With ‘Hillary for America’ Memo, a Campaign Sets Its Mission

[boston bean]

snip....... “We are Hillary for America,” declares the document, first reported by Politico and later obtained by The New York Times.

“Our purpose: To give every family, every small business, and every American a path to lasting prosperity by electing Hillary Clinton the next President of the United States.”

In a sentence freighted with significance, the memo continues: “This campaign is not about Hillary Clinton and not about us — it’s about the everyday Americans who are trying to build a better life for themselves and their families.”

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/04/11/with-hillary-for-america-memo-a-campaign-sets-its-mission/?_r=0

Go Hillary!!!!!

[Jesus Malverde]

1. Wishful thinking...nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Forward that to Wayne LaPierre and the nutsacks at the NRA convention.

Ruining his/their day would be a good kickoff.

[cali]

3. I find it pretty uninspiring, but

then I think her roll out is tone deaf- again. Announcing via tweet and social media from a jet 30,000 feet above flyover country.

Not brilliant. Not a strategy that excites.

[Renew Deal]

7. Did you want her to come to your house?

She could have gone out there like Cruz or Paul. How inspirational.

[cali]

19. Why the inane comparisons to Cruz or Paul?

I think the optics aren't great.

[Renew Deal]

21. Because that's the alternative (in current context)

Go big, go small, go on video. Cruz went big. Paul did the video thing and then a kickoff.

She could do the Walker/Bush/O'Malley thing and run around the country without announcing anything.

[Metric System]

28. She's headed to Iowa to campaign. How is Hillary speaking in front of a crowd of fawning supporters

better optics? It's a purposely low-key roll-out. If she had done the opposite, you'd probably be accusing her of looking like a Queen headed to her coronation.

[linuxman]

4. Tepid boilerplate horseshit

How inspiring.

[cali]

5. yeah, nothing memorable there.

[RealityAdvocate]

6. It's plastic, completely generic, focus group approved swill.

[Renew Deal]

9. If it's "focus group approved" then she must be doing what people want

Another minor win for Hillary.

[boston bean]

11. Seems some would prefer, she just sit on her ass and not run a campaign....

I don't think that will work... Something in my commonsense tells me it would be a monumental failure.. Afterall, isn't that one of their main "criticisms" of her? She sat on her laurels, she thought she was inevitable....

She can't do anything right by some... it will be what it will be.. but they should at least expect some push back and not get so angry about it.

[Renew Deal]

12. Some of the criticism is ridiculous

People are criticizing the mission statement of her campaign committee? Whatever. Shows desperation.

[RealityAdvocate]

13. Only if you believe in the effectiveness of focus groups.

She has no chance.

[Renew Deal]

14. You still haven't provided proof of your far right claim in the other thread

I'm sure it's coming.

[RealityAdvocate]

15. It's self evident that she's right of Obama.

She is a military hawk, voting for and supporting war in Iraq until it was politically inconvenient. She's in bed with Wall Street.

Hillary bends as the political winds shift; she doesn't seem to have any core principals that stand up to challenge or hardship.

[Renew Deal]

16. So you've got nothing

[RealityAdvocate]

18. If you think reality is nothing, yes.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

29. I think you mean principles

Hillary bends as the political winds shift; she doesn't seem to have any core principals
that stand up to challenge or hardship.

Principals are the people you see when you misbehave in school.

[RealityAdvocate]

30. You say tomato I say potato.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. But calling a potato a tomato doesn't make it a good sauce for a pizza./NT

[RealityAdvocate]

32. Scalloped.

[SidDithers]

33. Welcome to DU...

Sid

[RealityAdvocate]

34. Thanks Sid!

[SidDithers]

36. Come back soon, again...

Fucking zombies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=322190&sub=trans

Sid

[Renew Deal]

8. It seems to have gotten in your head

[cali]

10. huh? because I don't think it's remarkable?

Critiquing a political memo doesn't automatically mean "it's gotten into your head". In fact, I've already forgotten what it said.

[Doctor_J]

24. pretty much

I'm sure the campaign will contain zero specifics. She's a wall street water carrier who recently flipped on gay marriage and healthcare. Her only unshakable principles seem to be toward big business and big money. And of course I'll vote for her. Hopefully my grandchildren will understand why I had to do it.

[L0oniX]

17. *

[CrispyQ]

20. A yawn slogan for a yawn candidate.

Whoever stated that she's sucked all the air out of the room was spot on.

[boston bean]

22. I definitely don't find her announcement to be a yawn...

Just look around and see all the comments about it. People aren't falling asleep over it.

[GeorgeGist]

23. Je suis Hillary.

Catchy.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. Politicians and platitudes are like beans and farts. Both produce smelly hot air.

[boston bean]

26. I've heard better slams from 3 year olds.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

27. I've heard better platitudes from snake-handling preachers.

[hifiguy]

35. Every word was focus group tested

before being Goldman approved. Meh.