Thursday, October 29, 2015

WaPo: Things Are Getting Nasty Between Bernie Sanders And Hillary Clinton. And That’s Fine


By Greg Sargent, Oct 28, 2015 Washington Post

There seems to be a whole lot of hand-wringing and maneuvering today around the notion that the Democratic Primary battle between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton is about to get a whole lot tougher.

To which your humble blogger says: So what? That’s what primaries are for.

Bloomberg’s John Heilemann stirred the pot this morning by reporting that the Sanders operation is set to “take the gloves off” against Clinton. In recent days Sanders has unloaded with a tough series of attacks on Clinton, questioning her vote for the Iraq War and her change of positions on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other issues, while vowing not to base his positions on what is “politically expedient,” implicitly suggesting that’s what she’s been doing. Heilemann reports that this could be the start of a new phase in the campaign:

This new phase will be more aggressive, hard-edged, and focused on driving home contrasts between Sanders and Clinton. In other words, it will be more negative. Just how nasty things will get remains one of two central questions that will define the battle ahead. The other is whether Sanders, with his deep aversion to negative campaigning, is willing and able to do what is required to take down Clinton without tarnishing his brand as a different kind of politician.

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