HILLARY MEETS IOWA STUBBORN – AT 9:26 A.M. ET: You know, Hill, not everyone thinks you're wonderful. From NRO:
A new poll released Thursday might contain some bad news for Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton: Iowans want a candidate who is open with the press and voters.
A survey of likely Iowa caucusgoers conducted by the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics from May 25-29 found that 77 percent of the 437 Democrats polled want to elect a nominee who will “meet with and answer questions from news reporters and editors.” An astounding 96 percent of respondents want a nominee who will “take questions from voters.”
"Clinton hasn’t sat for an interview with the Des Moines Register or any other Iowa newspaper this election cycle, but rival Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley have each done multiple interviews,” writes Jennifer Jacobs. “Vice President Joe Biden, who is still weighing whether to jump into the 2016 race, has answered Iowa reporters’ questions at a news conference.”
Clinton’s lack of transparency with the press has become a recurring theme of her second bid for the White House since it was formally announced on April 12. One month to the day after that announcement, the Washington Post debuted a clock on their website that tracks when Clinton last answered a question from the press. At the time the clock launched, it had been three weeks since the former secretary of state had answered a question from the press. Clinton’s lack of transparency with the press has become a recurring theme of her second bid for the White House.
COMMENT: What really strikes me is that Hillary never seems to learn anything, and has utter contempt for those who are wiser than she is. She believes she can bully her way to the presidency, avoiding even those in the press who have supported her. Sadly, she may be right. But she also may be very wrong.
There is no love for Hillary. There doesn't seem to be any great yearning for her. Polls show she is not trustworthy.
The trouble is, the Democratic bench is almost nonexistent. Who else, really, is there?
Michael Dukakis?
June 5, 2015 |