2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: DNC shields Hillary Clinton from debate stage [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)They've got the polling numbers and they know that Hillary is in trouble.
I live in Iowa, and she's barely making an effort here. Bernie is all over the state. His crowds are huge. The optics alone are embarrassing for her.
She won't win Iowa, I can tell you that. She came in third the last time in the caucuses and she's less popular in the state than she was in 2008. Placing third, behind Obama and Edwards was a borderline rejection of her. Bernie is polling ahead of her in NH. He'll win the first two states out of the gate. I think her campaign knows that.
The activist base of our party does NOT want her. These are the people who were out in the streets canvassing for Obama and making phone calls. Most of that volunteerism (as well as donations) is being funneled to Bernie.
They see the writing on the wall. The questions is
what exactly are they going to do about it?
We've heard rumblings about Gore or Biden running. Those are rumors. However, I wouldn't put it past the Clinton campaign and the DNC to throw in a Dem that is appealing to Progressives, in order to splinter the Progressive base and water down Bernie's momentum.
It's unlikely that the corporate-circus tricks will work. "We The People" are hell bent on real change. Life is lived out online now. We don't pay attention to the corporate media and their "Bernie can't win, Hillary is inevitable" memes. They're irrelevant and so is their marketing.
We're connecting, galvanizing and exchanging information within our own virtual town square--while the archaic corporate-media machine chugs along, largely being ignored. The corporate media was, and is, central to Hillary's win. It's no longer an effective tool. That leaves her campaign incredibly vulnerable.