We all know by now about the planted questions for Hillary Clinton, so she’d have an advantage. Now it appears possible that in the case of the ‘Debate” the other night, the Audience got planted, too… Dan Riehl [1] explains:
Actually, there are suggestions at some prominent Democrat sites that CNN didn’t just plant questions, but perhaps in the administration of the debate, they created a situation where Hillary Clinton had a decided advantage. It’s mentioned at DailyKos but the best information is here. Admittedly, it comes from an Obama fan. But if you think about the logistics, it’s hard to imagine Hillary wouldn’t have a home crowd.
I want to comment on a couple of issues relating to the Debate because I feel it is important to speak out about it. I have had some inside information about how this debate was conducted and I think that CNN and those who organized this debate have a responsiblity to answer for the way it was conducted.
Of particular note, if accurate, is that of 1,000 tickets given to UNLV, only a hundred made it into the hands of students. Both Edwards and Obama do better among younger Democrats. And as for dissemination of tickets by the Nevada Democrats, Jill Derby the Democrat Chair is a moderate with some friends close to Hillary. Does the name Begala ring a bell?
Derby has had numerous supporters. CNN political analyst, as the Reno Gazette-Journal reported, Paul Begala, who helped engineer Bill Clinton’s 1992 win, said he was encouraged by U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to “stump” for Derby.
I’d stop short of calling it a conspiracy, as some Democrats are doing. But if it’s true that each candidate only had 22 tickets out of 2,000, in a state where Hillary is polling 20+ points ahead of everyone else, if no steps were taken to balance the audience, that might explain why she was cheered, while several others were booed.
Perhaps now we have a better idea of why Hillary Clinton has been acting like this whole thing… from the day she entered the race… is stacked in her favor… because she knew it was.
Interestingly, it’s the far left doing the most complaining. What kind of mental gymnastics did the Democrats just come through, what strange set of events must have occurred, to get to the stage where of all the Democrat party candidates, Hillary Clinton is positioned as the moderate of the group?
Yikes!
More, Memeorandum, The Strata-Sphere [2], Hot Air [3]