New Clinton team aims for no-drama operation

[brooklynite]

Source: MSNBC

On the eve of her expected presidential campaign launch Sunday, Hillary Clinton’s campaign team-in-waiting met at her brand new Brooklyn headquarters for a final pre-game briefing, where campaign manager-designate Robby Mook distributed a memo outlining the campaign’s mission.

The simple one-page memo, obtained by msnbc, lays out the purposes, goals, and guiding principles of Clinton’s campaign under the heading: “We Are Hillary for America.” The memo was written by Mook, but included input from a wide range of advisers.

The overriding message: No drama this time.

The memo states that the campaign’s purpose is to give every American “a path to lasting prosperity.” “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,” the document reads.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/new-clinton-team-aims-no-drama-operation-0

[bluestateguy]

1. No drama and the Clintons?

Please.

[cloudbase]

4. Man plans, God laughs. n/t

[pnwmom]

5. What drama has Hillary been involved in? I must have missed it. n/t

[Jim Lane]

19. Internal strife in her 2008 campaign is the first thing that comes to my mind.

From what I've read about that campaign, it violated a majority of the principles set forth in this memo.

The memo could be summarized as: "Let's not repeat the mistakes from last time."

The loss in 2008 is certainly an advantage for Clinton this time. It gives her and her senior advisers some valuable experience in what not to do. Her opponents won't have the benefit of that kind of experience.

[Buzz Clik]

18. +1

[OKNancy]

2. Memo text

We Are Hillary for America

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. 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.

Our goal: For Hillary Clinton to earn a winning number of delegates to secure the Democratic nomination and win 270 electoral votes to become the 45th President of the United States.

Our guiding principles:

*We are a team: we are committed to helping each other succeed to deliver on our core purpose.

*We are a diverse, talented family: we work together, empower and respect each other, and have each other’s backs, especially our volunteers.

*We are disciplined: driven every day by strategy, not tactics or one offs. We know there will be tough days, but we will bounce back and get back to work. We take risks, always measuring with empirical data to establish best practices.

*We are humble: we take nothing for granted, we are never afraid to lose, we always out-compete and fight for every vote we can win. We know this campaign will be won on the ground, in states.

*We know the importance of having fun: we are all here because we want to work hard for a cause we believe in.

* We are open to a diverse range of views: When we disagree, it’s never personal. Once a decision is made, we execute it—together.

*We are responsible: we always remember and appreciate the generosity of millions of people who invest their time and resources in Hillary Clinton and in us.

*We are guided by Hillary’s bedrock values of hard work, service, fairness, and faith in the American Dream.

[cosmicone]

11. Go Hillary!! n/t

[LiberalElite]

3. That horse is long out of the barn nt

[Smithryee]

8. Yup. Went out back in 2008, and hasn't come back

Too many nasty memories - such as PUMA and Hillaryis44.org folks - if people still remember that garbage from 7 years ago?

[alcibiades_mystery]

30. It's too bad you weren't on DU back then

[KoKo]

6. Coasting on the "Good Will" of the American Voters?

Using an Obama Meme of "No Drama?"

Well...that's bound to get voters clamering to vote in 2016 ....although many have Reduced Number of Polling Places, Access to "Early Voting" (because of cut backs in their states) and have to deal with discriminatory "Voting ID" cards they have to deal within order to even be able to vote.

[Smithryee]

7. Not going to happen.

There will be a lot of drama, a LOT of it....

And it'll be of Hillary's making - when she stumbles over and over again.

Just like 2008.

Lessons were not, it appears, learned.

Go Bernie! I, my legs, and my money are ready for Bernie!

[Buenaventura]

23. Indeed! Go Bernie! n/t

[YOHABLO]

9. They always go so populist when they campaign. They say: ''Everyday Americans trying to...."

Oh please, arrest some bankers and throw them in jail. Tell the Christian Right to get out of my face.

[Larry Engels]

14. Election-time populist rhetoric.

Behind the scenes, it's business as usual: currying favor from big business and the banks.

[FrodosPet]

37. So a private citizen is supposed to arrest people and throw them in jail without trial?

As much as some people should have went to jail over the crisis of 2007-2009, I don't think that sets a very good precedent.

What really sucks is that much of the bullshit was legal, even if it was immoral. And the rest? All the testimony, evidence, and education of the jurors is expensive, time consuming, and difficult. Merely saying "He's a banker! Bad bad banker go to jail for being a banker!" is pretty much a non starter.

[winstars]

10. Campaign manager Robby Mook? Whats a Mook?

Sorry but myself and many of my friends who are Scorsese/Bobby D fans will throughout the next 2 years always find this guys name funny...


Oh wait, funny how? Like a clown? Do I amuse you???

Sorry again, sometimes it gets a bit too serious here...

[cosmicone]

12. Clinton-haters will have a lot to write in response

starting with "I'm not a Hillary-hater but ...."

[davidpdx]

20. Yeah, because anyone who disagrees with her policies is a hater

Lock-step, that is exactly what you support:

How did that work out in 2007-2008?

[jeff47]

13. You mean like her team's handling of the Emails?

Where they constantly re-ignited the issue when it was fizzing out? They did a fantastic job of creating drama when they should have shut the fuck up.

"47 Senators just wrote a letter to Iran? Time to schedule a press conference on emails!!"

[quadrature]

15. every word will be staged ...

HRC cannot talk 'off the cuff'.

or, at least.
that is the impression I have.

[Larry Engels]

16. When she does speak extemporaneously, like in an interview--

I always feel that she is unsure of herself. As if she doesn't know which pose to take.

[tabasco]

17. "This campaign is not about Hillary Clinton"

That sounds stupid to me.

The campaign is EVERYTHING about the candidate.

Sure, go on to recite a bunch of issues. So WHY is your candidate the best one to tackle those issues?

[pocoloco]

21. Comedy and farce might really work well!!!

[SCVDem]

22. This campaign needs to go Daily Show on the attack ads.

Address the ludicrous and far-fetched point by point. Fact check them until all that's left is a steaming pile of lies and exagerations.

Then show America how full of crap the right wing GOPTPers really are.

Easy first ad? They are going to take our guns, again. Never happened under Obama, won't happen under HRC.

Start by blowing up the NRA myths and fearmongering!

Then close with a real issue like income inequality.

Louis Gohmert proves that people really do get tired of stupid. (Attack Iran Now?)

[madville]

24. That's great until

The poll numbers start dropping and the campaign implodes. Haven't we seen this movie before?

[blkmusclmachine]

25. Clinton = drama. By definition. And the media will create some, if none is present.

[rpannier]

31. That's always going to be an issue

If something doesn't go wrong in her campaign
The media will dredge up something, usually irrelevant and often made up

[Divernan]

26. Putting Bill in suspended animation?

[libdem4life]

27. Just saw Bill do a great commercial for a VA job online site during the OU Game. I wouldn't

call that suspended animation. Jeez, people are really reaching. Hillary is our candidate. EOS

[Fearless]

29. Whose candidate again??

[libdem4life]

33. Kind of like having to ask the prices on a menu...if you have to ask, you can't afford it.

Another analogy: My Dad, an old country preacher used to say about people, if they are waiting or seeking the perfect church to join, it's not here...or anywhere else.

In politics, well...I'm sure you get my point. I don't ask you to join me because rhetoric is useless.

[Fearless]

36. The difference isn't a few minor points however

It's her entire POV that is disagreeable.

[libdem4life]

38. You missed the point, apparently. Perhaps you'll learn to love President Bush/Cruz/Rubio.

[rpannier]

32. Who is the 'our' of which you speak?

Been down that road and seen it implode before
Let's see who declares and then watch what happens
Better yet, get involved to make something happen for whomever you support (at any level)

[libdem4life]

34. There will be one...yes it's early...if you can find one...these billion dollar campaigns

that the Bush SCOTUS...repeat and rinse...the Republican SCOTUS...plagued us with, it has to start early. We're in new territory here, AFAICS, and it's the donors/the money who will make the decision. Yes, they need the peasants to flock to the voting places, of course, but just like Bush...we didn't know it yet, the fix was already in.

At least our "fix" has a head start on the Republican Clown Car, which dilutes the money, but the Bushes have all they need from Great Grandpappy's old European still.

Let's don't create one of our own. I'm all for an energetic primary. but not only the donors, but "lesser known" candidates will likely be putting in their names as VP candidates.

Again, let me emphasize...the SCOTUS gave us Citizen's United...which made this a game only the rich can play. I hate it and pretty sure most everyone here hates it, so what are we going to do about it? Beat up the candidates who have access to it? Or worse yet, Stack it with another couple of lifetime Reublican lifetime judges. Then, we can send Hillary into retirement to be Grandma.

Reminder: Roe v Wade will be on the docket so fast your head will spin. So women, and those who love them, beware. They've got those wands they like to play doctor with.

[Fearless]

28. That shouldn't have to be an aim.

It sounds like finding a way to get people to vote for her is a bit dishonest.

[Cha]

35. No Drama Obama and Obama for America.. sounds familiar and most certainly worked for the President