It may in the future be looked upon as the worst political blunder
in presidential campaign history when Hillary Clinton in last night's
debate tried to deny that the millions flowing to her from Wall St,
Big Pharma and the like in speaking fees and SuperPac contribution
might just effect her position on issues that concern her donors
Though Republicans and Democrats may disagree as to whether "it's
the government" or "it's the corporations" that have
run amok and essentially "wrecked the economy" ended
republican democracy in America you'd be hard pressed to find one
that doesn't think politicians listen to those who give them lots of
money.
Calling it an "artful smear" on Bernie Sanders' part to
dare to intimate she's in the pockets of those who have given her
millions of dollars will no doubt have the affect of causing people
of all political stripes to wonder if she's just grasping at straws
looking for a response to those charges or if she's really that out
of step with the thoughts on the issue- thoughts held by 99% or more
of the electorate
You hear it from every "retired" member of congress- the
ones who don't immediately go into the lobbyist profession- regarding
how they had to spend all their time raising money for reelection
and were therefore under pressure to do the bidding of their biggest
contributors, even allowing lobbyist to write legislation.
All Hillary did was play right into Bernie's wheelhouse, allowing
him to simply restate his populist stump speech about money in
politics- a message that appeals to just about everyone and at the
same time makes clear that the shaky ground upon which she is
standing is giving way like a sink hole.
Time will tell. But you've gotta think that HRC has assembled the
worst political advisers ever as she slides down the razor blade to
the nomination of someone else... once again.
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Now that Antonin Scalia has died, there is an opening for Hillary to take his seat. After all, she agrees with he's key argument in the Citizens United case. She thinks there is no obvious link between campaign contributions and how a political votes. So I hope President Sanders offers her the position if the Republican obstructionists succeed in preventing Obama from filling it before Bernie is sworn in on January 20th.
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