Networks Largely Yawn At Report Clinton Campaign Blames Obama For Loss
By Matthew Balan | February 2, 2017 | 12:50 PM EST
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The broadcast networks morning and evening newscasts, along with the cable news networks, have largely ignored the Tuesday report from Axios's Mike Allen that Hillary Clinton's campaign team blames President Obama for her loss in the 2016 election. Charlie Rose mentioned the revelation in passing on Thursday's CBS This Morning: "You have reports, for example, that the Hillary campaign thought it began with President Obama not doing enough in terms of the Russian hacking." On Wednesday, Fox Business Network's Kennedy program devoted part of panel discussion segment to the Axios report [video below].
Allen first spotlighted in his article, "Team Hillary blames Obama more than Putin," that "the worst-kept secret inside Democratic circles is how bitter Hillary Clinton's team is at President Obama over her election loss. We have heard from numerous, anguished people in Clinton-land blaming Obama -- more than Putin, FBI Director James Comey or, um, Hillary herself -- for the defeat." The journalist explained that the "Clintonites feel that if Obama had come out early and forcefully with evidence of Russian interference in the campaign, and perhaps quicker sanctions, she might be president today."
The Axios founder also underlined that " how upset some Democrats are. It's testing relationships between Clinton and Obama loyalists. It's making efforts to form a new Trump opposition coalition harder." He quoted an unnamed Clinton campaign veteran: "The White House was like everyone else:
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