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In Hillaryland, Doom, Gloom, Then Shock
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To say that that the Clinton campaign was preparing for the worst understates the deep sense of gloom that settled over Hillaryland. Several senior staffers were MIA.
Clinton had taken the reins of her inner circle, self-strategized, rewritten her stump speech and generally decided to shed the hardened political shell around her personality. It worked, although she did not know it.
Yesterday morning, some of her aides dressed casually; there was no reason to spruce up.
On Monday night, the press corps had carpooled to her final campaign event; some called it the “Clinton swan song.”
The final Clinton campaign internal tracking poll projected an 11 point loss. Early in the day, a senior campaign official said the campaign’s boiler room canvasses of targeted precincts predicted a major Obama victory.
Continue reading "In HillaryLand, Doom, Gloom, Then Shock."
Clinton had taken the reins of her inner circle, self-strategized, rewritten her stump speech and generally decided to shed the hardened political shell around her personality. It worked, although she did not know it.
Yesterday morning, some of her aides dressed casually; there was no reason to spruce up.
On Monday night, the press corps had carpooled to her final campaign event; some called it the “Clinton swan song.”
The final Clinton campaign internal tracking poll projected an 11 point loss. Early in the day, a senior campaign official said the campaign’s boiler room canvasses of targeted precincts predicted a major Obama victory.
Continue reading "In HillaryLand, Doom, Gloom, Then Shock."
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