Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign quietly begins to take shape

[KoKo]

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign quietly begins to take shape
By Brianna Keilar, CNN Senior Political Correspondent
updated 6:42 PM EST, Mon November 3, 2014

With a trio of pro-Hillary superPACs -- Ready for Hillary, Priorities USA Action and Correct the Record -- months into shoring up support, a Clinton campaign is already well underway outside of her inner circle.

"The reality is that if you have a message and you're larger than life, the organization can come together pretty quickly," said Tom McMahon, who served as deputy campaign director for Howard Dean's 2004 campaign. "It can be a turnkey operation."
As the Clinton campaign apparatus is constructed, those close to her are trying to shroud it from view, wary of the glaring political spotlight that amplifies every move the former secretary of state makes.

"There are no formal talks, no one is being offered jobs," one source told CNN, dismissing the signs of campaign life as "a lot of jockeying" from Democrats who want to work on a Clinton campaign.

In September, Clinton and her inner circle were dismayed by a leak to Politico that revealed the presence of John Podesta -- former Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton, current top aide to President Barack Obama and the person favored to serve as chairman of a Hillary Clinton campaign -- at meetings with pro-Clinton super PACs this summer.

Huma Abedin, one of Clinton's closest aides, has told multiple Democrats to rein in chatter about 2016, saying Clinton wants to keep attention on the midterm elections and minimize attention on a presidential run, according to a Democratic source who spoke to Abedin.

Clinton and the small team she employs are trying to keep her out of the tarnishing political spotlight until she is ready to make a run official, something Clinton will likely do by the end of winter, though she would like to put it off as late as possible.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/03/politics/hillary-clinton-campaign/index.html

[MannyGoldstein]

1. A political Maginot Line is being quietly constructed

Unbreachable.

[morningfog]

2. Quietly?!?? Lol.

This is the last day of reprieve before Hillary 2016 is sucking all the air out any political story.

[Renew Deal]

3. Hillary 2016 begins tonight

[PAProgressive28]

4. So does Bernie 2016

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. The House is lost. The Senate is likely lost too.

The House is lost. The Senate is likely lost too. The only thing that stands between us and the abyss is a Democratic president. At this juncture I don't give a rat's ass who it is .

Holding on the White House in 2016 is a moral imperative.

[mylye2222]

10. My question? will it benefit HRC, ?

I tend to say Yes. ... she has the material to come as a " savior" now...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. IMHO, yes.

If this election goes off as predicted Democrats will be scared to death. They are going to rally around that Democrat who offers the best chance of holding on to the White House which has become our Maginot Line.

[djean111]

6. "Quietly"??????? Right.

[William769]

7. GO HILLARY!

You got my vote, money and time! Just tell me where you need me.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Is she going to cut the smelly baggage car from her unstoppable train?

[JEB]

9. And what shape would that be. Triangle?

[RiverLover]

11. Hillary is a Democrat?

She "says" she is, but actions are much louder than words.

Hillary Clinton's Goldman Sachs Problem
She talks populism, but hobnobs with Wall Street

"Hillary Clinton's shift from declaimer of Big Finance shenanigans to collaborator with Goldman—the firm has donated between $250,000 and $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation—prompts an obvious question: Can the former secretary of state cultivate populist cred while hobnobbing with Goldman and pocketing money from it and other Wall Street firms? Last year, she gave two paid speeches to Goldman Sachs audiences. (Her customary fee is $200,000 a speech.)"
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/hillary-clintons-goldman-sachs-problem

Message from New Yorkers to Hillary Clinton: Stop Touting the Big Oil & Gas Line on Extreme, Dirty Energy
"In upstate New York, residents have been on the receiving end of an onslaught of oil and gas industry propaganda for more than five years. We’ve broken through their slick ads and lies, looked to the science, and as such overwhelmingly reject fracking. Just as we’re not buying it from the oil and gas industry, we won’t buy it from you, and we urge you to do what we have done: look at the science, visit areas affected by fracking, and join us in promoting renewable energy and the better future it will bring."
http://nyagainstfracking.org/message-from-new-yorkers-to-hillary-clinton-stop-touting-the-big-oil-gas-line-on-extreme-dirty-energy/

Hillary Clinton is likely to be more conservative on energy policy in 2016 than she was 8 years ago
"For a Clinton 2016 candidacy, fracking isn't a question. "We must assure that it's not polluting our air and water," she can (and perhaps will) say, "but, done right, fracking helps create jobs, reduce CO2 emissions, and reduce our dependency on foreign oil." This is probably not what Hillary '08 would have said, but Clinton isn't running against Hillary '08, either."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/04/hillarys-likely-2016-position-on-energy-slightly-to-the-right-of-her-positions-in-2008/

[mylye2222]

12. On the paper only, Im afraid.

I fear that in 2016 you ll have to choose between two diseases...

[hifiguy]

14. If HRC is the nominee

we frogs will only get boiled a bit more slowly if she wins the presidency. She is a corporatist, a war-monger and represents virtually nothing a REAL democrat would stand for. Real Democrats do not pal around with the likes of war criminal Henry Kissinger and have Lloyd Blankfein as their BFF. The only prominent pol who does represent the Democratic wing of the party anymore is Bernie, and he's currently an independent.

[mylye2222]

15. Nit only Bernie

Warren is great too.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. I rather be boiled slowly than deep fried

I rather be boiled slowly than deep fried which is what will occur if the GOP controls all three branches of government in 2016. God help us all, to be left to their tender mercies.

[wyldwolf]

17. yeah, as much as you are.