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Hillary releases 3-page memo designed to reassure Dems - gets torched by MSNBC



Yesterday, a half hour before her defeat in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton's campaign released a three-page memo. It was designed to reassure the Hillary-faithful that, despite her impending loss, she was still a viable candidate. It had the opposite effect on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell:
“Hillary Clinton had the Democratic Party establishment. She still has their endorsements, but he has out-raised her in January. He now will have a ton of money on those online contributions in February, and the Clinton team anticipated this with this three-page memo.”

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The memo outlines a plan in which Hillary wins the nomination by dominating primaries held during the first 15 days of March. According to her campaign manager, Robby Mook, “The first four states represent just 4% of the delegates needed to secure the nomination. The 28 states that vote (or caucus) in March will award 56% of the delegates needed to win.” Rachel Maddow said the release of the memo "shocked" her, and wondered if it was "normal" to do such a thing.
“No, this is pretty shocking because it is a three-page memo from the campaign manager defensively explaining how they can come back and win the nomination in March with the delegate-rich first 15 days in March."
Maddow noted that the memo was "embargoed" until the polls closed, meaning that the press was not allowed to discuss it until the votes had been cast. “They knew they were going to lose,” Maddow said. To use an analogy, Fonzie doesn't have to tell people he's cool; they just know it. If you have to tell people you're cool, you're probably not. Similarly, a strong candidate doesn't need to release memos informing her loyalists that she can still win. If you have to do that, it speaks volumes about the relative weakness of your campaign. When MSNBC isn't buying the shtick.... You know the rest.


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