The Democratic party is rigging tonight’s debate — and the entire debate schedule — to ensure the “inevitable” victory of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to candidate and former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley.
O’Malley is so fed up with the Democratic debate plans to “circle the wagons” to protect the Clinton campaign that he’s encouraging protests in front of the Democratic Party headquarters.
The fiery O’Malley has long been critical of the limited number of debates being held by the Democratic Party, something that’s widely seen as an attempt to protect Clinton’s lead in the polls and help her run out the clock.
“This will really be the first time that nationally voters see that there’s more than one alternative to this year’s inevitable front-runner, Secretary Clinton,” O’Malley said.
Even tonight’s setting will be Clinton-friendly. She’ll occupy the center podium and the event is being held at a casino owned by Las Vegas tycoon Steve Wynn.
Wynn was reported to have hosted a fundraiser for Clinton this spring.
Tonight will provide a rare chance for O’Malley, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee and former Virginia Senator Jim Webb to directly confront Clinton.
Political analysts are expecting Clinton’s challengers at tonight’s debate to shy away from her private email account and server use while serving as secretary of state. The issue has been a constant refrain from the GOP candidates, and the Republican National Committee released a new television ad Monday that focuses on Clinton saying she didn’t send any classified information via the server. But that’s likely too hardball.
Expect Chafee to go after Clinton for her 2002 vote to authorize the war in Iraq. Chafee, at the time a Republican, opposed the invasion and he’s said Clinton’s support for the war, which she has more recently called a “mistake,” is at the center of his decision to run.
Webb, a Vietnam veteran and former Virginia senator, has deep experience on military issues and foreign policy and has been critical of Clinton’s handling of the conflict in Libya. Last year he said the Obama administration’s unilateral decision to use military force in Libya was improper.
O’Malley is critical of Clinton for her recent shifts on policy issues, among them her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which he calls a “reversal.”
Even if they don’t boost their own candidacies, less popular contenders could still have an impact on a debate stage. In an October 2007 debate, Clinton’s campaign was damaged by her vague answers on providing drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants. One of the candidates who was critical of Clinton was then-Sen. Chris Dodd, who never broke into the top tier.
Democratic strategist Jim Manley said he expected O’Malley to be aggressive in going after Clinton in the debate, mostly because it’s his only chance to draw attention to his own campaign. The other lower candidates are expected to hang back from attacking Clinton.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
That is so right , Democrats want that liar to be protected at all cost . Truth don’t matter to the Socialist Communist Democratic
Party .
AMEN my friend, she should be in prison for the rape and molestation of young girls. Her NASTY mouth should be cleaned out with some (LYE) LIE soap! She needs to be locked away and forgot about, this woman is dangerous to the people of the United States! Semper Fi.
Wow, not a single mention of Bernie Sanders beyond mentioning that he will be there.
Nobody wants to hear from the socialist Marxist anyway, all 3 of them! Since Webb served, I won,t up him in the category of traitor like the rest f the unamerican on the platform
rigged? Hell! CNN the second wimpiest network out there? No, it will be a farce and Hilary will not be asked about her tenure as S of S because she was corrupt to the bone and all the other candidates KNOW it. No, no one should watch this farce! It will NO”T be a debate, it will be the biggest staged, rally for Hilary we’ve ever seen. A REAL debate would be her vs Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, and Trump. She would not only be destroyed on national TV she would be humiliated.
But then we have become a nation of talk and zero action. Case in point, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Boko Horom. We have become a nation of 62 years of failure. Our last success was WWII. harry lost his balls and no one has had any since. We’ve got military and diplomatic failures scattered all over the world ever since. that is why we need Trump and a military that will exercise some authority. But it ain’t gonna happen under the faggot
Now the c-rats understanding of the issues, or lack of, is starting to be exposed. Their vague platform planks of hope and change, it’s Bush’s fault, all part of their philosophy of blame others will no longer hack it. Personally I don’t care what any of them think about other candidates. I am just not interested in gossip talk. And the establishment needs to be destroyed politically and all candidates do their jobs. Represent their constituents in DC and not represent the party and lobbyists to their constituents.
And lets get rid of these polarizing terms conservative and liberal. They are just names the press can use to create dissention. With the exception of O himself and the WH staff I am confident candidates have an American perspective, not conservative, not liberal. No doubt there are either brand of ideas that are in the best interests of the nation, and not the best interests of the party. The biggest bully in America now is the press/media because they are 99 44/100% pure liberal. The only thing progressive about them is they progressively become more biased as opinonators instead of reporters.
Most people are fed up with both parties. Although it’ll never happen is time for a libertarian president. All we have now are professional politicians whose main concern is maintaining their office. It’s time for term limits with two terms maximum for senators, and 6x maximum 4 House members. That gives each of them 12 years to do their damage set up their retirement funds. That should be enough.
Even though I agree with you, just how in the world do you intend to FORCE term limits on national politicians? There is no mechanism for it, as there was in California years ago for state politicians, and the senators and reps will never put limits on themselves in any way. I am afraid you, like so many people in this country, are living in a pipe dream if you believe there is ANY way to control the idiots in Washington.
Yes there is. An amendment to the constitution vio Article 5 does not require the vote of a single national level politician.
I watch the debate tonight although I did not see much debating which some candidate’s even remarked on of course when it was done it was to throw the Republican’s under the bus for arguing among themselves which to me is what a debate should be. Each person taking an issue then saying how they would handle, I must admit Hillary came out smelling like a rose I was all for her in last election & really completely turned against Obama when he did not take her for V.P.I really believe when Bill was president it was really her running the country she is a very smart crafty lady . But with all that has happened I cannot bring myself to be in her corner no matter how good she does in debate’s if you remember she was also very good in the last debate I think she polished Obama on very turn bur she still lost I also believe her ship has sailed & she missed it, the big thing she keeps bringing up is she is a women & would be 1st woman president every time she says that to me its an insult [as if we cannot tell she is a women & we do not know she would be the first. I guess that shows what she really thinks of the voters. Bernie Saunders looked alright but to me he looked old & tired not enthusiastic, O Malley made a very good impression on me but all tonight did is push me more in Donald Trump’s camp he is the only one that seems not to be afraid to say what he means & truthfully does a lot of me me talk & when he uses term we its very clear he is speaking of himself & his people.
The only big move he really made in debate was when he refused to promise not to run on another ticket that showed guts & honesty but was a moot victory because he ended up signing a paper saying he would not [according to news] the only one that sign anything just because he was honest that question should never have been asked. I saw him on a late night show where he could just talk about his plans also on a radio show where he outlined his tax plans the man does have some good ideas but the way he talks about I really do not like a wall keeps some out but it also keeps many in & that to me is not freedom its a little early in the game to really pick anyone but unless there are a lot of changes made quickly that winner will be decided by the electoral college not the voters & that is not the way elections of any type should be settled. To me that does not seem to be the way to run a free country where the people vote for president & vice president but the winners are picked by the electoral college consisting of a body of special voters chosen to elect both president & V.P. It maybe time to really look at our government closely & the people in it.
So you use the very terms you previously stated are division terms? Hmmm.
Hillary controls the party apparatus but not the loyalty of the people. In 2008 Democrat voters couldn’t bring themselves to make “Hillary the inevitable” the party’s nominee. They picked a relative unknown on the national stage. When the voting begins in 2016 the same thing is likely to happen again. I can’t help but believe the Republicans have a few Clinton skeletons left in the closet that they can unveil should she become the Democrat nominee.
The sad truth is none of the Democrat candidates would be a good president. They each embrace an agenda that is bad for America. I will take any of the Republican candidates over any of the Democrat candidates who show up tonight on the debate stage.
with the communist nutwork covering up the real news with this farce, this side-show should be a real eye-opener of dis-information,obscuration and pure lies of o’bummer s buddies..
How sad for America that so many misguided and limited thinking people would vote for Clinton. The more one knows about her past the more all would agree she belongs in prison and not the White House. She was the second biggest fraud in DC during her years there. Even her past cannot keep up with the biggest fraud inflicted on mankind in the past 500 years who by the way is still in DC. – guess who?
The fix is in folks, Hillary Clinton is the # 1 New World Order (NWO) candidate of choice for continuing work started by their poster boy Barry Soetoro. Runner up and #2 if Hillary crashes and burns is none other than Jeb Bush, following in the footprints of his brother and father, also NWO clones. Lets face it folks, unless the silent majority rises up in rebellion and goes with a non-establishment candidate, it will be just more of the same old crap, regardless who is elected.
@Ltpar.. You of course come closer to the truth then what I’ve been reading.. We hate the opponents mainly because of what their opponents say about them whether it be the truth or an exaggeration (who can really tell when we only see and hear about things from a distance), and this, ” I will take any of the Republican (Democratic) candidates over any of the Democrat (Republican) candidates” is just falling into the same old mud pit. They’re all simply trying to keep their phony boloney jobs or wanting to ride the tax free monkey while being blind to the people their supposed to represent and the oath that they swore to abide by,.
The hibernation of the American Giant is over.
Trump/Cruz 2016. Carson HHS. Gowdy DOJ.
With this lineup, Obamacare will disappear, Hillary, Obama & fellow travelers will be brought to justice, and America WILL be great again.
Nothing to comment on. Sin city is an appropriate place to have this debate. CNN should broadcast live from there every day. It represents their moral structure. The debate is controlled be the dictator of the DNC. I will take a nap and refresh my mind and body with healthy thoughts. Go get em Hillary. Ha, ha.
Why not?