BHO is directly to blame for HRC in the sense that the Sec. of State appointment allowed her to temporarily boost her favorability rating.
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If you recall, around 2012-2014 there was much talk from Bill and others about how HRC was the "world's most admired woman" or some such.
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She attained this (highly questionable) distinction because the Sec. of State position allowed her to adopt an air of being "above politics"
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Which is ironic because she clearly ran the State Dept. in a highly politicized manner, as emails and other info subsequently demonstrated.
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An email released this week showed how State Dept. staff plotted ways to garner her "soft media buzz" -- i.e. apolitical-seeming prestige.
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The "apolitical esteem" boost enabled her to accrue just enough favorability to get through the D primary, despite being relatively disliked
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Well, that and her extreme popularity with the Democratic base.
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Any honest reckoning has to admit she was very popular w (overlapping categories): loyal Dems, African Americans, 40+ gen, & women.
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No: turnout among those demographics was depressed compared to 2008
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Why 2008 & not, say, 2000 or 1996? That's very high bar. I agree HRC benefited from being SoS, despite constant Benghazi braying.
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She wrought untold destruction throughout the world in that position while reaping political benefit from it. A scandal.
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