Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton is winning with a hyper-local strategy| Hillary Clinton Group
What happened?
Hillary Clinton made the race in Michigan all about the lead in Flints water, her opposition to the states controversial emergency manager law and her opponents vote against a bailout for the auto industry.
The crisis in Flint had been going on for some time before the former Secretary of State sent emissaries to visit, secured the endorsement of the citys mayor and then insisted on having a debate in the city, 70 miles northwest of Detroit.
It is part of a pattern for Clinton. Shes approached every primary more like it was a Senate race than a presidential election by identifying a local issue that would play to her advantage and then championing it........
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- Sanders, though he was mayor of Burlington, Vt., in the 1980s, does not engage on local policy to anywhere near the degree that Clinton does. Hes calling for a national political revolution, not incremental public policy changes. The senator also has a tiny press staff compared to the Clinton juggernaut, which teems with regional press staffers who have the bandwidth to focus on placing local stories.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2016/03/08/daily-202-hillary-clinton-is-winning-with-a-hyper-local-strategy/56de2040981b92a22d7612d7/
"Her surprise attack scored points with Michigan voters, and reverberated online, as this word cloud of all Sanders mentions online illustrates:"
That column provides one state issue after another that she has learned, and for which she identifies solutions. Our first woman president is going to be exceptional.
pkdu
(3,977 posts)Cha
(298,393 posts)I like that pic.. thank you, Rose! Yes, she is.. so exciting!
Here's my state mentioned...
I support the Native Hawaiian community's ongoing work toward self-determination and nationhood, and their recent adoption of a constitution, Clinton said in a statement about an issue that is not on the radar of anyone in D.C. but certainly matters to some who will show up at the states caucuses on March 26. I commend President Obama's leadership in working with Native Hawaiians on the opportunity to establish a government-to-government relationship with the United States
Fla Dem
(23,981 posts)about for months, except to bash HRC. Finally the email and Bengahzi "scandals" have been shown to be just exactly what they are, made up scandals to smear HRC. So now the press has to start writing the truth.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)mcar
(42,509 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)about why I like HRC and voting for her. Just so many things. And they all connect and intersect.
Here another, I like when people present her with a problem. I like finding out her solutions. They are so interesting, smart and doable. That really is exciting!
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)rather than touting a broadbrush solution for all that ails America.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,710 posts)Said the late House Speaker Tip O'Neill
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