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Critics, including liberals in her own party, say she has grown out of touch after decades as the wife of former president Bill Clinton, a US senator and secretary of state.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton promised to be a champion for everyday Americans on Sunday as she kicked off a long-awaited second run for the White House as the commanding Democratic front runner.

Everyday Americans need a champion. I want to be that champion, Clinton said in a video released on the internet that announced her run.

Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times, but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top, she said.

Clinton, who lost a bruising Democratic nominating battle to Barack Obama in 2008, was expected to travel soon to Iowa, the state that holds the kickoff nominating contest in early 2016.

Its official: Hillarys running for president, John Podesta, a top aide to Clinton, said in an email sent to supporters of her failed 2008 bid.

She is hitting the road to Iowa to start talking directly with voters. There will be a formal kickoff event next month.

Clintons campaign will emphasize her plans to address economic inequality and will tout the historic nature of her effort to become the first woman US president, aides said.

One of her biggest challenges will be to show a more down-to-earth side while connecting with ordinary voters. Critics, including liberals in her own party, say she has grown out of touch after decades as the wife of former president Bill Clinton, a US senator and secretary of state.

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An Apple employee waves a rainbow flag before marching in the San Francisco Gay Pride Festival in California, June 29, 2014. Thousands of Apple employees donned specially designed T shirts at the festival and marched in unison. This year's turnout was largest in the company's history, several Apple employees told Reuters.

Businesses should not discriminate, liberals proclaimed loudly in explaining their opposition to religious freedom laws. Three recent actions supported by liberals demonstrate that is not true.

1. Bakeries Should Be Able to Refuse Bible Verses

Christian activist Bill Jack was denied service when he went to Azucar Bakery in Denver and asked for two cakes in the shape of open Bibles. He asked for the words, "God hates sin Psalm 45:7," "Homosexuality is a detestable sin Leviticus 18:22," "God loves sinners," and "While we were yet sinners Christ died for us Romans 5:8," on each of the "pages" of the Bible cakes.

Azucar Bakery is in the same state where the bakery Masterpiece Cake was successfully sued for declining to make a wedding cake for a same-sex wedding.

In a January interview with The Christian Post, Jack explained that he supports Azucar Bakery's right to deny him service because they oppose the values he wanted written on the cakes. He only made the requests to find out if Colorado would be hypocritical. It was.

In Colorado, if a customer wants a cake with Christian values written on it, bakers are allowed to decline service if they disagree with those values. If a customer wants a cake for a same-sex wedding, bakers are not allowed to decline service if they disagree with same-sex marriage.

2. Pharmacists Should Refuse Death Penalty Drugs

The American Pharmacists Association approved a policy last month discouraging its members from participating in death penalty executions by providing the drugs required for lethal injections.

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21st Century Democrats: Jonathan Allen on Hillary Moving Left; Thomas Schaller on Left v Right
First, Jonathan Allen, now the chief political correspondent for Vox, has written extensively about Hillary Clinton. He says one problem facing her likely presidential run is the history of...

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VID Zephyr Teachout returns to Village Independent Democrats talks issues, politics and the future
VID Zephyr Teachout returns to Village Independent Democrats the firtst club to endore her in her race against Andrew Cuomo and talks issues, politics and the future.

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Published: April 12, 2015 - Updated: April 12, 2015 10:37 pm

By Marc Levy Associated Press

Associated Press

HARRISBURG This month marks six years since Arlen Specter switched parties to become a Democrat, upending Pennsylvanias 2010 U.S. Senate campaign and set off an intraparty fight among Democrats that is now haunting a second campaign.

Party leaders are now searching the ranks for someone who can beat the Republican incumbent, Pat Toomey, and, perhaps as importantly to them, one of their own.

The Democrat who is already running is Joe Sestak, the former U.S. representative from Delaware County and an ex-Navy vice admiral. In 2010, he bucked the wishes of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and other party leaders to run against Specter in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

He beat Specter while emphasizing that he stood up to party leaders before he lost narrowly to Toomey. That and other friction between Sestak and top Democrats he is uncooperative with the party, they complain have not been forgotten now that he is running again to take on Toomey next year.

You win some, you lose some, you move on, said T.J. Rooney, who was chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party when Specter switched parties. But what he continues to do is use that as his rallying cry, Im bucking the establishment. Well, guess what, the establishment is going to buck him back.

The 2016 Senate election in Pennsylvania promises to be expensive and closely watched. The 2010 race cost more than $50 million, including spending by outside groups, and many expect that spending on the 2016 race will pass that mark.

With majority Republicans defending more than twice as many seats as Democrats in 2016, control of the Senate is at stake.

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