I guess every family has outliers.
Posted on 04/16/2015 10:24:34 AM PDT by drewh
Krystal Ball doesn't seem to be sold on Hillary Clinton's "listening tour" campaign shtick. In a segment discussing the former secretary of state's carefully-staged campaign swings in Iowa, The Cycle co-host and former Virginia congressional candidate confessed Hillary's campaign rollout isn't doing much for her, and, she suspects, that's probably true of how it's being received by most voters.
Ball made the remarks in a discussion with Brian Beutler of The New Republic. Here's the relevant transcript:
MSNBC The Cycle April 15, 2015 3:08 p.m. Eastern
KRYSTAL BALL, co-host: But, Brian, I wanted to get your take. Is this listening tour, is it working for you? I mean maybe, all campaign events to a certain extent are sort of staged and sort of campy and feel a little insincere. But I have to say this one, to me, feels particularly staged and inauthentic. And we can all see the campaign strategy memo behind what they're doing. Do you think that this is working for folks?
For his part, Beutler conceded that, yes, "in one sense" she's right, adding, "She's introduced herself to the country multiple times now. There's sort of no need to have this kind of like, you know, small communion with people in Iowa, she's sort of already done that."
That said, Beutler noted, "it reflects some lessons that she learned from 2008" and is a corrective to her approach in that campaign where she didn't actively seek to "earn" the nomination but treated it as a foregone conclusion.
Ms. Ball better get with the program or she’ll find herself on the wrong side of Arkancide.
CNN keeps covering and backing Clinton though.
MSNBC has actually raised questions about her which was surprising.
If she had a real clue about Presidential election politics, she should have been holding big public rallies, stopping at many local restaurants along the way for photo ops, and be readily available for even softball questions from news reporters.
I guess every family has outliers.
Mess-NBC is in the tank for Faux-a-Hontas Warren so they probably love Hellary falling apart..
My thoughts too but in the meantime at least they are not rolling over for Clinton like CNN, ABC, CBS.
I’ll enjoy it while it lasts.
I think there is another picture with it in her mouth... A distinguished journalist
Everyone does realize the “listening tour” means the voters are to listen to her, right? (That she is our champion, HA!) Not for a moment do I think she means that she is listening to America.
At the rate this is going, Hillary will soon stay in the studio and all the “voters” will be CGI animations.
Krystal Ball? Really? She should have been a stripper.
Hillary is just Sailing along waiting for 20Jan17 when she gets sworn it ,LOL
If the media turns against Hillary she may not make it. However, if she goes to the voters she will be President. The American voter is degenerate and of course many are alien. Look at who the voter put into the Presidency-TWICE!
I am no fan of Mrs. Clinton (But I do think she would have made a better president than Obama in 2008) BUT, MSNBC has this one right—she is blowing it! She should fire her handlers and listen to Bill (who would NEVER make these blunders). She must have the answers to the bug quetions about her and face the music. The Road trip wasn’t a bad idea—but she isn’t using it to her advantage. She has to rub elbows with the folks, talk, laugh, drink. She must appear to be one of the folks—not just making the motions. Bill, knew how to do this by instinct—she just can’t get it. This will be the shortest race in history if she doen’t change!
The MSM, in their frantic efforts to cover HRC’s every blink & twitch 24/7/365, is gonna create some serious Hillary fatigue.
Yes, guilty — Her sentence should be home confinement. I’m willing to volunteer my home for as long as it takes. :=)
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