Hillary to be honored by Emily's List

[EileenFB]

On March 3rd.

http://www.emilyslist.org/

There is going to be a who's who of women leaders at this event. What better place to announce?

On a side note. I had posted in another thread regarding Netanyahu's speech before Congress (which will also be on March 3rd) about who can knock him off the headlines - our gal Hillary announcing she is running for President.

[Kath1]

1. Hillary has always been outspoken for choice and I thank her for that.

She deserves this honor!

[hrmjustin]

20. Agreed!

[MADem]

2. She will not announce at that event.

Her announcement will be a stand-alone event. It may not happen until late spring or even early summer--there's really no hurry.

This is a good opportunity to articulate her views on a variety of issues important to women and all people, though.

[Kath1]

3. No hurry. I agree.

This will be a great forum for her to lay some important groundwork for her views.

[hrmjustin]

25. I think it won't happen until May of later.

[NBachers]

4. Good - I'll be interested in hearing what Hillary has to say.

[DFW]

5. Hillary at Emily's List is no unique happening

She has been close to Emily's List for years. I was at one of their annual gatherings in Washington 9 years ago, met lots of women who did indeed go on to be members of Congress (Sens. Cantwell, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Rep. Tammy Duckworth, etc.). After the big event, the "elite" of Emily's List (of which I am not a part) went on to some private dinner with Hillary, who was then a Senator. My daughter was an intern for them at the time, so I got to hang around "on the inside" that year. One of the most frequent visits by a sitting Senator was from then-Senator Barack Obama. That is where I met him for the first time. Howard used to stop by on occasion, too, but Obama was, according to my daughter, the male senator who was there most often.

*on edit--right around that time, we did meet up for the first time:
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[Hekate]

6. TY for the backstage look

I'm about to order The Time Cellar, btw.

[DFW]

7. I hope with no permanent ill effects!

[Cha]

10. Great pic of you, Hillary.. and your daughter and whomever else that is, DFW!

"..but Obama was, according to my daughter, the male senator who was there most often."

Mahalo!

[DFW]

16. I have two daughters

That's the "whoever else"

He me iki ia!

[Cha]

34. And, they're both beautiful!

[hrmjustin]

21. Great picture!

[DFW]

26. HIllary had been wanting to have her picture taken with my daughters for ages

So they finally relented, and even invited me to be in the pic with them.

(And if you believe THAT one................ )

[hrmjustin]

27. Lol I am sure it was a thrill for your daughters.

[DFW]

28. A grand time was had by all

Hillary was pretty cool about it. I got the feeling it wasn't the first time for her.

Years before I even met her, while Bill was still in office, she was supposed to spend 5 minutes with my parents for some reason or other at the White House. They clicked right away, and she told her staff to push everything else back so she could have half an hour with them.

[hrmjustin]

29. I met her at her campaign headquarters and on the trail in 2000 here in NY.

Delightful and highly intelligent.

[DFW]

30. Same here. I always thought it odd

Someone that comes across so well on a one to one basis having such a difficult time projecting the same impression to a crowd. Usually it's the other way around (e.g. Alan Grayson or even Ronald Reagan).

As for being highly intelligent, the only ones who ever doubted THAT were on a level with Louie Gohmert.

[hrmjustin]

32. Some people have a hard time at public speaking.

She gets better with practice.

[MoonRiver]

35. I've always been very impressed, even inspired, by her speeches.

[DFW]

36. Maybe I haven't seen/heard enough of them.

The texts are often inspiring, but I found her delivery off. Of course, Bill and Barack are tough acts to follow. But if you want the Oval Office, you had better be able to follow both of them, considering the media circus the Presidential campaigns have become..

[MoonRiver]

37. No doubt anyone running for President could use some brushing up.

I'm sure she will get it in spades!

[DFW]

38. After his campaign had folded and passed into history, Howard Dean told me:

"We didn't know what the hell we were doing."

By the time the 2008 campaign came along, he certainly DID know what he was doing, but as DNC chairman, he was prevented (probably to his relief) from taking sides in the primaries. He is now under no such restriction.

Hillary has now also been through the wringer once. IF she runs, and hasn't learned from her mistakes in 2008, she deserves to lose. If she runs and HAS learned from her previous mistakes, she will be tough to beat, no matter whether that comes as good news or bad.

[ReRe]

8. I hope you are right.

Do you know if it will be on C-Span?

[hrmjustin]

22. Maybe if congress is not in session. maybe their 3rd channel.

[ReRe]

33. Thanks n/t

[Cha]

9. That's the first thing I thought of when I saw March 3rd.. Unfortunately, I think

it's going to be Netanyahu's speech to Congress that will be sucking all the air. Perhaps for days, etc.

It's should be most interesting though to see who all is there besides Hillary..

Mahalo Eileen~

[Kath1]

11. sucking- That is the operative word here.

Netanyahu's speech to Congress should not be taking place at all.

[Cha]

12. There is that.. thank Goodnes we have President Obama to see it as an "opportunity"!

Obama administration using Netanyahu's speech to proactively defend a potential Iran deal

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6291846

[Kath1]

13. Thanks for that!

Everyone should stay away from that speech.

Yes, thank Christ, Allah, Buddha or whatever that we have a President who believes in diplomacy rather than rushing to bombing and war.

[Cha]

14. + A Zillion!

[Kath1]

15. Have you ever been thanked by an ex-catholic who gave up religion for her pro-woman beliefs?

If not, consider this a first!

Luv ya!

[DFW]

17. I hear there might be a joint US-Israeli documentary of the Netanyahu visit

It is to be called "Bibi makes a boo-boo."

[MoonRiver]

18. Awesome!

Choice and women's rights in general have always been front and foremost with Hillary. I remember when she was First Lady how she smacked down the Chinese government for it's abuse of women and girls.




She looks beautiful in those pics btw!

[hrmjustin]

19. Great news to hear!

[OKNancy]

23. We will be busy in March - she has a lot of appearances this month

I'll try to go find the list.

Here it is: http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/27/politics/hillary-clinton-march-schedule/

[hrmjustin]

24. Glad to see she will be busy.

I think it is clear we won't see an announcement before Easter. Maybe in May.

[William769]

31. Good.