Hillary Clinton Campaign, Unnerved by Iowa, Braces for New Hampshire

New York Times ^ | 02 February 2016 | Amy Chozick

[Lorianne]

MOINES — Late Monday night, supporters of Hillary Clinton gathered for what they expected would be a victory rally.

Over the weekend, her campaign had exuded confidence, with some advisers predicting she would win the Iowa caucuses by several percentage points, and by Monday evening, they were urging news outlets to call the race in her favor. Mrs. Clinton prepared a victory speech in which she virtually ignored her rival, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and attacked the Republican candidates.

Then the caucus results started rolling in. And everything changed.

The outcome in Iowa — which at least until Tuesday afternoon appeared to be effectively a tie with a far left senator from a small New England state — dealt a jolting psychological blow to the Clinton campaign, leaving volunteers, donors and aides confused throughout the night, and then crestfallen. They had hoped that the former secretary of state would garner a decisive victory here and put to rest any doubts about her strength as a candidate.

The outcome in Iowa — which at least until Tuesday afternoon appeared to be effectively a tie with a far left senator from a small New England state — dealt a jolting psychological blow to the Clinton campaign, leaving volunteers, donors and aides confused throughout the night, and then crestfallen. They had hoped that the former secretary of state would garner a decisive victory here and put to rest any doubts about her strength as a candidate.

[Chode]

no coin tosses in NH...

[Zarro]

She’s a flipping genius!

[Vaquero]

Dollars to donuts NH goes for next door neighbor, Bernie the Socialist.

[Slyfox]

[fhayek]

I think that the evidence is conclusive. She is a lousy candidate, and even Democrats don't like her that much. If any of leading Republicans can't beat her, should she get the nomination, then something is very wrong.

[daisy12]

This should in no way be misinterpreted as support for Bernie Sanders, but, I kind of feel sorry for him. He just got a taste of the corruption that will not allow him to win the nomination.

The more I read the more I think there were hijinks on both sides. No wonder the establishment is confident of the outcome.

[FatherofFive]

Bill looked like he has dementia. His mouth was open for long times. Eyes glazed.

[Chode]

flipping something alright

[Vince Ferrer]

Low energy.

[fhayek]

Hijinks and Democrat elections are virtual synonyms. Since the Bush/Gore 2000 Florida presidential election, how many ‘anomalies’ exclusively on the Democrat side have we witnessed? The unlikely coin flips is just the latest example. Remember the bags of ‘found’ ballots that were practically all for Gore? What about vote totals in precincts in Philadelphia that were 100% Democrat (and exceeded the number of registered voters)? Al Franken won his Senate seat because votes were counted from people who were not legally able to vote. ACORN turning in phony voter registration in Washington State, Illegal aliens registering in California, Vote-a-matic machines found in the trunks of Democrat operatives. On and on its goes, and yet the main stream media displays almost no interest in it.

[nascarnation]

Bill is a busy guy. It’s not easy keeping up with the campaign trail and Energizer both.

[Bon mots]

[MisterArtery]

Bill has always been a mouth breather. Andy Rooney commented on it when Slick was in the Monica mess.

[Baladas]

Hill will lose to Old Red in NH, so she’d better rein in her DNC attack dogs fast. Easier to rig a caucus than a primary . . .

[SunkenCiv]

Oh yeah, the will of the people is coalescing behind Bernie "Wob Songs" Sanders, and he's gonna win the nomination. It'll be all 100% above board and not underhanded or illegal at all. No lying involved. And Hillary will congratulate him in complete sincerity, then retire to write highly truthful works of history.

And Michael Moore is going to become the next Weight Watcher spokesman.

[GOPJ]

I would take Bernie over that liar Hillary any day of the week...

[SunkenCiv]

For dog catcher, yeah. Bernie would at least look like a bone to chew on, entice the stray dogs right out from under the porch.