Now that Hillary Clinton is the presumed Democratic nominee, hundreds of the campaign staffers who got her there are moving onto the payroll of the Democratic National Committee — where they’ll join other staff who have also been working to bring her this far.
In one sign that the fix was always in, the transition actually started last month, before she had crossed the line to a convention majority (counting those superdelegates, that is) in this month’s final primaries.
Another sign comes in the form of a DNC email made public by a hacker going by the name of “Guccifer 2.0.” The DNC missive from May 26, 2015 — that’s 13 months ago — declared that “our goals & strategy” are to “provide a contrast between the GOP field and HRC.”
No other possible Democratic candidate — not even Vice President Joe Biden, who was then still considering a run — counted. The DNC was all-in for Clinton long before a single Democrat voted.
The email also exposes the basic strategy for helping Hillary: “Use specific hits to muddy the waters around ethics, transparency and campaign finance attacks on HRC.”
In other words, do your best to change the subject whenever anyone points out that she’s shady, deceptive and corrupt.
Hard to blame Bernie Sanders for supporting that primary challenger to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz — the DNC chief who has blatantly had her thumb on the scale for Clinton all along.
We don’t expect many who “felt the Bern” to vote for Donald Trump come Election Day — but it’s hard to blame any who opt to stay home rather than cast a ballot for Clinton.