Left-leaning groups and interests, including much of the legacy media in America, long have been supporters of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and all things Democrat. But they are taking a harsher tone with Hillary Clinton’s just-announced campaign for president, with headlines like “Faces criticism,” “Last chance” and “Disaster in the making.”
Coming off of a multitude of still-unresolved scandals from her tenure as secretary of state – remember “What difference, at this point, does it make?” about the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi? – she’s facing a new round of bad publicity with the allegations about her foundation, her work on it, her pay from it and whether national policy was influenced by wealthy donors.
Reports now are talking about her trying to “win over” those from the liberal end of the political spectrum who have criticized her. And New York Mag explains what it sees at the problem.
“Jimmy Carter was an ineffective president who became an exemplary post-president. Bill Clinton appears to be the reverse. All sorts of unproven worst-case-scenario questions float around the web of connections between Bill’s private work, Hillary Clinton’s public role as secretary of state, the Clinton’s quasi-public charity, and Hillary’s noncompliant email system.
“But the best-case scenario is bad enough: The Clintons have been disorganized and greedy.”
Such a situation can be devastating in the politics of 2015, where the web, Twitter, Facebook and other social media can harp on a mistaken statement or slip of the tongue in high-definition and full color, well, forever.
The Hollywood Reporter noted that former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley recently was in town for a fundraiser.
While noting O’Malley was expected to draw dozens of Democrats and activists, it reported that Hillary Clinton’s support “is reluctant in some quarters.”
“Clinton enjoys the support from key Hollywood fundraisers. But her backing is hardly unanimous, and some of what she has is softer than it may appear because industry liberals regard her as a party centrist.”
One executive told the news publication, “You’d be surprised by the number of people I’ve heard from who aren’t supporting her.”
Some liberals still hold a flame for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whose controversial statements about her “Native American” heritage still reverberate. “And there are even some donors who are considering contributions to the recently launched ‘Draft Joe Biden’ super PAC,” the report said.
“For now, grumbling and uncertainty about a Clinton candidacy is mostly spoken in low tones and involves a minority of Hollywood Democrats,” the report said.
“For now, Clinton remains very much the Democrats’ national and Hollywood frontrunner, but look for a lot of maneuvering by those who want to be in a position if she should unexpectedly falter.”
Left-leaning commentator Camille Paglia has no tolerance, much less support, for Hillary Clinton.
At Reason,com, she said, “She’s a fraud. Hillary is a mess. We’re going to reward with the presidency a woman who has enabled the … exploitation of women by that … cornpone husband of hers?”
At WND, commentator Bill Press noted that it’s not good that Hillary Clinton has no significant competition for the nomination.
For 25 years he was a major player in Democrat politics, and he was chairman of the California Democratic Party from 1993 to 1996. He served as chief of staff to California state Sen. Peter Behr, and directed the California Office of Planning and Research under Gov. Jerry Brown.
“Clearing the field for Hillary is the worst mistake the Democratic Party could make,” he wrote in a recent column. “After all, she needs the challenge of a primary, and she could stumble badly as a candidate. It’s happened before.”
Chris Cillizza wrong at the Washington Post, “Hillary Clinton has a baggage problem.”
The commentary said, “What Clinton cannot have – if she wants to win – is lots of voters saying some variant of this: ‘I like her and I think she’d probably be a good president. But, I just don’t want to go through all of that stuff again.’”
The commentary noted “problematic” reports about Clinton’s scandals.
And then there’s the issue of her personal integrity.
“More than six in 10 (62 percent) of voters said Clinton has ‘strong leadership qualities.’ In that same sample, however, less than four in ten (38) percent) said that Clinton was honest and trustworthy,” the commentary said.
“Make no mistake: Forcing people to decide whether Clinton’s readiness for the job outweighs the fact that it’s always something with these people is not the choice the Clinton team wants on the ballot in November 2016.”
Fox reported that, “Pressure grows on Hillary from left and right.”
The report said, “Liberal outlets and Democratic donors are pressuring her to offer substantive answers to the growing body of evidence against her and her husband and their cash fracking operation.”
The New York Times put it this way: “Hillary Rodham Clinton’s determination to reconnect with voters in localized, informative settings is commendable, but is in danger of being overshadowed by questions about the interplay of politics and wealthy foreign donors who support the Clinton Foundation.
“Nothing illegal has been alleged about the foundation, the global philanthropic initiative founded by former President Bill Clinton. But no one knows better than Mrs. Clinton that this is the tooth-and-claw political season where accusations are going to fly for the next 19 months. And no one should know better than the former senator and first lady that they will fester if straightforward answers are not offered to the public.”
Said CNN, “The morning saw stories from The New York Times, ABC and other outlets raise ethical questions about the Clintons. The articles – some of which were tied to a soon-to-be released book – also provided Republicans with an opportunity to attack Clinton, the prohibitive favorite for the Democratic nomination in 2016 who declared her campaign earlier this month.”
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