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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum“Candidate in race most like Bush and Cheney is Hillary Clinton,” says GOP strategist
The candidate in the race most like George W. Bush and Dick Cheney from a foreign policy perspective is in fact Hillary Clinton, not the Republican nominee, explained GOP strategist Steve Schmidt in an interview this week on MSNBC this week.
One thing we know as we get ready for a general election contest is that Donald Trump will be running to the left as we understand it against Hillary Clinton on national security issues, he added.
Schmidt is a longtime Republican operative who formerly served as the spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, a deputy assistant to President George W. Bush and a senior campaign strategist for John McCains 2008 presidential campaign. He is now a political analyst for MSNBC.
In the segment, Schmidt argued that Clinton is going to flex her extremely hawkish foreign policy stances to woo leading Republican figures.
Youre going to see a concerted and organized effort by the Hillary Clinton campaign to go after senior members of the Republican foreign policy establishment, he said.
Big names, Schmidt stressed, citing figures such as former Bush-era Secretary of State Colin Powell, former CIA Director David Petraeus, and Bush seniors National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft
http://www.salon.com/2016/05/05/candidate_in_race_most_like_bush_and_cheney_is_hillary_clinton_says_gop_strategist/
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“Candidate in race most like Bush and Cheney is Hillary Clinton,” says GOP strategist (Original Post)
insta8er
May 2016
OP
When comparing a frog, a duck, and worm, the creature most like a lion is the duck.
Buzz Clik
May 2016
#1
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)1. When comparing a frog, a duck, and worm, the creature most like a lion is the duck.
It's still a duck.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)2. Rather than convince repubs that they're wrong, she'll pander to them.
And the mantra on the left will be "She's lying, vote for her anyway".
pmorlan1
(2,096 posts)3. No One In the Bernie Camp
is surprised by this. That's one of the reasons we are in the Bernie camp.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)5. ^this^ and +1000
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)6. Exactly,
and I'm guessing that she will move further to the right to assure that she picks up plenty of Republican votes.
JPnoodleman
(454 posts)4. Republicans recognize their own. n/t
wyldwolf
(43,887 posts)7. And we all know GOP strategists deserve our respect
LondonReign2
(5,213 posts)8. PNAC approved!
Not to mention Goldman, Citi, JPMorgan, and Koch brothers. But some of our "Democrats" on this site are perfectly fine with that.