Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in an interview Sunday that she’s “delighted” her rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) “flip-flopped” on guns.
Clinton’s comments on ABC’s “This Week” were made hours before the Democratic candidates will square off at the presidential debate at 9 p.m. ET.
Sanders supported a bill recently introduced to amend a current law that gives immunity to gun makers and sellers. Sanders had previously voted in favor of the current law that granted those rights.
“He flip-flopped last night,” Clinton said. “”I’m delighted that he has had a change of heart.”
“I welcome Senator Sanders moving on one of the issues he was wrong on. I hope he will continue to move,” Clinton continued.
This is the wrong strategy for her. Attacking Bernie not only doesn’t endear her to Bernie’s base-the young and more progressive voters, it also makes her look scared and desperate. I would prefer she reestablish her progressive bonafides with Democratic voters, which shouldn’t be hard for her to do.
I don’t think that sort of talk is helpful, especially with a 25 point or so lead in the polls. Why alienate Sanders supporters? What would have cost her to say she was glad he “changed his mind”?
In fact, this whole “flip-flop” business is childish, whoever employs it, and even more so coming from someone who changed her mind on her Iraq vote. One of the many things I’ve appreciated about Obama in these last seven years is that he elevated political discourse in our country, or at least tried to.
To be sure, I’ll vote for Hillary in November (or Sanders, if he pulls off a miracle), but I’m going to miss Obama big-time.
So Saint Bernie is just another politician? Who would have guessed?
Dem voters don’t want to see her differentiate herself from Bernis, they want her to be more like Bernie. She should position herself as a more electable and experienced Bernie, in my opinion.
Someone posted this link at Political Wire. Written by a guy nam,ed Shamus Cooke. Considered to be hard left
http://jfmxl.sdf.org/USA/20160105-does-bernie-sander-s-imperialism-matter.html