It seems she has learnt an important lesson compared with how she conducted herself in Iowa in 2008. She is making herself accessible to everyday Iowans and they are loving her for it.
"Hillary Clinton learned her lesson: No rope lines in Iowa."
"In stark contrast to her 2008 campaign — which unraveled fast after Iowans rejected her for more a more approachable Barack Obama — Clinton put herself out at the Iowa State Fair Saturday, embracing the masses that engulfed her."
"The 2016 Democratic contender shook hands and took selfies with total strangers, listened to Iowans’ personal stories of struggle and even met a young boy’s show cow. She gave people hugs, patted babies on the head, munched on a grease-dripping pork chop and waved to cheering crowds on balconies as they called out her name."
"It’s a world of difference from Clinton’s last White House bid, when she was criticized here for seeming too-cool-for-school to mingle with what she now calls ‘everyday Americans.’ Given Iowa’s traditional early-state role in presidential elections, its residents are accustomed to, and expect, face-to-face interaction with political candidates — never Clinton’s forte."
"But during a two-day sweep through the Hawkeye State this weekend, Clinton is showing she’s learned her lesson — and that she’s really trying to put that problem behind her."
"For starters, there were no rope lines keeping people out. During a July 4 parade in New Hampshire just a few weeks ago, Clinton separated herself off from reporters and others with a moving corral — which played terribly in the headlines and reinforced the image of a standoff contender who didn’t want to interact."
"But at the fair, crowds totally swarmed her and her escort, former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who just endorsed Clinton this week. The scrum following Clinton was so densely packed that followers at times had to take one-inch baby steps to move, bumping shoulders with people next to them — if they could move at all."
"Few in the press could even get to her as she walked through a barn, and was promptly surrounded, to marveled at Iowa’s world-famous Butter Cow, a massive bovine statue made of pure cholesterol."
"When people realized who was in the building, they pushed toward the cameras and flying boom microphones — so much that Clinton’s omnipresent security detail, which wore plaid shirts to blend in with the crowd, had to hold some back because they couldn’t keep eyes on everyone. With temperatures outside in the high 80s, the place was like a sauna."
"People encircled balconies in the barn to get a glimpse of her, yelling “look here, Hillary!” or “Hillary, I love you!” And those on the ground who couldn’t see her because of all the bodies held up their phones, angling them such that they could snap a memento."
“I got a video,” one kid bragged to someone standing next to him. A Secret Service officer joked to POLITICO that he hadn’t even seen Clinton once since her arrival at the fair because of the thick crowd surrounding her.
"Clinton supporter Dan Fredericks of Boone, who went up to praise Clinton in person at the fair for her education policy, said he’s seen a real difference in her this year."
“She’s doing it. Right here,” he said, pointing down at the ground. “Last time she was kinda up, and Barack Obama was down with the crowds. Now, it’s giving me goosebumps … She’s having a good weekend.”
"There was one notable stop Clinton didn’t make at the fair: the soapbox. Politicians, including GOP candidate Jeb Bush just a day earlier, will often jump up on the stage to take questions from Iowans. And on Saturday, just hours after Clinton left, her most threatening Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders got up there to rail against corporate American greed."
"The crowd that surrounded Sanders during his soapbox speech was even larger than the one that followed Hillary, and the fact that Clinton wasn’t up there, too, prompted some criticism."
“Why didn’t she get on the soapbox to talk?” asked an irked Leslie Johnson of Waukee, who had just heard Sanders’s soapbox speech. She didn’t even know Clinton was at the fair. “Why didn’t she do that? … And I remember all this [when I vote]. I don’t forget.”
"Sanders, however, did not take questions from the public as candidates on the box usually do — and his day at the fair was brief as he rushed passed Iowans in a hurried brisk walk, cameramen pushing and jabbing annoyed bystanders out of the way."
"Clinton, by contrast, took her time, spending about an hour and a half at the fair as she inched along and people approached. A 30-something Iowan mother named April Stumpf asked her to support legalizing medicinal marijuana nationally. Stumpf’s three-year-old daughter, Quinn, has a severe case of epilepsy and is about to die, she explained to Clinton. Her doctors recommend medical marijuana to ease the pain, but it’s hard to get because it’s illegal to sell in Iowa. The state allows residents to get medical marijuana cards and purchase the drug out of state — but often states that sell it require patients to be present for purchase, and Quinn is too sick to travel."
“She’s not expected to live past … ” her voice trailed off. “I mean, she can go at any time.”
"Clinton agreed that there should be more research on the subject. And when Stumpf walked away, she dispatched her aides to get her contact information as the crowd continued onward."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/hillary-clinton-drops-her-guard-in-iowa-121394.html#ixzz3izVAYKiT
The Harkin endorsement is important. I love Joe Biden but I don't think he should get in now for the good of the party. People should understand that choosing our nominee so early is a feature not a bug. For years the GOP has been the party that has things set and we've been the one with Chicago 1968 like conventions.
I don't see what's wrong with the shoe being on the other foot for once. And Biden is talking about a one term Administration.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/14/joe-biden-and-the-history-of-the-one-term-pledge-gimmick/
Why would Democrats want someone who will leave after one term?
I will be the first to say I don't love Hillary bashers. But this is in large part because there has been so much unfair criticism of her over the years.
P.S. I strongly suggest that all Democrats learn to say these simple words whenever GOPers start about the emails: What about Jeb's email? What about Jeb's server?
My experience in a Media Matters comment section yesterday suggest it drives them crazy. Yes, they all congregate in the comments section like flies. But that comment about Jeb was kicking the hornets' nest and they all came out of the woodwork.
http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/08/14/more-myths-and-facts-on-top-secret-materials-in/204946
"Hillary Clinton learned her lesson: No rope lines in Iowa."
"In stark contrast to her 2008 campaign — which unraveled fast after Iowans rejected her for more a more approachable Barack Obama — Clinton put herself out at the Iowa State Fair Saturday, embracing the masses that engulfed her."
"The 2016 Democratic contender shook hands and took selfies with total strangers, listened to Iowans’ personal stories of struggle and even met a young boy’s show cow. She gave people hugs, patted babies on the head, munched on a grease-dripping pork chop and waved to cheering crowds on balconies as they called out her name."
"It’s a world of difference from Clinton’s last White House bid, when she was criticized here for seeming too-cool-for-school to mingle with what she now calls ‘everyday Americans.’ Given Iowa’s traditional early-state role in presidential elections, its residents are accustomed to, and expect, face-to-face interaction with political candidates — never Clinton’s forte."
"But during a two-day sweep through the Hawkeye State this weekend, Clinton is showing she’s learned her lesson — and that she’s really trying to put that problem behind her."
"For starters, there were no rope lines keeping people out. During a July 4 parade in New Hampshire just a few weeks ago, Clinton separated herself off from reporters and others with a moving corral — which played terribly in the headlines and reinforced the image of a standoff contender who didn’t want to interact."
"But at the fair, crowds totally swarmed her and her escort, former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who just endorsed Clinton this week. The scrum following Clinton was so densely packed that followers at times had to take one-inch baby steps to move, bumping shoulders with people next to them — if they could move at all."
"Few in the press could even get to her as she walked through a barn, and was promptly surrounded, to marveled at Iowa’s world-famous Butter Cow, a massive bovine statue made of pure cholesterol."
"When people realized who was in the building, they pushed toward the cameras and flying boom microphones — so much that Clinton’s omnipresent security detail, which wore plaid shirts to blend in with the crowd, had to hold some back because they couldn’t keep eyes on everyone. With temperatures outside in the high 80s, the place was like a sauna."
"People encircled balconies in the barn to get a glimpse of her, yelling “look here, Hillary!” or “Hillary, I love you!” And those on the ground who couldn’t see her because of all the bodies held up their phones, angling them such that they could snap a memento."
“I got a video,” one kid bragged to someone standing next to him. A Secret Service officer joked to POLITICO that he hadn’t even seen Clinton once since her arrival at the fair because of the thick crowd surrounding her.
"Clinton supporter Dan Fredericks of Boone, who went up to praise Clinton in person at the fair for her education policy, said he’s seen a real difference in her this year."
“She’s doing it. Right here,” he said, pointing down at the ground. “Last time she was kinda up, and Barack Obama was down with the crowds. Now, it’s giving me goosebumps … She’s having a good weekend.”
"There was one notable stop Clinton didn’t make at the fair: the soapbox. Politicians, including GOP candidate Jeb Bush just a day earlier, will often jump up on the stage to take questions from Iowans. And on Saturday, just hours after Clinton left, her most threatening Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders got up there to rail against corporate American greed."
"The crowd that surrounded Sanders during his soapbox speech was even larger than the one that followed Hillary, and the fact that Clinton wasn’t up there, too, prompted some criticism."
“Why didn’t she get on the soapbox to talk?” asked an irked Leslie Johnson of Waukee, who had just heard Sanders’s soapbox speech. She didn’t even know Clinton was at the fair. “Why didn’t she do that? … And I remember all this [when I vote]. I don’t forget.”
"Sanders, however, did not take questions from the public as candidates on the box usually do — and his day at the fair was brief as he rushed passed Iowans in a hurried brisk walk, cameramen pushing and jabbing annoyed bystanders out of the way."
"Clinton, by contrast, took her time, spending about an hour and a half at the fair as she inched along and people approached. A 30-something Iowan mother named April Stumpf asked her to support legalizing medicinal marijuana nationally. Stumpf’s three-year-old daughter, Quinn, has a severe case of epilepsy and is about to die, she explained to Clinton. Her doctors recommend medical marijuana to ease the pain, but it’s hard to get because it’s illegal to sell in Iowa. The state allows residents to get medical marijuana cards and purchase the drug out of state — but often states that sell it require patients to be present for purchase, and Quinn is too sick to travel."
“She’s not expected to live past … ” her voice trailed off. “I mean, she can go at any time.”
"Clinton agreed that there should be more research on the subject. And when Stumpf walked away, she dispatched her aides to get her contact information as the crowd continued onward."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/hillary-clinton-drops-her-guard-in-iowa-121394.html#ixzz3izVAYKiT
The Harkin endorsement is important. I love Joe Biden but I don't think he should get in now for the good of the party. People should understand that choosing our nominee so early is a feature not a bug. For years the GOP has been the party that has things set and we've been the one with Chicago 1968 like conventions.
I don't see what's wrong with the shoe being on the other foot for once. And Biden is talking about a one term Administration.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/14/joe-biden-and-the-history-of-the-one-term-pledge-gimmick/
Why would Democrats want someone who will leave after one term?
I will be the first to say I don't love Hillary bashers. But this is in large part because there has been so much unfair criticism of her over the years.
P.S. I strongly suggest that all Democrats learn to say these simple words whenever GOPers start about the emails: What about Jeb's email? What about Jeb's server?
My experience in a Media Matters comment section yesterday suggest it drives them crazy. Yes, they all congregate in the comments section like flies. But that comment about Jeb was kicking the hornets' nest and they all came out of the woodwork.
http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/08/14/more-myths-and-facts-on-top-secret-materials-in/204946
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