has been walking for Hillary in Iowa

had a great visit during the holidays - could not convert her to the Sanders team

She made it clear that they are worried and knew that they had to work very hard to win

[Agschmid]

63. Just FYI we all have to work hard to win, no matter who the nominee is.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, pa.

[demwing]

3. K&R and off to the Greatests with you! /nt

[George II]

23. A post speculating goes to the "Greatest"?

[Autumn]

25. Why yes it does.

[George II]

28. Thanks for joining in the discussion, Autumn.

[Autumn]

33. You're welcome George. I do enjoy posting on a snowy cold day.

[CharlotteVale]

4. K&R

[tecelote]

5. Yep.

"...the so-called inevitable nominee anointed the establishment eight months ago doesn't look so inevitable anymore."

Bernie is going to win.

America loves the underdog. Especially the one fighting the oligarchy.

Will Wall Street like Bernie Sanders as President. Bernie answers... No!

No one else speaks truth to power.

[pa28]

10. The UK Labour leadership election had so many parallels.

The establishment candidates first thought Jeremy Corbyn was a joke with no possibility of winning, then they called him an extremist out of touch old socialist, and smeared him with outlandish charges with the help of a compliant media. Sound familiar?

He wound up winning the actual referendum by a landslide despite conventional wisdom and best efforts of party elites.

[tecelote]

14. 'Can't wait until you post this about Bernie!

"He wound up winning the actual referendum by a landslide despite the conventional wisdom and best efforts of party elites."

[sadoldgirl]

6. That campaign has been nervous for quite

some time. One reason for them to get the support
from unions and other organizations early, which normally
have waited for the nomination before their endorsements.

[Proserpina]

31. "Panic" is the descriptor I would use

as it is the only one that would explain all the political miscalculations going on since Thanksgiving.

[INdemo]

87. Hillary Got the support of the Union executives boards,

Not necessarily the general membership of those unions.
Speaking for my union where the executive board in Washington endorsed Hillary I can guarantee you the local members overwhelmingly support Bernie Sanders.

[Plucketeer]

91. Almost on the mark...

" One reason for them to get the support
from unions and other organizations early"

I'd write that: One reason for them to get the support of union LEADERS and other organization's REPRESENTATIVES early on. And the REASON this happened was because the DNC told these organizations that "the fix was in" for the chosen one. And as a consequence, she'd look unbeatable from any angle. That's what happens when you take the people for granted.

[FreakinDJ]

7. Clinton campaign has LOTS of troubles and Bernie stands to benifit from them

[Left Coast2020]

82. Absolutely.

Like millennials who can't be polled in the old 1980's polling methodolgy that is still being used today for Hillary. Millennials will show up and win this for Bernie. And the HRC camp knows this.

[appalachiablue]

84. 2nd that. And GOTV! K & R

[Godhumor]

8. If she doesn't go to states she is arrogant and expects to win

If she does it is because she is nervous.

Or maybe just maybe she is, you know, campaigning.

[HerbChestnut]

15. It's not that she's visiting Iowa and NH

It's that she's started calling out Bernie by name and has really gone after him this week. This is in stark contrast to her older strategy of basically ignoring him, and it comes at a time when polls are tightening in the first two states and Bernie is creeping up nationally.

[Laser102]

85. She has the calm confidence of a winner.

[Punkingal]

9. Of note in the article...

"In addition, the Clinton campaign has launched Bill Clinton out on the trail this week. On Wednesday, he's expected to go back to New Hampshire where he'll be holding campaign events exclusively near the Vermont border -– a part of the state where Sanders signs are very prevalent."

I have been wondering if Bill wasn't out on the trail because of Bernie, not Trump.

[Duppers]

20. Yup, quite likely.

[pangaia]

32. Ocf course he is.

[Metric System]

13. The person who claims they're nervous is the Sanders comm director and ABC uses that headline?!?

[pa28]

16. The person who used the word "nervous" was Clinton's campaign manager.

The most blatant sign came earlier this week when Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook sent a fundraising email to supporters with the subject line "nervous."

"There's a situation developing in Iowa and New Hampshire that could change the course of this election," Mook wrote in the e-mail, noting that Sanders' campaign is outspending Clinton in TV ads in the two early states.

[Attorney in Texas]

17. Of course she's nervous; just look at the last 4 weeks' of polling in Iowa and New Hampshire:

The polling in Iowa shows the race tightening dramatically (all polls except robo-call polls):



And New Hampshire looks even better (again, all polls except robo-call polls):

[pa28]

19. The poll in NH showing Bernie up by double digits seems to have triggered some concern.

And by "concern" I mean outright nastiness. At least here at DU.

When I happened to notice the divisive attacks appealing to race and sex in GD P earlier in the week I suspected Bernie might have some favorable polling numbers coming out. The two things go hand in hand so often.

[winter is coming]

43. True dat. n/t

[George II]

26. Those are "customized" charts - here are the REAL charts:

Huge difference between "customized" and reality.

[SusanCalvin]

38. Considering the initial difference in name recognition,

And the fact that it ain't February yet, it still looks pretty good to me. Thanks for posting.

[thereismore]

45. Who has plateaued in IA?

Better round up some big money!

[zeemike]

57. Big money might not be enough.

Dirty tricks may be in order.

[Enthusiast]

79. I've noticed.

[CorporatistNation]

80. I Remain Concerned About Clinton Inc. Buses! Bringing in RINGERS To Skew The "Process"

In an Obamalike way... Remember the IPOD giveaways to the kids bussed in from ChiTown in 2008? CHEATING SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED AND EXPECTED BY THE Clinton Incorporated Team!!!! We need some burly pipe fitters there to prevent a theft of Democracy... by anyone, however my most acute concern is with The Establishment "Annointee!"

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. This is a PERFECT example of how Camp Weathervane answers direct questions.

From the link:

"Asked about whether their increased engagement with Sanders is a sign they're concerned about Sanders, Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said: "Republicans are trying to rip away the progress we have made on issue after issue, and we are making clear that Hillary Clinton is the best candidate to take them on and get things done."

[A Simple Game]

22. Must be where her supporters get it from, that's how they answer direct questions too. n/t

[Old Codger]

24. Really?

At this point in the PRIMARY they are concerned with republicans? Who's shitting who?

[PatrickforO]

36. I really hate politically correct weathervane-speak

You feel like your face is being pushed thru mush.

You know, I get tons of emails from all kinds of Dem candidates wanting money, and my favorite are surveys where they try and set an innocuous agenda palatable to Wall Street but that still looks progressive, and allow you to pick ONE of them. Then, the one that voters pick the most becomes that politician's 'priority' that s/he supposedly works on.

That is just one of the ways the establishing is still trying to control the message.

But they don't control the message. We do.

[George II]

21. Not your headline, you have to use it, but it is totally misleading.

Sanders' campaign is speculating that they're nervous, and then proceeds to go on the attack. And he doesn't specify either how the Clinton campaign is in attack mode or how they're getting nasty.

My suspicion is that the Sanders campaign is getting nervous because Clinton has closed the gap in New Hampshire and is now in a statistical dead heat.

[Autumn]

30. Now George the article does point out where the nervous part came from.

The most blatant sign came earlier this week when Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook sent a fundraising email to supporters with the subject line "nervous."

Sounds like the campaign manager may be nervous unless Robby Mook is "fibbing" to get donations.

[pa28]

35. No, the story is not speculating. It's quoting Hillary's campaign manager.

The most blatant sign came earlier this week when Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook sent a fundraising email to supporters with the subject line "nervous."

"There's a situation developing in Iowa and New Hampshire that could change the course of this election," Mook wrote in the e-mail, noting that Sanders' campaign is outspending Clinton in TV ads in the two early states.

The speculation comes in when Bernie's spox connects divisive attacks from the Clinton campaign to good polling numbers for Bernie Sanders. I can't really say that I blame him because I've noticed those two things are often associated.

[Android3.14]

60. Strange, why would you support her?

Do you want a living wage?
Do you disagree with the Iraq War vote?
Do you think corporate money should have a zero influence on our elections?
Do you really think it is ridiculous to pay bribes by paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a pop for a speech?

The "we have to elect her because she is the only one who can win" argument is dead. Why would you support someone like her when we have the opportunity for someone like Bernie Sanders?

[Proserpina]

27. If Hillary's Campaign had a flagpole, it's be flying this:

and the famous weather vane would be gone with the wind....

[quoddy woman]

71. gale pennant?

The red triangle used to mean small craft warnings. Growing up on the coast of Maine I thought it meant nice day. They don't fly it anymore. Has the meaning changed too?

[Starry Messenger]

29. His comm staff are a bunch of clowns.

[Warren DeMontague]

51. You seem tense.

[LiberalElite]

83. !!!!

[SmittynMo]

34. Beware, it's the calm before the BERN!!!!

[Thinkingabout]

37. As I have said before, the last time a candidate lost in Iowa and NH

He came back to win the nomination and the GE against an incumbent, his name is Bill Clinton.there are going to be more than two states participating in primary elections, Hillary will be the nominee.

[DhhD]

39. That was before the take down of Glass-Steagall. Bill is going around to bring everybody up to

date that Hillary will be going to the debates on her financial plan by saying to the Republican, "Cut that out," after he signed off on our pensions, mortgages, 401-Ks and taxpayer money in the US Treasury, in 1998.

[Thinkingabout]

41. And now is after the passage of Dodd Frank. Glass Stegall would

Not have prevented the financial crisis of 2008 and with the passage of CFMA which helped create the financial crisis.

[ish of the hammer]

44. Is this the Dodd-Frank bill passed in 2010 before Frank retired

and went to work as a lobbyist for a bank?

[Thinkingabout]

54. It was after the passage of CFMA which played a big part in the financial crisis.

Dodd Frank was passed in July 2010, Sanders was at a lobbyists meeting in February 2010 which included bank lobbyists.

[roguevalley]

69. bill clinton was decades ago. I don't think the conditions that prevail now are remotely connected.

[Thinkingabout]

70. Yes, Clinton signed a veto proof bill of which Sanders voted yea.

[Fuddnik]

72. After he lobbied his owwn party to vote for it.

You realize that a President CAN veto a bill with a veto-proof majority, and work to keep Congress from overriding it?

Excuses, excuses.

[Thinkingabout]

90. I don't see Sanders excuse for voting for CFMA, Bill Clinton is not running

Sanders is running.

[DhhD]

47. Third way Dodd Frank. With Glass Stegall there would have been no build up of risky swaps.

[Thinkingabout]

50. Glass Stegall will not provide the regulations needed.

[sadoldgirl]

59. I it is solo unimportant, why fight it?

[Fuddnik]

73. It only did protect us for 70 years.

I remember the fight.

They sold it as a modern convenience. One stop shopping for Banking, investments and insurance. All of that was kept separate for a reason, and it worked. It STILL would work.

[Thinkingabout]

74. Why go back to a bill which would not have prevented the financial crisis?

We have experienced a crisis, know Glass Stegall was not enough, we need to enhance Dodd Frank which is not seventy years old and work forward.

[Dawson Leery]

40. +1,000,000

Bernie could have a respectable showing if he keeps Jeff Weaver out of it.

[Gore1FL]

52. That's a possibility. The polls would indicate so, and I expect the Vegas Odds reflect the same.

The interesting thing in these things is momentum, firewalls, and how events are reacted to, what the media focuses on. what social media does, etc.

She and her 2016 campaign has learned from the 2008 run. The questions I have are "how much?" and "what?"

[virtualobserver]

77. Harkin made Iowa irrelevant that year

[Babel_17]

42. Nice to see some media attention

Hopefully it will be clear that the public has an appetite for coverage of the Sanders campaign.

[pa28]

46. The fact ABC news covered this is as noteworthy than the story itself IMO.

They can't continue pretending Hillary is running unopposed in the face of current polling.

[Babel_17]

48. I think it's also about seeing it as "ratings worthy"*

The news has a mercenary sensibility when it comes to coverage.

*or "click bait worthy", depending on the medium.

[bobGandolf]

49. Ya think!

They should make her nervous. The question now is, "Why has the Clinton camp decided to let that information slip out to the public?"

[Warren DeMontague]

53. Im sure they'll be helped by DWS insulting Millennials and defending filling prisons with pot users

Or something.

[Gawdless Pinko Lib]

55. As it Should

Sorry to say, but Hillary seems every bit as complacent about the nomination as she was 8 years ago.

[MisterP]

86. Pelosi already called her the party's nominee, as have her flacks on DU

they really aren't running a primary--they just expected a Bill Bradley or maybe even a Biden, not someone who cuts right to all the tangled issues we face today

[Truprogressive85]

56. Subject line : nervous Sent by :Hillary for America -Robby Mook

:large



OH mon dieu

[pa28]

58. Sacré bleu

In all honesty that letter was just about fundraising but I think we all know now that it's a real fight. Nobody is inevitable and I suspect Mook is seeing this when he looks in the mirror.

[Truprogressive85]

67. Pretty much

[sadoldgirl]

62. Yup, I got that one, and my answer was:

"Did you get my e-mail from that "glitch"?

Never have been approached again.

[Truprogressive85]

66. Lol

I get bunch of HRC email not sure why
But thwy end up in my spam box lol

[brooklynite]

68. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz.........

A bit of hyperbole in a fundraising level. Because that NEVER happens...

[hootinholler]

88. Yep asking for $1

Gotta get that average donation low!

[weknowvino2]

76. I got 6 requests for $$ from HRC in 7 days after the glitch

I wrote back that every time I get asked for $$ from them, I will donate $10.00 to Bernie.
Guess What? They mysteriously stopped contacting me!
YOW!

[chervilant]

61. k & r

Poor HRC. Must be experiencing deja vu.

[Babel_17]

64. 924 comments at the link,

and fairly rapidly climbing.

[artislife]

65. She should be nervous. nt

[Betty Karlson]

75. Not so inevitable anymore - and soon not so annointed anymore either! eom

[abakan]

78. I wonder if it is beginning to feel like groundhog day?

Mrs. Clinton has been here before. She was the anointed one in 2012, and oops, the upstart Obama took it away from her.
She must want it badly to go through this again.

[brooklynite]

89. Or perhaps she studied the mistakes of 2008 and won't make them again.

[99Forever]

81. This quote:

"Secretary Clinton and her team are getting nervous and nasty because the so-called inevitable nominee anointed by the establishment eight months ago doesn't look so inevitable anymore."

Says it all.

Feel the Bern.