Clinton Blames MoveOn & ‘Activist Base’ for Electoral Defeats

Shortly after Super Tuesday, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) was blaming “activist base” of the Democratic Party for some of her loses, charging the groups with voter intimidation. The Huffington Post has acquired audio of the remarks made at a closed-door fundraiser.

Here is what Clinton said:

MoveOn.org endorsed [Sen. Barack Obama] — which is like a gusher of money that never seems to slow down. We have been less successful in caucuses because it brings out the activist base of the Democratic Party. MoveOn didn’t even want us to go into Afghanistan. I mean, that’s what we’re dealing with. And you know they turn out in great numbers. And they are very driven by their view of our positions, and it’s primarily national security and foreign policy that drives them. I don’t agree with them. They know I don’t agree with them. So they flood into these caucuses and dominate them and really intimidate people who actually show up to support me.