Clinton allies plot anti-Trump movement

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Clinton allies plot anti-Trump movement

‘We’re going to throw everything at him that he threw at us,’ said one longtime Democratic operative.

By Glenn Thrush and Nolan D. McCaskill
12/02/16 07:50 AM EST Updated 12/02/16 03:16 PM EST

After most campaigns the combatants share cocktails and swap war stories — but the bitter 2016 battle for the White House is turning into a forever war with Hillary Clinton’s tormented team vowing a four-year insurgency against Donald Trump.

There are no consolation prizes from a loss as humbling and catastrophic as the heavily-favored Clinton suffered on Nov. 8. But for her aides, there is a measure of liberation, freedom from the constraints of having to defend their flawed, awkward front-runner and adopt the hell-to-pay role of insurgents.

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And Clinton’s vast network of supporters, staffers and operatives is now looking for a way to fight back — without their standard-bearer — modeled on the resistance movement organized by the GOP in the wake of President Barack Obama’s victory in 2008, the Republicans’ “Party of No” period.

Clinton allies like David Brock have been actively recruiting Democratic donors to fund an anti-Trump movement modeled on the armada of organizations that sued, flacked, opposition-researched and insulted Clinton into a 55 percent disapproval rating. Trump is already there, but Brock and other Democratic operatives are contemplating a Freedom of Information Act barrage against the president-elect comparable to the one undertaken against Clinton by the conservative group Judicial Watch. Other left-leaning groups, including the Center for American Progress, are looking into ways of holding Trump accountable for his job-creating campaign promises — possibly by disseminating reports on the president’s record directly to voters and media into swing states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan that swung surprisingly to Trump.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/harvard-trump-clinton-campaigns-fight-232109

[Achilleaze]

1. They are paralelling the Republican strategy with this...

The Republicans met to plot their obstruction as soon as Obama was elected. Republicans wasted no time whatsoever in plotting then heaving their Perpetual Stink Bomb at America and it's duly chosen leader, President Barack Obama.

The Party of NO (R)
http://swampland.time.com/2012/08/23/the-party-of-no-new-details-on-the-gop-plot-to-obstruct-obama/

[boston bean]

2. I think it was the night of the inauguration.

[Me.]

3. Shut Up About Plans

Just do it if you're going to and stop giving warnings

[Cha]

16. Probably the best strategy.. Maybe this is just to give us some encourgement?

Me.

[Me.]

17. Aloha Cha

Could be and we sorely need it however the dems do have a habit of announcing their plans ahead of time when an element of surprise would be more effective. Some say they are testing the waters, but I think from now on we stop being afraid and forge ahead and let the Cons scramble for a counter tactic.

[Cha]

18. Sounds good to me!

[JimBeard]

21. I agree, I can buy some more torches.

[titaniumsalute]

4. How do we sign up to help???

I'm all fucking IN to do what I can.

[HipChick]

9. Where do we donate?

[meow2u3]

20. Where do we volunteer?

I'd like to take part in the oppo and hammer the entire repuke party as the runaway crime wave it is.

[brush]

5. What's also needed is just as much effort and money put into exposing and stopping vote suppression

That should be a major part of our strategy from now on.

Freedom of Information Act requests on Putin and Assange's meddling should be broadcast loud and clear also.

[mountain grammy]

6. Just do it, Democrats..

be loyal to the majority of voters who didn't vote for this horror of a human being. Be the wall. Represent us!

[Maven]

7. Great but I stopped reading at "flawed, awkward front-runner"

Seriously, fuck Politico.

[lonestarnot]

12. Me too! Fuck Politico!

[wryter2000]

14. I'm with you

If she could walk on water, they'd claim she couldn't swim.

[roamer65]

8. 65 million plus voters demand it. The largest block of voters from the election.

Dump lost the popular vote...HUUGGE.

[lonestarnot]

13. Loser extraordinaire!

[Mc Mike]

10. Definitely a needed movement.

It is also important to form anti-nazi movements, everywhere.

That's not hyperbole.

[Fla Dem]

11. We also need a major organization to take back the States (govenors and legislators) and congress.

Are the Dems capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time? I sure hope so.

[LeftofObama]

15. Let me guess...

Once a month they'll send a strongly worded letter telling them to, "Stop it!"

[andym]

19. This post contains the real reason Hillary Clinton lost-- favorability

The GOP knocked her favorability ratings down to the 30's. That gave Trump his chance. If she was at 50 or above it would have been a landslide, with Hillary taking lots of red states.

[JimBeard]

23. You talking about Comey and the the Russians contacted by Trumps supporters.

[andym]

24. Comey was the last straw, but the continual harassment of the congressional investigations

2013-2015. They set Hillary Clinton up for failure and brought her favorability down 10 points by the middle of 2015. They knew that Clinton was the strongest candidate.

[JimBeard]

25. Comey was the one out in the open. Who was the guy that was on Trumps list of friends

and helpers that had had connections to wiki-leaks? That didn't help much knowing how an operation functions. All these peopl remind me of the Mafia.

[JimBeard]

22. There have been a lot of ideas thrown around but they never seem to get anywhere. And if they are

really good, it isn't a secret plan and everyone would know. We should submit to a very trusted group and they can pass them on to the DNC or whom ever cause, actually, I think my ideas are good and I don't want to post them where the world can see.

Keep everything away from the Russians and Wikileaks.

[pbmus]

26. Finally...starting to get a spine..

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

27. Good. It's about time we start fighting fire with fire.

I hope they, or someone influential, will also see the need for and implement a massive positive propaganda campaign to promote the philosophies and policies of liberal Democrats.

A huge number of voters opposed President Obama and Hillary Clinton based on lies and distortions. We have got to figure out how to get the facts to the people. Sure, some are lost forever to the RW alternate universe, but many can be enlightened. It will take a lot of money and talent to design and implement such a program, but it's absence has cost us dearly.