Hillary has a killer message and she rolled it out last night:

[ucrdem]

Hillary reintroduces herself as the Best Change-Maker:

In Concession Speech, Hillary Clinton Pitches Herself as the ‘Best Change-Maker’
Tue Feb 09 2016 15:13:36 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

“What is the best way to change people’s lives so we can all grow together?” she said. “Who is the best change-maker?”

“You are!” people in the audience shouted.

http://www.nytimes.com/live/new-hampshire-primary-2016-election/in-concession-speech-hillary-clinton-pitches-herself-as-the-best-change-maker

Excerpts:

Now, the real differences in this race are truly over: 'How do we create a future of prosperity, opportunity, and security for all of us?' We need to build a growth and fairness economy with higher wages and more good-paying jobs — including a bold, national mission to create millions of jobs in clean energy, manufacturing, and infrastructure.


But when children anywhere in our country go to bed hungry, or are denied a quality education, or who face abuse or abandonment, that diminishes all of us. That's why I did start my career at the Children's Defense Fund. That's why I went undercover in Alabama to expose racism in schools. That's why I worked to reform juvenile justice in South Carolina. And that is why I went to Flint, Michigan, on Sunday.


When people anywhere in America are held back by injustice, that demands action. That is why I believe so strongly that we have to keep up with every fiber of our being the argument for, the campaign for human rights. Human rights as women's rights, human rights as gay rights, human rights as worker rights, human rights as voting rights, human rights across the board for every single American. Now, that is who I am. That is what I've always done.


And we've learned it's not whether you get knocked down that matters: It's whether you get back up. So, my friends, please join me in building on the progress we've made under President Obama. . . . . I know there are those who want to deny the passion and the purpose you all show every day for this campaign, but you are the reason we are here and you are the reason we are going to win the nomination and then win this election together."

http://www.vox.com/2016/2/9/10956458/hillary-clinton-new-hampshire

[tazkcmo]

1. I'll second that!

Made change for me (needed some nickels for the bus) lickety split! 3 quarters, one dime and 3 nickels. What a change maker!

[earthside]

57. Change maker.

[tazkcmo]

66. That's What We Do

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/first-citywide-change-bank/n9701

[SheilaT]

2. Given how good she is at changing her positions,

she may well have something there.

[BillZBubb]

6. Bern!

[AgingAmerican]

3. She continually changes directions on the issues

[riversedge]

4. It was indeed a powerful passionate speech.

[earthside]

63. HRC Magically Morphs into Bernie During Concession Speech

Ring of Fire.

From the beginning of Senator Bernie Sanders’ campaign, people have maintained that his progressive stance in politics would work to push Hillary further to the left of the spectrum and to the benefit of real liberal ideals whether Sanders was the winner or not. But even those who predicted this push were shocked to hear Hillary Clinton’s New Hampshire concession speech on Tuesday as the establishment candidate railed against money in politics, parroting the core values of the Sanders campaign.

Hillary’s speech, which sounded a lot more like a victory speech than a concession, also featured language condemning Wall Street and a promise to reign in the Big Banks.

Y’know, the Sanders campaign has really got to stop leaving their stump speeches just lying around. Next time we see Hillary, maybe she will have forsaken her flawless ‘do in favor of an erratic mess a la Sanders.

[jfern]

5. She was the candidate of change in Iowa

She won most of the coin flips

[hoosierlib]

12. +1

Lol...love it

[farleftlib]

16. Ouch!

[BillZBubb]

8. I bet, if elected, she'll change real fast on TPP and other issues.

Yep, a real change artist.

[hoosierlib]

9. Hillary 3.0

No more "A progressive who gets things done"? I'm guessing the voters weren't buying it...a 23 point drubbing would suggest that.

So now it's "best change-maker"? Yeah, that's going to fail too as it is nothing more than a marketing pitch for brand "Hillary". It re-enforces her establishment bonafides in an anti-establishment election year.

Sorry, try again...

[nc4bo]

10. She was a ditto-head from what I've read on DU.

and I'm partial to believing (missed her speech) it as it's her usual go-to strategy.

Bernie says ****** within weeks, days, hours or even minutes and seconds, count on Hillary to do a MEEE-TOOOO!!

[farleftlib]

13. She sure does

Last night right after her concession speech, Twitter was on fire, calling it #stealthebern.

[mgmaggiemg]

11. agree super awesome speech...best so far ;)

[virtualobserver]

14. Behold the changemaker!

[whatchamacallit]

31. Lol!

[virtualobserver]

49. Is it just me, or is " best change-maker" the worst catch phrase in the history of catch phrases?

Granted, I'm no catch phrase historian or anything.

[whatchamacallit]

51. Not just you

It's exceedingly lame.

[MrMickeysMom]

58. Behold! The echo chamber!

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[Odin2005]

15. She is desperate and plagerizing Sanders.

Imitation is the best form of flattery.

[ucrdem]

19. Maybe but it works both ways doesn't it?

Their platforms are more alike than different, except Sanders' is all slogans and Hillary's is all polciy. And If Rove had been going after Bernie and not Hillary for the last 25 years I imagine NH would have been the cakewalk most expected it to be.

[Odin2005]

20. "All slogans" Bullshit.

[ucrdem]

27. Barbara Boxer: "Bernie's been in the Senate a long time and we've all heard his speech

over and over. The difference is, what are we going to do about it?"

http://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watch/clinton-regroups-after-defeat-620594755806

[JonLeibowitz]

26. If their platforms are so similar, why are the Dem moneyed interests so keen on her nomination?

[ucrdem]

28. Who says they are?

Maybe Goldman knew what would become of their speaking fee?

[JonLeibowitz]

36. I am quite sure they know what will become of their speaking fee to Sec. Clinton.

As for the point you are trying to intimate, I haven't the foggiest idea.

[ucrdem]

40. Poison fruit.

Incidentally it was a GOP opposition research firm that introduced the speaking fees meme after discovering that it tested well in Florida.

[JonLeibowitz]

44. I don't give a flying fuck who introduced it. It bothered me as soon as I heard the facts.

As the facts are not in contest, there really seems to be little to dispute here apart from the extent to which HRC's lacks good judgement.

Also: source?

[SMC22307]

73. FFS, Hillary beat Obama in 2008 in NH.

Stop blaming Rove. The issue is HILLARY.

[SheenaR]

17. The speech was very good

I take nothing away from her. But there were certain lines that were exact quotes from Bernie. For one, I've never heard her in a speech say the "too big to fail, not too big to jail" before.

[Half-Century Man]

18. Reintroduces? You mean the only way we would know is if she had to tell us twice?

Once more she goes for the, I'm Awesome, Check it out, meme.

Can you explain what exactly "Change Maker" is?
She frequently changes her positions, but I don't think that was what she was talking about. She seems to be a real fan of regime changes, but doesn't seem to be too concerned by what they change into. She was a driving force in changing the Democratic Party into something more corporate and in the process changed herself into a multimillionaire operating the largest political machine in the world. She changed her self image of a moderate into an anti-establishment progressive.

[ucrdem]

24. Barbara Boxer explains it all for you:

"They both talk the talk, but only one walks the walk"

http://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watch/clinton-regroups-after-defeat-620594755806

Basically, Sanders has been giving the same stirring speech for 25 years, but Hillary knows how to write policy.

[arcane1]

55. Because one person says so?

Ok

[ucrdem]

59. 394 delegates can't be wrong.

DELEGATE COUNT

2,382 Needed to Win!

Hillary: 394
Bernie: 42

Source: AP

https://www.willhillarywin.com/tagged/endorsements/

[BillZBubb]

64. Oh, yes they can. And in this case they are.

[tazkcmo]

68. But they can be bought

coerced, folded, spindled and mutilated.

[Skwmom]

71. Hillary doesn't write policy, her corporate and billionaire buddies do. n/t

[pinebox]

21. Imitating Bernie now, eh

[rurallib]

22. it's a start

let's see if she keeps it up.

Most telling would be if Wall Street came out loudly against her.

[cherokeeprogressive]

23. "reintroduces". There's your problem right there. How is the reintroduced Hillary different?

[ucrdem]

25. She isn't different, but now she has a slogan for the Twitter generation.

24 characters or less.

[cherokeeprogressive]

30. Now that's funny. Props.

[ucrdem]

34. hey

[JonLeibowitz]

46. *fewer. Some of us in the Twitter generation larned something in school too ;-)

[Motown_Johnny]

39. Isn't she still planning on being more spontaneous? n/t

[JonLeibowitz]

48. The fact that you haven't noticed it means it is working!!1!

[Motown_Johnny]

50. That she is planning on it or that she is actually being more spontaneous?

'cause she still seems pretty scripted to me.

[JonLeibowitz]

52. Scripted Spontaneity. idk. My joke kinda fell flat.

[TwilightGardener]

29. How many times has she reintroduced herself now? I've lost track.

[winter is coming]

42. Didn't she have a shit-load of advisers working on "reintroducing" her, just last year?

Maybe she should ask for a refund on their fees.

[TwilightGardener]

53. Yes, they were showing us her spontaneous, human side.

Guess the dogs are still not eating the dog food.

[earthside]

61. Even Nixon was "The New Nixon" only once.

Of course, the 'New Nixon' turned out to be just like the old Nixon.

[frylock]

32. “Who is the best change-maker?” "YOU ARE!"

It's all about Hillary. Bernie would say that WE are the change-makers.

[retrowire]

41. Exactly what came to my mind.

Who gets the credit? SHE DOES.

[Motown_Johnny]

33. But she has been running as a "status quo" candidate.

This just adds to her problem with being authentic.


It doesn't matter what her message is when the majority of people don't believe it.

[ucrdem]

38. She was running as the Dem nominee but the game has changed and she's adapting.

Call her a weather vane but that's what democratically elected politicians are supposed to do.

[Motown_Johnny]

43. I don't use that term, but I do find her inauthentic.

The very fact that she was running the wrong campaign all this time shows what a terrible candidate she is.

We can't risk her as a nominee. If she can't handle the primary process, even with a former Democratic President holding events for her as well as a money advantage, then how can she perform well in the General considering that those advantages will be gone?


She is simply a terrible candidate and not worth the risk.


P.S. Did you see Ben Jealous on Rachel's show just now? He spelled out some of her recent flip flops very well.

[Warren DeMontague]

47. So why should anyone believe her?

if she's only saying things because "thats what politicians do", isnt it safe to assume that everything she says between now and the convention will go right out the window the second she needs to "pivot toward the center" for the general election?

[ucrdem]

60. She's isn't saying anything new, but then neither is Bernie.

She's just saying what she's always said in a slightly different way.

[NurseJackie]

35. We love you!

[Perogie]

37. Go Hillary!!!!!

Make some change

[Warren DeMontague]

45. the most substantive, issues-oriented bold policy message since "the middle class needs a champion"!

Truly!

[DCBob]

54. One of her best speeches since the campaign started.

I wish she wouldnt try to scream over the crowd cheering. I think its best to let them calm down then speak normally. She sounds so much better that way.

[merrily]

56. "I'm Bernie Lite!" It much too late for Hillary to succeed at re-inventing herself yet again.

Unless she figures out a way to give voters amnesia.

[bowens43]

62. once again she rolled out Bernie's message. LOL

the people know what she is and what she isn't. She isn't presidential material...she is a self centered , arrogant, egotistical opportunist who thinks that the american voters are too stupid to see her for what she is.

[LondonReign2]

65. Hillary v11.0. Totally Different This Time (Again)!

[John Poet]

67. She was trying awfully hard to sound like Bernie Sanders.

But I did enjoy that speech.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

70. Andrew Shepard: 'Being president is entirely about character...'

She can change her message all she wants; it will still boil down to whether people believe they can trust her.

[Armstead]

72. Hillary Version 9 this campaign (I think. I've lost count of the New Hillaries)