Hillary Clinton Presses Case for Women Candidates
At a time when so much attention is focused on her own political future, Hillary Clinton made a vigorous pitch Friday for women candidates running in the midterm elections, saying If I could vote for all of them I would.
Mrs. Clinton, a likely candidate in the 2016 presidential election, said at a Democratic National Committee event in Washington, D.C. that midterms matter and that the elections will come down to those who make the effort to show up and vote.
She mentioned the recent spate of domestic violence cases in the NFL as an example of the abuses still suffered by women a generation after her husband, former president Bill Clinton, signed the Violence Against Womens Act.
She said that celebration of this anniversary was tempered by troubling news on many fronts: From the outrages of the NFL to more assaults against women in uniform and on college campuses, the former secretary of state said.
Mrs. Clintons own political future has occasionally overshadowed the midterm elections in November. More than 200 journalists showed up for her appearance Sunday at a Democratic fundraising event in Iowa, her first visit to the state since she finished third in the 2008 Democratic caucus.
Im baaack, she told the friendly crowd of thousands of potential Iowa caucus-goers.
In her speech Friday, Mrs. Clinton kept the focus squarely on the midterm elections, making no allusions to her possible ambitions.
She ticked off a long list of women running for congressional and gubernatorial seats. Knowing they are on the ballot, she said, gives me hope.
She singled out Democrat Mary Burke, who is running for governor in Wisconsin against incumbent Scott Walker, a Republican.
Should he win re-election, Mr. Walker would be positioned to vie for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
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Hillary Clinton Presses Case for Women Candidates