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Showing Original Post only (View all)Hillary Clinton Calm and Confident In Closing Days of Iowa [View all]
A sharp contrast to the chaos of her final push in 2008.
http://time.com/4201183/hillary-clinton-calm-and-confident-in-closing-days-of-iowa/
Mary Jo Peterson isnt worried. I think Hillary is going to be the best president weve ever had, she says, calmly surveilling a crowd of about 1,500 in Davenport for Bill and Hillary Clinton Friday night.
Peterson, a 53-year-old teacher from Grand Mount, first got involved in politics in 2007 for Clintons first presidential bid. Before those caucuses she worked her heart outas did the whole campaignin a frantic belated push to counter a surging Barack Obama. When Clinton placed third in Iowa, Peterson was crushed. But this time, she says, shes a lot more confident.
In recent weeks, Clinton has battled a flurry of headlines declaring her panicked at rival Bernie Sanders surge in polls and fundraising. Clinton is racing to close the enthusiasm gap, while her polls numbers are in an absolute free fall, and Sanders surge threatens a replay of 2008 for Clinton. But the reality on the ground doesnt bear this out.
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The Davenport rally, essentially Clintons closing argument to Iowas eastern Quad Cities, was one of the largest crowds Clinton has addressed by design. As Clinton makes her way across the Hawkeye State ahead of Mondays caucuses, her eventsas well as her husbandsare by design smaller and more intimate. There are no desperate recriminations, just a calm outline of the differences between Clinton and her rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. She is so on message that her events hardly vary in structure and tone. Her husbands events are so quieta retelling of how he met his wife and how she has over the years been a force of good in his life and, he argues, the worldthat the New York Times declared the magic seems to be missing and quoted political observers worried about his health.
Whats missing, actually, is the panic. The final month before the 2008 Iowa caucuses was a long, chaotic freak out. ...
Peterson, a 53-year-old teacher from Grand Mount, first got involved in politics in 2007 for Clintons first presidential bid. Before those caucuses she worked her heart outas did the whole campaignin a frantic belated push to counter a surging Barack Obama. When Clinton placed third in Iowa, Peterson was crushed. But this time, she says, shes a lot more confident.
In recent weeks, Clinton has battled a flurry of headlines declaring her panicked at rival Bernie Sanders surge in polls and fundraising. Clinton is racing to close the enthusiasm gap, while her polls numbers are in an absolute free fall, and Sanders surge threatens a replay of 2008 for Clinton. But the reality on the ground doesnt bear this out.
...
The Davenport rally, essentially Clintons closing argument to Iowas eastern Quad Cities, was one of the largest crowds Clinton has addressed by design. As Clinton makes her way across the Hawkeye State ahead of Mondays caucuses, her eventsas well as her husbandsare by design smaller and more intimate. There are no desperate recriminations, just a calm outline of the differences between Clinton and her rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. She is so on message that her events hardly vary in structure and tone. Her husbands events are so quieta retelling of how he met his wife and how she has over the years been a force of good in his life and, he argues, the worldthat the New York Times declared the magic seems to be missing and quoted political observers worried about his health.
Whats missing, actually, is the panic. The final month before the 2008 Iowa caucuses was a long, chaotic freak out. ...
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