Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 02:55 PM Dec 2016

Chuck Todd to Podesta: How Much of Democrats' Loss Is on the Campaign and Not Comey, Russia?

by Josh Feldman | 11:50 am, December 18th, 2016

John Podesta appeared on Meet the Press today to discuss Russian hacking and how his emails became a big part of the campaign that ended up with his candidate losing.

Podesta revealed in this interview that the FBI has only spoken to him once about his email account being hacked. He told Chuck Todd this took place in early October, after the WikiLeaks dump began, and he hasn’t heard from them since. And it’s very clear to him that the letter from FBI Director James Comey was a big factor in Hillary Clinton‘s loss.

Todd asked him that “when the history of this election is written,” how much of the Democratic loss is about Russia and Comey as opposed to failures by the Clinton campaign to go into states like Wisconsin.

Podesta said Democrats want a full accounting of the election and while he did note the popular vote and how slim the margins were in key states, he did admit that there’s “no question” they made wrong decisions.

###

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/chuck-todd-to-podesta-how-much-of-dem-loss-is-on-the-campaign-and-not-comey-russia/

14 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies

Paladin

(28,741 posts)
3. Todd is part of the MSM that handed the election victory to Trump.
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 03:48 PM
Dec 2016

Fuck him, and fuck his cohorts. Forever. There is nothing they can do to make things better, now.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
5. The Comey issue could have been avoided if Clinton hadn't choosen to use a private email server
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 04:29 PM
Dec 2016

Sure Comey's second announcement caused her poll numbers to drop substantially, but it was only because of the email server existing. But I don't know what the campaign could have done about that as it was set up before the 2016 campaign apparatus.

Yurovsky

(2,064 posts)
8. For you perhaps, but not for many voters...
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 08:20 PM
Dec 2016

and you seem to miss the point that it never should have been an issue to begin with. There was never a good reason to have it, and the reasons she's floated have been contradicted by subsequent facts coming out.

Totally self-inflicted wound. Neither the GOP nor the Russians had a damn thing to do with it.

cigsandcoffee

(2,300 posts)
9. ...because they found SOS emails on the laptop of a child predator.
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 09:49 PM
Dec 2016

That is an entirely self-inflicted wound, And completely avoidable.

Cha

(305,202 posts)
14. Exactly.. the m$m made sure the emails wouldn't die and then
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 10:13 PM
Dec 2016

it was over. So comey had to bring it back.

I realize there are those who want to blame it all on Hillary but that's just not reality. It was legal to have private email servers.

oasis

(51,649 posts)
10. The e-mail flap, which sprang from Bengazigate, were both bullshit issues
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 09:58 PM
Dec 2016

from the beginning.

Please America, excuse Hillary from so much as getting up in the morning.

Cha

(305,202 posts)
11. Asshole todd is covering for the m$m.. How much was on them?
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 10:06 PM
Dec 2016

How much negative news did they scream out about Hillary and give drumpfuck a free ride?

Yeah, no campaign is perfect.. Hillary won the primary by 3 3/4 Million votes and her message was strong.

dumphuck had the media, the Russians, comey, voter suppression in red states and voter purging or she would have had more votes.

his message was this.. and chukie toad's "media" made it normal..


Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»2016 Postmortem»Chuck Todd to Podesta: Ho...