McCain: Obama #39;s National Security Team Recommended Arming ISIS
"Hillary Clinton has described already the meeting in the White House over 2 years ago, everyone in the National Security Team recommended arming ISIS, and the President, by himself turned...
By: Pontiac Tribune
View post:
McCain: Obama's National Security Team Recommended Arming ISIS - Video
Progressive Petition: REAL Competition for Hillary Clinton in 2016
http://www.tytnetwork.com/petitions/ Email Petitions@tytnetwork.com Hillary Clinton is going to be a heavy hitter for president in 2016. But what about those...
By: TYT Shows
Go here to see the original:
Progressive Petition: REAL Competition for Hillary Clinton in 2016 - Video
Hillary Clinton Wants War, Lots Of It Thats Why Shes Running
"Allies to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are casting a stark distinction between a decisive, assertive Clinton and a pragmatic, deliberative President Obama on foreign policy. ...
By: The Young Turks
Excerpt from:
Hillary Clinton Wants War, Lots Of It & Thats Why Shes Running - Video
TIME Politics 2016 Election Hillary Clinton Goes to Iowa Former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, reacts during a conference at the Seminar "Mexico Siglo XXI" (Mexico XXI Century) organized by Telmex foundation, in Mexico City on Sept. 5, 2014. Edgard GarridoReuters This will be Clintons first visit to Iowa since she lost the caucuses in 2008
Sunday afternoon in Indianola, Iowa, is bound to be a spectacle. Former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary will be the keynote speakers at retiring Sen. Tom Harkins 37th and last steak fry. Some 5,000 peoplea third of the towns population of 15,000are expected to attend, including more than 200 journalists from around the world.
The former first ladys every handshake and utterance will surely be parsed for signs of whether shell run for President again in 2016. This will be Clintons first trip back to Iowa since her humiliating third-place loss in the caucuses in 2008, a setback that ultimately cost her the nomination. Just in case shes forgotten this painful fact, the Republican National Committee made a highlight reel of Clintons past failures in Iowa to remind her.
The event will surely look like a campaign. Ready for Hillary, her shadow grassroots campaign will be on hand to greet the former New York senator and Secretary of State. They have been encouraging Iowans to register for the event for months, and theyll have the Ready for Hillary bus there.
As she was when she last attended this event seven years ago, Clinton is heavily favored to win the caucuses. If the caucuses were held today shed garner 53% of the vote, according to a CNN/ORC poll of registered Iowa voters out Friday. That blows away the field: Vice President Joe Biden comes in a distant second with 15%, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has said repeatedly she wont run, gets 7%, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has 5%, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo 3%, Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley 2% and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick 1%.
And one of the biggest differences between 2007 and now is that at that Steak Fry, which is an annual fundraiser, then Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards were eagerly anticipated guests in attendance. Ultimately, Obama would win the caucuses and Edwards would come in second. This time, theres no rival in sight. Well, Sanders may show up (hes holding an event in Des Moines that night), but few believe hes a threat to Clinton the way Obama and Edwards were.
That said, many Iowans view Clintons candidacy with a grain of salt, and some will come to the Steak Fry to see how she behaves. She ran a decidedly non-retail campaign in 2008, visiting less than 60 of the 99 counties. Bill Clinton didnt contest Iowa in 1992 as his host, Harkin, was on the ballot and an easy shoo-in. And he didnt bother much with it during his reelection. Which means that Iowans feel like they dont truly know the Clintons they way they know other politicians whove come to pay homage to the fickle first voters. And theyll expector at least hope forsome signs of courtship from the Clintons.
Officially, Clinton isnt running for President. She said last week that shed make up her mind after Jan. 1 if shell enter the race. But that wont stop speculation from running rampant. Let the pseudo-shadow-non-campaigning begin.
Political insight from the Beltway and beyond. Covering the White House, elections, primaries, Congress, domestic policy, foreign policy, the military and more
DES MOINES Hillary Rodham Clinton returns to Iowa this weekend for the first time since her devastating loss in the 2008 presidential caucuses, arriving as the undeclared front-runner for the 2016 Democratic nomination but still trailed by criticisms about her first campaign here.
The former secretary of state and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, will be in Iowa for Sen. Tom Harkins annual steak fry on Sunday. But if the ostensible purpose of her visit is to pay tribute to Harkin (D-Iowa) who is retiring after 40 years of elective office in Washington she will not escape from the speculation that this is simply one more step toward a formal presidential campaign. At a minimum, it will mark her initial foray on the campaign trail for this falls midterm elections.
I dont expect her to talk about her future decisions, said Harkins wife, Ruth, who is a longtime Hillary Clinton friend and supporter. Theyre going to be announced next year. But this is a very significant moment for her to greet Iowa voters.
Clintons 2008 effort in Iowa was plagued by startup problems and affected by the overall dysfunction of her national campaign team. By the time she corrected her course, then-Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) had moved ahead of her on the ground.
But it was more than staff problems that hurt Clinton here in 2008. As a candidate, she often chafed at the demands of the caucus process, including the time required to court individual activists across the state. She disliked traveling too far from Des Moines and certain friendly hotels.
Added to that are questions raised by this summers book tour about whether her campaign instincts have dulled. Clintons time since leaving the Senate has been devoted to foreign policy discussions inside the administration, interaction with world leaders and more than a year of lucrative speechmaking as a private citizen rather than being in more regular contact with everyday Americans.
At this point, Clinton has no strong challenger in Iowa for her, a welcome contrast to eight years ago when she faced Obama and a well-entrenched John Edwards, the partys 2004 vice presidential nominee.
Nonetheless, she wont have Iowa totally to herself this weekend.
Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), who is contemplating running for president, will appear at several events, while Vice President Biden, who was the featured speaker at last years Harkin steak fry, will be in the state next week. Gov. Martin OMalley (D-Md.) has been a frequent visitor here.
Still, she remains the dominant prospective candidate in her party. Anticipation of Clintons appearance (as well as her husbands), and that this is the last of Harkins 37 steak fry events, will draw a large crowd at a balloon field in Indianola on Sunday afternoon.
Follow this link:
Hillary Clinton returns to Iowa, trailed by criticisms about 2008 loss