The Media Are Bored, but Below the Radar, Clinton Is Connecting

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The Media Are Bored, but Below the Radar, Clinton Is Connecting

by Eleanore Clift at the Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/03/the-media-are-bored-but-below-the-radar-clinton-is-connecting.html

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They may not lead the nightly news or go viral on social media, but they are breaking through with voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. There are two-dozen in all, fleshed out with fact sheets according to a tally provided by the Clinton campaign, and they range from national security to quality of life issues.

It’s a liberal’s wish list, but the problems Clinton tackles are universal, and there’s something for conservatives too in taking on student debt, lowering the price of prescription drugs, providing a tax credit for care giving, and, in the midst of the holidays, announcing an ambitious $2 billion plan to find a cure for Alzheimer’s by 2025.

If you hate government, and think it’s too intrusive, Clinton’s probably not your candidate. But if you’re caring for one of the 5 million Alzheimer’s sufferers in the country, or you or someone you know has been affected by the disease in some way, then you’re with Newt Gingrich, who tweeted his approval of the Clinton plan, or Julianne Moore, who played a linguist afflicted by the disease in Still Alice and tweeted her support.

Or if your family or someone you know has been affected by addiction, Clinton was the first of the candidates in either party to realize how big a problem heroin and prescription drug abuse has become in New Hampshire, claiming so many young lives. It was at a town meeting in August in Keene where Clinton became aware of the extent of the problem when almost every hand went up at a substance abuse forum signaling a personal experience.



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[rbrnmw]

1. kick for a positive post

[orpupilofnature57]

2. Connecting below the radar is part of her problem ,more connections than Trust .

[virtualobserver]

4. Newt tweeted his approval....must be great.

[oasis]

3. Hillary connects in a big way. She doesn't get half the credit she deserves. (eom)

[NurseJackie]

7. Exactly. Thank you. (nt)

[Hekate]

5. Small forums are where she LISTENS to people. That came thru forcibly...

...for me back at the beginning, when she was the ONLY candidate from either party who got the message about the heroin/opioids crisis in Small Town America.

I had read about this about a year prior and remembered it due to my interest in public health issues, but didn't hear about it again until HILLARY brought it up.

I have not forgotten the mockery here at DU, either. Smooth move, people.

[SunSeeker]

6. K & R