Clinton to duck independents?

[HeraldSquare212]

but she'd have to face them eventually if she won the nomination. If she doesn't think they'll vote for her now, what makes her think they would vote for her later? Why would she want to stick us with a GE nominee who doesn't have support among independents?

from a long article at Politico

HRC retrenches in face of Obama surge

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As a show of confidence about later contests, Clinton officials pointed out that they are continuing to hire staffers for Feb. 5 — sometimes known as Tsunami Tuesday — when Clinton expects to do well in New York, California, New Jersey and Arkansas.

In an echo of George W. Bush’s successful partisan-base strategy against John McCain in the Republican nominating contest of 2000, the campaign is going to pour resources into states where only Democrats can vote and nominating contests are not open to independents, as they are in New Hampshire and Iowa, according to the advisers.

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[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Why is everything from this "Politico" thing vehemently anti-Clinton?

Why not just go right to the Weekly Standard?

[HeraldSquare212]

2. I don't get it, they're citing sources (but not naming them)

and claiming to state facts, i.e., what people are hearing about her campaign strategy going forward. How is that anti-Clinton?