How To Sell HRC In Iowa

Hillary Clinton ran for Senate as an adopted New Yorker; she's running for president, in Iowa at least, as a born and raised Midwesterner. A pamphlet distributed to Clinton supporters at some of her Iowa events neatly solves the problem of how a New York Senator goes native.

"Raised in a middle class family in neighboring Illinois, Hillary Clinton is committed to hard work and the sense of community Midwesterners hold dear."

Later...

... her "strong Midwestern roots, lifetime of advocacy and leadership make her the most qualified person to lead our nation."

No mention of New York...

Comments

Clinton must think people are stupid. She was the first lady of Arkansas and chose New York in which to run for the U.S. Senate. And she's trying to sell herself as a born-again Midwesterner?

Posted by PLM | July 5, 2007 10:28 AM

Uh, hello? She's from Chicago, that's in the
Midwest. She's not a born-again Midwesterner;
she grew up there for her first 18 years.
I don't recall her pretending to be a southerner,
though she did live there 17 years (she didn't
run for office there). Enough to fake a twang.
Sure, you can complain about her being a
carpet-bagger in New York. And who cares?
Half of New York City is imported from somewhere
else.

You guys really are searching out the important,
aren't you? Does Barack Obama bill himself as a Midwesterner too, and does that bother you?

Posted by Desider | July 6, 2007 11:47 AM

A politician, campaigning in the region where they grew up, makes reference to their roots in the area. Gasp! Hillary is surely the most calculating politician ever.

No one would ever think this was even worth a mention if the politician were someone other than Hillary. Do you think Mitt Romney, when he campaigns in Michigan, talks about the fact that he grew up there? Of course he does.

I don't understand the strange journalistic syndrome that makes people call attention to the fact that Hillary does the exact same things that other politicians do. As usual, The Onion got there first.

Posted by Steve | July 6, 2007 12:25 PM

Okay, granted, you guys make a good point. I guess it was the line about how they tried to coordinate the talking point with supporters that makes it seem calculating. But I suppose other campaigns do that as well. I'm perhaps a little oversensitive to coordinated talking points because I recently saw a description of Mark Penn's winter fundraising powerpoint presentation, and have since seen the same points described there repeated numerous times by supporters on message boards. But I give on this one, lol.

Posted by PLM | July 6, 2007 1:02 PM

My life's been completely unremarkable recently. I haven't been up to anything. I just don't have much to say. I've just been letting everything pass me by. Shrug. I don't care.

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