Aid and Abet: "to assist another in the commission of a crime by words or conduct." Yup, in the mind of Dems, it's nothing short of a crime for the MSM to do anything but get behind whichever presidential candidate has a 'D' after her name.
Witness former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe--now a Hillary endorser--on today's With All Due Respect. He told John Heilemann that if Marco Rubio were the Republican candidate "you in the press, that worries me, because that's going to be a really interesting narrative: young, diverse, versus old." Plouffe went on to complain that the press will "aid and abet" Rubio, rather than letting Hillary define him. "And that's a big problem," concluded Plouffe. Hear that, MSM? Unwavering support for Hillary's plan to rip Rubio is required!
When push comes to shove, what are the odds the MSM will do anything other than fall in line behind Hillary? But it is a mark of Hillary's weakness as a candidate that Plouffe openly worries about the possibility the MSM might compromise its liberal loyalty.
Question: do you think Hillary is happy to hear Plouffe cast the campaign as "young, diverse, versus old?"
JOHN HEILEMANN: If you look up and see the visage of Marco Rubio, Cuban-American, Tim Scott, African-American, Nikki Haley, Indian-American, who we saw last night in South Carolina, does that picture worry you as a Democrat if Marco Rubio were to be the nominee and that was the face of the Republican party heading toward, heading into the Fall?
DAVID PLOUFFE: It doesn't worry me because--I think you in the press, that worries me cause I think that's going to be a really interesting narrative: young, diverse, versus old --
HEILEMANN: -- incredibly shallow --
PLOUFFE: -- right, so that worries me. But the reality of their positions is what matters. So look at Marco Rubio, okay? On everything, the Iran deal, gay marriage, immigration reform now that he's ran away from that, health care, tax cuts for the wealthy, on all those issues he's hard, Tea Party right. He might put a nicer image on it. And so that will be one of the challenges for the Clinton campaign, is, Marco Rubio if he is the nomiee has to be defined. He cannot define himself. If he defines himself, and I think the press will aid and abet here, he'll scattle a little bit more to the center. And that's a big problem.
