Whether you want to believe it or not...from a pretty smart guy commenting on Sundance’s thread...:
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Clinton and Bloomberg are longtime friends. Steyer is a Podesta friend/Clinton ally. Clinton’s people are on the convention committee (including Podesta).
Bloomberg’s campaign, like Biden’s, is a proxy, just in a different way. He’s already pledged to spend the money, whomever the nominee will be, and I think it’s because he’s never planned to be the one. That Clinton getting in (or winning) seems so, utterly fantastical does not make it less true: the play here is Clinton.
In a planted Op-Ed in The Hill, she’s already been floated as VEEP to add “gravitas” to the ticket, and was quoted as being excited to jump on board with whomever gets the nomination (really? Clinton excited to run as #2? No one buys it … it’s seeding the concept.)
Chaos is also the best, if not the necessary state-of-play for Clinton to parachute in. First as VEEP — a stabilizing force. Then it’s just a re-shuffle to put her at the top of the ticket. VEEP probably then goes to Warren, thinking it placates the “progressive” wing (it won’t).
Bloomberg has no real pitch on the democrat side (neither did Biden) and he has the feel of a pop-up candidate. His “constituency” is pure donor class and astroturf. Hillary has a narrow band of dead-enders and a pitch: I beat Trump once in the popular vote, I can do it again, and I’m eager to settle the score.
What really matters is she still owns the party. That’s how she got her people on the convention committee, which only matters if there’s going to be a need to control it. She’ll take it in broad daylight, with Bernie people (and others) eyes wide open. Clintons and the DNC don’t care. That’s what narrative engineering is for.
I’ve been telling my family this for months. After tonight, I finally won a convert. And she’s PISSED. A long way to go yet, but this might turn out to be that moment that once you see, you can’t unsee.
> In a planted Op-Ed in The Hill, she’s already been floated as VEEP to add “gravitas” to the ticket,
Can you imagine anyone stupid enough to be President with Hill as Veep?
I wonder what the Vegas odds would be on that Pres lasting a year?
This firm was all gushy Mayor Butt a year ago and was paid by the Pete team this summer. They have an affiliated bogus “news” site that posted a bogus 300-sample poll by David Binder, an Obama pollster with various political clients.
And of course Mayor Butt was the one with the Al Haig, “I won/I’m in charge here” moment.
“... she’s already been floated as VEEP to add “gravitas” to the ticket”
Given what often happens to those around Skunk Cabbage...
(never mind, I think you know the rest)
Hillary as VEEP? Who would want to be President knowing they’d have a very short shelf-life. I’d give the newly elected Prez a week in office before a heart attack, slit wrists or a .338 Lapua takes them out. The Clinton Arkanicide list is just too long for any presidential candidate to comfortably want to go that route.
Heavy duty........... I gotta go get a drink.
IF there is any Democrat candidate who has 2 brain cells to rub together left, WHY would they agree to commit slow suicide by taking on Hillary as VEEP???
They wouldn’t last more than a month after the swearing in——IF they would beat Trump.
She would kill the Pope of it meant she could be President.
Thinden, thanks for the ping to this thread. Did you see RichieRich’s comment above?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3813452/posts?page=50#50
no I missed this post by CRR
thanx for the ping