"Commander-in-Chief" Clinton still wants NC Debate
Playing the Commander-in-chief strategy in Fayetteville, NC, a part of the state surrounded by multiple military bases, Hillary Clinton also continued to call for a NC debate. She said earlier Thursday:
"I hope we can have a really vigorous discussion about the issues here in North Carolina, and I'm hoping we can have a debate right here," she told a crowd here on her third trip to the state. "I think the voters of North Carolina deserve a debate. I have said I'll debate anytime, anywhere. Look, I'm so sleep deprived, it doesn't matter."
The debate about debates is a fairly safe way to keep the pressure on an opponent. The move is inherently controversial drawing headlines and localizing the demand to have a debate "in-our-state-too."
Both Obama and Clinton have previously accepted and failed to respond to debates in North Carolina. Chances for a debate are nil, with the State and National party pulling the plug on an event scheduled for Raleigh on the 27th.
Clinton is using the same strategy, calling for more debates in Indiana and Oregon.
