MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and others on his Morning Joe panel Wednesday speculated that the reason Bill Clinton sharply criticized Obamacare while campaigning for his wife Hillary Clinton is because he secretly wanted her to lose.
Mike Barnicle said that he had heard “anecdotally” from Clinton people that Bill Clinton is worried that his presidency will be seen as a footnote, while Barack Obama‘s will be considered much more historic. “So he’s very resentful?” Scarborough asked.
“But his wife is trying to be president,” co-host Willie Geist said. “You would think he could keep it under wraps for a month as you try to get your wife elected president.”
“The pop psychiatrists would say maybe he doesn’t want her to win, or he doesn’t want President Obama to get as much credit,” Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin said. “I’m certain [the Clinton campaign] is going to figure out how to keep stuff like this from happening, and they’re lucky it wasn’t worse.”
“How can it be worse? What, tear up a picture of the pope or Barack Obama?” joked Scarborough.
He played the clip again to emphasize how bad it was. “Here’s Bill Clinton trying to destroy his wife’s campaign,” he narrated.
“I mean, that could have been ripped out of a Trump speech or a Mike Pence speech if you trying to attack the legacy of Barack Obama,” Geist said after the clip was over. “There’s just no spinning out of that.”
They're airing those damaging ads, the ones that have people who worked for Trump and weren't paid in Toledo, Ohio with the goal of having them aired in as many cities as possible.
You've also got LeBron his impact stressing voting for Hillary, and voting early.
Finally, there's still that court case on more voting days pending.
Al Gore IS campaigning for Hillary. Hopefully those "we haven't talked about the environment yet" voters are convinced
Former Vice President Al Gore will soon hit the trail on behalf of Hillary Clinton, with the campaign likely announcing his emergence on Wednesday, two Democrats familiar with the move confirmed to POLITICO.
Clinton and aides have recently been pointing to Gore’s 2000 experience as a warning to young voters who are considering voting for third-party candidates. Gore also is a notable spokesman for the issue of climate change — a topic President Barack Obama has also been using to try to energize young voters.
Gore endorsed Clinton in July, as the Democratic National Convention was getting underway, saying the “global climate crisis” inspired him, in part, to throw his support behind the former secretary of state.
The ratings drop from 2012 doesn't really surprise me given both of these VP candidates. I don't see last night's debate having any impact at all. Not a very decisive win for either one and VP debates generally have little to no impact.
Tim K was horrible last night. He came across as an out of control puppy barking. Maybe If Pence could finish a sentence without Clinton's watchdog barking till the cows come home, Pence would have sounded more coherent.
The moderator was a bit extra, frequently interrupting Pence more than Kaine.
Pence did a good job deflecting the attacks sent his way when he was allowed to speak. Tim Kaine definitely wasn't correcting Pence with facts. They both lied about as much as the other.
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