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Eight Governor's Are Supporting Hillary!
The impressive list continues to grow with Gov. John Baldacci of Maine endorsing Hillary! So far: Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Hillcast: Hillary On Equal Pay
HillaryClinton.com has a new Hillcast of Sen. Clinton talking about Women's History Month and her new bill: The Paycheck Fairness Act. Check it out below, and be sure to share the YouTube video with your friends!
EMILY's List Looks Into Crystal Ball To See Hillary's Inaugural
The Emily's List luncheon featuring Hillary Clinton that just ended in Washington had as its centerpiece a video depicting an inauguration in which an actor who looked a lot like John Roberts swore in a woman with short blond hair.
According to one attendee of the luncheon, Emily List's president, Ellen Malcolm presented the video to Mrs. Clinton "as a gift."
Matthews Obsessed With Clinton Sex Speculation
Think Progress has a great compilation video of Chris Matthews (R) - MSNBC attacking Sen. Clinton and President Clinton. Check out what they have to say about his sex obsession:
MSNBC host Chris Matthews is obsessed with Bill Clinton’s sex life. Over the last four weeks, Matthews has incessantly raised baseless speculation that President Clinton may have an extramarital affair or engage in inappropriate behavior that would impact Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY).
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/28/video-matthews-obsessed/
Peter Feddo In The Austin Chronicle
The Democrats' embrace of the Web may simply be due to the fact that there appear to be more viable Democratic candidates for the White House, and all of them are trying to distinguish themselves from the pack.
Some of these Web gimmicks border on the absurd. For instance, Clinton's Web site has a selection of 30 "HillaryBuddies." They are icons – ranging from "Cat Lovers for Hillary" to "International Union of Painters and Allied Trades for Hillary" – that supporters can use on their AOL Instant Messenger. Web-based tricks like these are leading to a rather unusual political smackdown: Candidates are going out of their way to declare their geek appeal.
In late February, Clinton's Web site posted a press release claiming that VoteHillary.org had logged more than 1.7 million page views over the previous few months. Those page views, combined with the fact that the campaign was launching a new marketing campaign by buying selected Google Adwords, compelled Clinton campaign operative Peter Feddo to declare that "there is no doubt that Hillary Clinton is the candidate of the Internet savvy in 2008."
Wash Post is At It Again!
STOP THE PRESSES! Hillary Clinton gave away more money to charity than she reported! That's right, frontpage of the WashPost is dedicated to this sinister scandal!
Jonathan Chait at the New Republic covers the hyperventalating details from the Washington Post over this non-story re: Hillary Clinton.
I mean, maybe--maybe--that's a one-paragraph item somewhere in the back. But this is a major front page story. And the story doesn't even try to explain why this is a matter of public concern. As it reports:
Clinton's spokesman said her failure to report the existence of the family foundation and the senator's position as an officer was an oversight. Her office immediately amended her Senate ethics reports to add that information late yesterday after receiving inquiries from The Washington Post.
"The details of the Clintons' charitable family foundation and Senator Clinton's role in it have always been publicly available, but, in an oversight that leaders of both parties have made, it was inadvertently omitted from her Senate filing, which has been corrected," Hillary Clinton's press secretary, Philippe Reines, said yesterday.
Wash Post & Selective Outrage
Christopher Orr with The New Republic points out that once again The Washington Post editorial page is dipping into the tactics of tacky tabloids in attacking Hillary:
The lead editorial in the paper today is titled "Sen. Clinton's Bundles: Who are the big-money fundraisers underwriting her campaign?" It begins by describing a recent large-donor event and asking "What are the candidate's plans to release the names of her big bundlers?...
A fair enough question. The editorial then proceeds to note that both Barack Obama and John McCain have promised to release the names of their big bundlers, before continuing, "Mr. Edwards won't say anything except that he'll abide by the law"--which presumably means he won't release the names of his bundlers...
Iowa Blogger Praises Clinton's Candid Conversation
Tom over at the BleedingHeartland had a chance to speak with Sen. Clinton and share his concerns about the Iraq war:
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EMILY'S List Endorses Hillary Clinton For President
On the national stage and in the neighborhoods of New York, Senator Hillary Clinton has repeatedly put her expertise and power behind solutions that make the lives of the American people safer and more prosperous. No one is more qualified to bring to the White House the kind of principled and effective leadership our nation so desperately needs.
Blog Roundup: Announcement Day
The blogosphere reacts to Hillary's candidacy:
Jerome Armstrong at MyDD offers a thoughtful analysis-
The website has the clean, Kerry-2004 look about it. A smart "write our first post" call to action on the website. The announcement of "an unprecedented series of video webcasts beginning Monday, January 22nd at 7pm EST for three nights" creates a quick narrative of interaction and response around Bush's SOTU address. It'll be interesting to see if she gets a bump in the national and early state polls.
Trapper John at DailyKos offers the obligatory Hillary attack-
I can't imagine why one would announce on a Saturday, but Hillary Clinton has officially launched an exploratory committee. Not a surprise, and barely "news," but in the interest of equal time, here's her statement
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