Hillary held a live town hall on
Good Morning America today. The
Coffee with the Candidates
spot was occupied by the Dem frontrunner and questions came from the
panel, the studio audience, a few outside locations, and from social
media.



Asked about Donald Trump's latest nickname for her, she said she is not going to respond to his personal attacks.
Regarding
Bernie Sanders, she will leave it up to him to decide what his campaign
will do.Even though Bernie's supporters do not support her now she will
continue to support them. She will keep talking about her agenda.
Speech
transcripts: This is a new standard. When everybody releases theirs,
she will release hers. Meanwhile, it is the tax returns that are the
standard, and Sanders should release his.
1994
Crime bill: She pointed out that Sanders voted for that bill. She will
divert people away from the criminal justice system; provide second
chance opportunities; restore voting rights.

What
would she say to people who don't trust her? When she gets a job
everyone says she does it well. President Obama trusted her.
Stephanopoulos asked where she thinks this comes from, and Hillary said
it's a long term thing. People are fine with her and praise her when she
is doing a job, but as soon as she runs for a job, they attack.
Greatest political regret. Iraq War vote.
Marijuana
question. She would have to study a bill before signing on but is
interested in what is happening where it is legal. Recommends acquire
evidence and make decisions based on that.
Pay
gap: Laws permit people to be fired when they try to get information
about their comparative pay. Those need to be addressed. Young women
start out in parity and the disparity grows over years.
Which
Hillary came closest? There's a little bit of truth in all of them and
the history of the hairstyle is like an archeological dig.
Learning
from the skits: She is not a natural politician and it doesn't make
good TV but gets good feedback from the impressions. Loved playing Val
the Bartender and may bring her back.
#TBT:
1988 GMA appearance: Was about fighting sexism and pay inequality in
law practice. Is campaigning on breaking barriers - so many barriers.
Has been using hot sauce since 1992 to boost her immune system. Has a collection.
Bill's most annoying habit. Reading himself to sleep. Since he's asleep bed, she has to get up and turn out his light.


My take:
The audiences at these events are politically active. That is clear.
(Did I not see Jennifer McCann there? She is everywhere!) Also,
questions are screened. That's how the questions get up on the screen so
quickly. So have these people simply not been paying attention? She
has answered these same questions ad infinitum and really never gets a
new question.
Every audience, full of activists, comes up with the
same questions. I bet Jennifer submitted a question. I bet it was
about plans for disabilities in the workplace - something like that.
Why do the producers keep pulling the same old questions out of the hat
and not give Hillary a chance to answer new ones? I have a feeling there
were better questions in that audience. Questions with answers a lot of
voters have not heard her answer before. How the heck is Hillary
supposed to explain the people who do not find her "trustworthy?" That
is a question for them, not for her. Why does that one keep coming up?
That's just me.