Why Clinton came out on top in town hall

[DemocratSinceBirth]

(CNN)There's a reason Hillary Clinton is leading her nearest Democratic rival by over 10 percentage points in the latest national polls, and she showed why again at the Iowa Democratic town hall on Monday night. Clinton was in turns humorous, determined, knowledgeable and earnest, leaving no doubt that she has a level of political and public policy expertise that few American politicians can match.

"If it was easy, there wouldn't be any contest," she told a young woman in the course of explaining why so many Republicans seem bent on stopping her at all costs. "I've been on the front lines of change and progress since I was your age."



Clinton even embraced the fact she draws attacks from right-wingers. "They throw all this stuff at me. And I'm still standing," she said, comparing the civility of the night's discussion with the Republican slugfest. "The other side is not talking issues, it's talking insults," she said.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/26/opinions/democratic-town-hall-reaction-louis/index.html

[Skwmom]

1. She's also drawing help from the right wingers. n/t

[mcar]

7. Cause RWNJ's love anyone named Clinton

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. To paraphrase Upton Sinclair...

To paraphrase Upton Sinclair never try to convince somebody of something their whole world hinges on not believing.

[mcar]

14. Too right!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. The exact quote or pretty close

"Never try to get someone to believe something his or her job depends on not believing."

[Skwmom]

11. Remind me of who David Brock use to pal around with?

rofl: :

[asuhornets]

21. Really?? name one n/t

[oasis]

26. And the cricket chorus chirps on.

[asuhornets]

41. After you take your headphones off....name one.

[oasis]

43. I'm waiting along with you for an answer.

hold your fire.

Please see post #34

[asuhornets]

44. sorry.. i jumped the gun.. n/t

[oasis]

47. Often on DU GD-P you'll see a hit and run first post of an OP.

One can only wonder why.

[asuhornets]

48. Gotcha, have a good one..n/t

[islandmkl]

2. in an unrelated, but similar situation:

The New England Patriots won the AFC Championship Sunday, though being outscored by the Denver Broncos...just an opinion, of course...

[farleftlib]

4. snort

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. In a unrelated but similar situation

In a unrelated but similar situation, Nate Silver who is predicting a Clinton victory in Iowa predicted Denver would play in the Super Bowl, before the season even started... just a fact, of course...



http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2015-nfl-predictions/



#dsb@allidoiswin

[islandmkl]

12. good catch, so to speak...

of course, as in all 'predicting', especially something as long-range as pre-season sports prognostications...

it's all a guess...and if it works out...then the outcome becomes 'corrrect'...the guess was only a fact as far as being 'the guess'...

wonder if Nate took any action in Vegas in August...could have made out...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Nate isn't infallible but that's a Hell of a prediction.

His MLB and NBA predictions are pretty good, too...

I can give specific examples where the "old hands" said he was crazy and he turned out to be right.


They aren't guesses in the true sense of the word. He builds model that take into consideration the performance of the players, the teams, and the schedule.

[islandmkl]

28. especially with Payton Manning's season...

the bullet dodged Nate...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

30. They are both Republicans but I was rooting for Manning...

He is clearly past his expiration date though...


I forgot what team it was but there was a MLB team coming off a World Series championship and Nate's model predicted they would 74 games ? the next year and the "old hands" laughed at him. Well, they won 74 games.


I am a huge Miami Heat fan. Nate's model showed the 012-013 Spurs and the Heat were so closely matched it was nearly impossible to pick a winner and that's how the championship series played out.

[beam me up scottie]

6. LOLOLOL!

[Live and Learn]

8. ROFL

[Fawke Em]

20. And all those betting aggregate sites lile Predictwise called it, too!!!

[pangaia]

27. WHAT? They DID??

Shit!

[ismnotwasm]

3. It was a great format for her

I enjoy the town halls better than the debates to tell you the truth

[Larkspur]

10. Hillary is a terrible candidate

In 2008 she started at third base and watched Obama, who had to start at the begining, pass her and defeat her.

This time, she started between third base and home plate and is on the verge of being lapped by a year old Jewish white guy, who had to start from the dugout.

Don't underestimate her ability to pull defeat from the jaws of victory.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. What does a candidate's age and religion have to do with anything?

This time, she started between third base and home plate and is on the verge of being lapped by a year old (sic) Jewish white guy, who had to start from the dugout.

-Larkspur

What does a candidate's age and religion have to do with anything?


Thank you in advance.



Respectfully,

DSB

[Warren DeMontague]

15. "Vote for me, cuz I get attacked all the time"

Erm, no.

That "front lines" thing sounds good, but is flatly contradicted by the fact that just 12 years ago she was gving authoritative speeches to the senate about "the sacred foundation of marriage is between a man and a woman"

It all always boils down to some variation of "vote for Hillary because she's Hillary"

Because obviously, Hillary cannot run on the issues.

[Bonobo]

18. The "I'm Still Standing" candidate!

[Warren DeMontague]

31. And just like Elton

her earlier material was way better.

[hueymahl]

73. Love Elton, and PC Principal! NT

[Fawke Em]

19. Clinton News Network.

[ucrdem]

22. She owned it but I don't think it's a good showcase for her.

Debates are her bag and she's a whiz-bang preparer who loves to strategize and that's why she's aced all four or at least the 3 that I watched. She's great with quick answers and knocking the stuffing out of her opponents. Forums leave her too much time to ad lib and go off-script though she stayed focused last night.

Personally I thought the whole thing was designed to give Bernie a leg up as he went first and didn't have to worry about getting flattened by Hillary. And the questions were pretty lightweight. And he did really well. But I'm happy to concede that Hillary took home another trophy!

[Motown_Johnny]

23. She hurt herself last night, that is why we have a debate scheduled within 18 hours.

She was terrible.

[murielm99]

46. That is not why.

And Clinton is not the one calling for more debates. She doesn't need them.

[Motown_Johnny]

57. You can't really believe that.

Hillary is way behind in New Hampshire and roughly tied in Iowa and suddenly a Town Hall pops up. Then she spends half an hour yelling at the audience and avoiding questions. By the end of the next business day we have a non-sanctioned debate scheduled and Hillary has already agreed to do it so long as the other candidates do. It was even suggested that the DNC would sanction it.


The pattern is clear.

[quickesst]

63. Haha....

. "Then she spends half an hour yelling at the audience and avoiding questions."

I'm really glad I don't have your ears because I'm afraid that someone might offer me a compliment, but the ears would interpret it as a nasty insult, and I'd probably slap an innocent person.

[MauriceLawrence96]

24. All she talked about was how great she is...

how much experience she has, and how excited she is to be first female President.

Sen. Sanders talked about specific problems and his solutions. He didn't talk about himself, he talked about how to make America better for 99% of Americans.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

32. DSB has never been banned from the Bernie group. Nt

[Duckhunter935]

33. Thanks, my mistake

I am sure she is brave. Just like you are. My apologies

[DemocratSinceBirth]

36. I am a he and not a she but there in nothing wrong with being the latter, am I right?

Thanks, my mistake.
I am sure she is brave. Just like you are. My apologies

I am a he and not a she but there in nothing wrong with being the latter, am I right?

[Duckhunter935]

39. Nope

[DemocratSinceBirth]

42. I will just let the unedited comments stand without comment

I am sure she is brave. Just like you are. My apologies

-Duckhunter935

I am a he and not a she but there in nothing wrong with being the latter, am I right?

-DemocratSinceBirth

Nope

-Duckhunter935

[restorefreedom]

64. i am going to assume the best here

and suggest the "nope" was in reference to the question "nothing wrong with being the latter" as opposed to the question "am i right"

the wording of the question could lead to either a yes or no answer, both of which could be meant as a positive

maybe, ya know?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

38. I am not a big fan of candidate forums./nt

[oasis]

34. Hillary is by far the most impressive candidate of 2016.

[cherokeeprogressive]

35. She did? Well fuck me to tears...

And here I thought I watched her show last night. I guess I must have been watching an "I Love Lucy" rerun!

[ProudToBeLiberal]

37. Comparing Hillary to such an iconic TV show is an honor. Ty. Nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

53. LOL! Personally, I thought she cratered. Augered in. Made a Smokin' Hole, as it were...

[draa]

56. She had better have won it.

She's been getting her ass handed to her over the past week or so.

[Iggy Knorr]

40. digging her heels in on the front line

while others wanted to go faster

[RichVRichV]

45. Yeah there's a reason she's currently up 10, she keeps falling.

Where did she start, +75 when Bernie first entered? It's all been down hill since. Wasn't she up 25 a month ago?



I'm sure the next popup town hall/debate/DNC strategy is going to stop the bleeding and turn it all around!

[Fearless]

49. She didn't.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

50. She did.

[Fearless]

51. What exactly did she win?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

52. She exuded competence and confidence./nt

[Fearless]

69. She exuded panic and didn't answer several questions.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

71. She was poised , as always.

[MeNMyVolt]

60. Sanders came in last, again.

Clinton and O'Malley did rather well.

[Fearless]

67. As evidenced by.... ??

[SheilaT]

54. Only ten percentagepoints ahead?

Wasn't she forty points ahead a few months ago?

Wow.

[merrily]

55. Because she wore red?

[MeNMyVolt]

59. Because she made your candidate look like the piker that he is.

[merrily]

72. LOL! okay. nt

[YOHABLO]

58. This wasn't a debate between candidates about issues. It wasn't a debate.

[Kalidurga]

61. LOL CNN

who do they think they are fooling?

[malokvale77]

62. I guess she did with the 1%'s...

and the wanna be's.

For the rest of us, she means more hard times ahead.

[Iggy Knorr]

65. Let me guess!

HRC came in first because reasons!

[jfern]

66. LOL, so predictable, a town hall with Hillary supporting moderators on a Hillary

supporting network that says she won.

[Matariki]

68. Says CNN

[BlueMTexpat]

70. "CNN" doesn't like HRC all

that much. CNN does love a horse race though.

This Op-Ed was written by Errol Louis and reflects his opinion, not that of CNN. This is Errol Louis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Louis