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“Shattered”
or Contorted? What a New Book Gets Wrong about the Clinton Campaign
by Christina Reynolds
(Proud Obama and Hillary alum. Tar Heel.
Marine brat. Feminist...Opinions are my own.)
I’m
not writing to debate where the blame lies for the loss. While I’ve
certainly got opinions (and a list of my own mistakes I’d love to
take back), I’ll leave that debate to the media. And I’m not here
to fact check, except to note that contrary to the book, I was not
the research director — that was a talented man named Tony
Carrk who led a terrific team.
I
wanted to speak out because after spending most of the campaign
watching some people question the enthusiasm and our supporters, it’s
hard to read a depiction of the campaign that paints a dedicated,
cohesive team as mercenaries with questionable motives who lacked a
loyalty to a candidate described as “imperial” and removed from
the campaign.
That’s
just not the campaign, the staff or the candidate I was in the
trenches with for 18 months. …
You can read the piece in its entirety here
Focused Thought in 90 seconds
Fact:
Hillary won the popular vote in the 2016 Primary 55.2% to 43.1%
Fact:
Hillary won the popular vote in the 2016 General Election 48.2% to 46.1%
Three suggested questions to factor into YOUR assessing of non-Hillary critiques into her campaign:
ONE
Could it really have been that bad if Hillary won the popular vote -- twice?
TWO
Can credible assessments of Hillary's campaign be made by authors "reconstructing decisions and unseized opportunities," read that as imagining?
THREE
Can fair and balanced reporting and analysis actually happen without the input of the subject matter of the reporting?
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