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From the British newspaper, the Daily Mail. The reporter may overstate the political influence of these undergrads — goodness knows nobody ever accused us of affecting presidential politics when I attended the place 35 years go, although, come to think of it, I did have chats with Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan’s campaign manager — but of course that’s not the point.
Much more interesting commentary when the responses are limited to those with some familiarity with the issues. Not that there’s anything wrong with Watter’s World!
50 isn’t a very large sample number, and I imagine that the group of “students that follow presidential politics enough to comment” isn’t a large group to begin with, even at Dartmouth.
I’m sure you can find the same number of students who express the same opinion from an overall student body size similar to Dartmouth’s.
I’m sure she is counting on the ignorance of the American public to propel her forward along with a few billion dollars and her moth laden lady parts.
Blood on her hands and a cover up may be a big negative ad though. How would your liberal friends view such an ad? I doubt it would change how they would vote given their concerns for other issues they see as important but it might affect motivation. People were in love, viral love, with Obama in a manner never seen in modern times and came out in droves to support him. Would your friends happily put a Clinton sticker on their cars? Would they volunteer for her? She is not lovable by any stretch so she has to sell herself on competence and gender. Tough sell.
Dubiety? They’re just committed to Warren.
The level of motivation is also a function of the Republican candidate. I agree that people do not like her as much as they like Obama, but the Republican candidate can be enough to give Hillary the margin of victory in a general election.
I think they would put a Clinton sticker on their cars. That doesn’t really require any effort. I doubt there will be the same number of volunteers for her as there were for Obama, regardless of the Republican candidate.
Yeah, I don’t think these Dartmouth kids want to vote for some right-winger like Hillary. I hope I’m wrong but . . .
Meh. Without the crucible, who cares?
I think the bigger issue for democrats is if they can win, at all, after 8 years of Obama, regardless of who the candidate is. If Ted Cruz gets the nomination, you may find republican operatives putting Hillary stickers on their cars, but will it be enough to thwart historical trends? I don’t think so.
She’s toast either way, IMHO.
@Calvin Coolidg- “I think the bigger issue for democrats is if they can win, at all, after 8 years of Obama, regardless of who the candidate is. If Ted Cruz gets the nomination, you may find republican operatives putting Hillary stickers on their cars, but will it be enough to thwart historical trends? I don’t think so.
She’s toast either way, IMHO.”
Eh, I hope so, but the last time the Republicans won the popular vote in the presidential was 1988. In 2016, the majority of 10 year olds and younger will be non-white, and minorities are mostly Democratic, so the long term trends aren’t encouraging. I hope enough of the brainwashed Millennials have wised up by 2016.
George W. Bush beat John Kerry 62 Million to 59 Million in 2004.
One could assemble a list of dozens of actions and statements by Clinton that should disqualify her for the presidency. For example, here’s an excerpt regarding Whitewater (managed by Hillary) from the book “Do as I Say, Not as I Do” by Peter Schweizer, one of Peter’s Hoover colleagues (this excerpt was discussed in yesterday’s James Taranto column in the Wall Street Journal):
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Though I knew a few things about the shady Whitewater land deal, I had never heard about this aspect. I find it outrageous in the extreme (though legal under Arkansas law). I suspect that virtually any American learning of it would also find it outrageous, and many would deem it worthy of disqualifying Ms. Clinton from consideration for the presidency. Wouldn’t you just love to hear Clintonistas, and Ms. Clinton herself, try to explain and justify such actions?
Gee, if only Republicans got the word out about this. Oh, I forgot! The Republican party is too incompetent to do such a thing.