Can you feel the electricity in the air? After continuing his exhaustive search for ISIS on America’s finest golf courses, President Obama took time from his summer vacation Monday evening to do a little fundraising on Martha’s Vineyard.
No vacation from political fundraising. Pres Obama does fundraiser this evening on MV for the"Hillary Victory Fund." Partial press coverage.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 15, 2016
This is the second "Hillary" fundraiser for Pres Obama. Overall, it's his 22nd political fundraiser this year, his 484th while in office.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 15, 2016
Limited transparency at the fundraiser. Print Pool allowed to cover Obama's opening remarks, but not the Q&A with donors that follows.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 15, 2016
Partial press coverage? That’s awfully unusual for a political fundraiser, isn’t it? Aren’t they usually closed to the press?
Raising campaign $ for @HillaryClinton today, @POTUS let the press cover his opening remarks. Clinton fundraisers entirely closed press.
— Peter Nicholas (@PeterAtlantic) August 15, 2016
It might sound crazy, but it’s almost as if the Hillary Clinton campaign would rather let President Obama do her campaigning for her. While he’s been consistently popular, Clinton is another story, even admitting during her historic acceptance speech in Philadelphia that she has likability issues: “I get it … some people just don’t know what to make of me,” she confessed.
Even the president himself, while raking in the cash for her campaign, admitted that the most qualified candidate in history isn’t the “flashiest.”
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At a fundraiser in Martha's Vineyard, Obama says Clinton is not the flashiest person, “but she is the person who’s going to do the work.”
— Colleen Nelson (@ColleenMNelson) August 15, 2016
Clinton's "not always the flashiest" and doesn't give "stem-winders," Obama says. “But she is the person who’s going to do the work."
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 16, 2016
.@POTUS at fundraiser: @HillaryClinton not always the "flashiest" candidate, but under really tough pressure she'll do the job. #voaalert
— Mary Alice Salinas (@masalinasVOA) August 15, 2016
Well, at least part of that is true. Sure, Benghazi was a spectacular failure of leadership, but when the pressure gets really tough, Clinton will step up to the challenge, guaranteed. That, or she’ll throw up her hands and ask what difference it makes.
The president then turned his attention to Clinton’s opponent who shall not be named.
At vacation Hillary fundraiser, Obama complains he's "tired of talking about her opponent." Chances are tho he'll muster the strength again
— Andrew Malcolm (@AHMalcolm) August 15, 2016
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