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Related: About this forumHillary Clinton Readies OPPO-RESEARCH To Go To War Against Joe Biden
If Joe Biden jumps into the Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton will be ready to go on the offensive. According to a Clinton campaign source, a team of opposition researchers working on behalf of Clinton is currently digging through Bidens long record in office to develop attack lines in case the vice-president runs. The research effort started about a month ago and is being conducted by operatives at Correct the Record, the pro-Hillary superpac founded by David Brock, which is coordinating with the Clinton campaign. According to the source, the research has turned up material on Bidens ties to Wall Street; his reluctance to support the raid that killed Osma bin Laden; and his role in the Anita Hill saga as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The oppo-research project reveals how seriously Clintonworld is taking the prospect of a Biden candidacy. So far, Clinton hasnt taken any direct shots at Biden herself. But behind the scenes, her loyalists are making moves to blunt Biden's campaign should he run. "Even implicitly his campaigns argument would be I have integrity and you dont,'" a Clinton ally said. "If thats the message, this could be messier than Obama-Clinton '08. At least Obama had the Iraq War vote and could make a case about generational change. This guy" Biden "is older than she is and just as conventional."
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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/10/clinton-readies-oppo-research-against-biden.html
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Hillary Clinton Readies OPPO-RESEARCH To Go To War Against Joe Biden (Original Post)
Segami
Oct 2015
OP
Well, it won't be hard to find plenty of ammo for the surrogates to fire at Biden
tularetom
Oct 2015
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Armstead
(47,803 posts)1. Gosh, that could make the Sanders-Clinton battles on DU look tame
jkbRN
(850 posts)2. Exactly what I was thinking,
this is going to get insanely ugly.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)3. Well, it won't be hard to find plenty of ammo for the surrogates to fire at Biden
He has a few skeletons in his closet including a very ugly one named Clarence Thomas.
But they may want to be careful, because it isn't like Clinton's closet is exactly skeleton-free.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)5. There is a battalion of skeletons in her closet.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)4. Run, Joe, run!
WillyT
(72,631 posts)6. K & R !!!
ForwardMotion
(39 posts)7. Most likely none of this is true.
The media wanted a food fight between Hillary and Bernie and neither of them took the bait. So now they're trying to start a new food fight.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)8. Welcome to DU! nt
99Forever
(14,524 posts)9. I look forward to the shit-flinging contest between....
...those two. It will be epic!
Don't hold back. PLEASE.