CBS Gushes: Clinton ‘Was Fierce; She Was Forceful’ in the Debate
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
O’DONNELL: “John Dickerson of ‘Face The Nation’ is with us this morning. Hillary Clinton was fierce. She was forceful and she went after Bernie Sanders, talking about an artful smear, attacks by insinuation. Will it work or was it risky?”
DICKERSON: “That was very interesting. She is right, essentially. Bernie Sanders’ argument is she is compromised by all of the money and donations she gets. Now the question is does it make political sense for her to do that? It showed her being forceful and fierce, but what do regular people hear when they hear people get a lot of money from a certain industry? They think maybe there is a connection there, so is it really a smear for Sanders to bring that up or is he saying, simply, that because of the donations, she won’t go as far as he will? That is something we will have tained find out coming days. She is hanging a lamp on this issue.”
KING: “Bernie Sanders didn’t take it lying down. What are voters in New Hampshire saying about how he did last night?”
DICKERSON: “Well, with I haven’t talked to a lot of them overnight, but the — his — basically, he is so on message and the argument is basically that he will go farther than she will because he is not compromised by those donations. So I think that, basically, they both were forceful advocates for their positions. But right now the positions in New Hampshire are helping Bernie Sanders.”