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LiberalArkie

(15,686 posts)
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 06:35 PM Jan 2016

Clinton Iowa Volunteers Train When To Push Backers To O’Malley — To Block Bernie

By: Ben Smith BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief
Ruby Cramer BuzzFeed News Reporter
Evan McMorris-Santoro BuzzFeed News Reporter



Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president is instructing its Iowa caucus leaders to — in certain cases — throw support to former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, with the goal blocking her main opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, from securing additional delegates.

The tactical move is rooted in the complex math of the Iowa caucuses Monday night, where the campaign is looking to defeat Sanders in a state whose caucus-goers have historically backed progressive challengers.

A precinct captain, Jerome Lehtola, confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the campaign has trained precinct captains to release supporters to O’Malley if the move can make him “viable” without hurting Clinton. A Clinton aide said the campaign has trained more than 4,000 volunteer precinct captains to handle a host of different scenarios, including ones where caucus-goers are released to or recruited from another camp.

“Our precinct leadership teams have worked hard to get to know as many people in their precincts as possible and they’ll use those relationships to maximize Hillary Clinton’s delegate count depending on which groups are viable on caucus night,” the aide said.


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Clinton Iowa Volunteers Train When To Push Backers To O’Malley — To Block Bernie (Original Post) LiberalArkie Jan 2016 OP
Is there anything that ISN'T corrupt about her and her campaign? n/t djean111 Jan 2016 #1
The fact that the Clinton camp is doing this means they are probably behind Perogie Jan 2016 #2
this woman is pure evil. she is the epitome of everything that is wrong with politics bowens43 Jan 2016 #3
 

bowens43

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3. this woman is pure evil. she is the epitome of everything that is wrong with politics
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 08:09 PM
Jan 2016

a power hungry , egotistical megalomaniac....... she will do absolutely ANYTHING for power. She is disgusting

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