Why isn't Hillary holding public rallies?

[rusty fender]

Addressing big, enthusiastic crowds would show her popularity and lay waste to the rumors of the silly notion of her "impending demise."

[Kelvin Mace]

1. Got to run it past the focus groups

and see if it will fly.

[jberryhill]

2. Because there is no election for months and she doesn't need name recognition

Likewise, the Clinton campaign has much of its ground game in place, and does not need to attract and motivate volunteers to the extent that other candidates do.

[DanTex]

3. Probably doesn't think she needs to at this point.

The objective is to win the GE, which is a long time a way. She's got a huge lead in the primary, and voters already know her. Raising money and meeting with smaller groups might be more effective than holding big rallies when the general is still over a year away.

[leveymg]

4. Because unscripted public contact is all potential downside. Just ask her handlers. n/t

[RufusTFirefly]

5. Why indeed?

Because D. W. Griffith, Cecil B. de Mille, William Wyler, and Richard Attenborough are all dead perhaps?

[rusty fender]

6. She has to win the Primary before getting to the GE

Dismissing opposition in the Primary reminds me of college football teams that overlook the little college team they have to beat before the BIG game against Notre Dame.

Yes, everyone has heard of her, but large public displays of support will help her win the primary, in my humble opinion.

[Cosmocat]

19. She is polling consistently at or above 50

double where Bernie is ...

She has a LOT more to lose by extending herself at this point than gain.

[roguevalley]

23. consider she has a large meet up and no one shows to the extent she needs?

all downside unless she can draw zillions.

[GitRDun]

7. Does she need to?

She has the poll numbers for the most part.

If she can get the TV time in low risk situations, why bother?

My guess is if her team thinks she needs to, she will. Where you are at from a poll perspective dictates strategy, IMO.

[Android3.14]

8. Perhaps there is a profound lack of "big, enthusiastic crowds"?

I'd wager she can draw a large crowd, but it might appear more like a convention of sleepy hedge fund accountants.

HRC, with the lack of enthusiasm within the party, all the baggage, and the pretty obvious signals that she is a corporate candidate means she is the GOP's best chance of taking the White House by rallying their base of anti-Clinton yahoos, lackluster GOTV efforts and the usual bag of dirty tricks.

[Blue_Adept]

18. Exactly, that's totally the audience she got when she was at Roosevelt Island.

[Android3.14]

20. That was 5,500 people compared to crowds 6 times the size for bernie Sanders

So yes, that is totally the audience she got when she was at Roosevelt Island.

[Blue_Adept]

32. You mean they were all hedge fund managers?

Because that's what was being said. NOT THE SIZE of the crowd.

To reference, you said, "I'd wager she can draw a large crowd, but it might appear more like a convention of sleepy hedge fund accountants."

So we talked about the crowd. Not the size.

[Android3.14]

34. Yup. Not very excited

That's about right.

[Blue_Adept]

36. I'd say you crack me up

But it's more pity.

[Android3.14]

41. Try this

Made me smile.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251519866

[arcane1]

9. Maybe that $900,000 worth of polling told her it wasn't necessary n/t

[Maedhros]

10. Because she doesn't want to?

She has nothing to gain - she's counting on buying the election with her war chest.

[RufusTFirefly]

11. Anyone who calls her a secretive, socially inept, control freak is liable to get alerted by me! n/t

[Android3.14]

21. She is most certainly NOT socially inept

[RufusTFirefly]

22. ...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. I would respond in kind with the same level of snark and disingenuousness...

Anyone who calls her a secretive, socially inept, control freak is liable to get alerted by me

[


Rufus, I would respond in kind with the same level of snark, condescension, contempt, and disingenuousness but I don't want to suffer the same fate of my friends on this board who have had posts hidden and received time outs for much less...

[Vinca]

12. Because it would be embarrassing if she didn't come close to a Bernie-size crowd.

And I don't think she would.

[Qutzupalotl]

13. I think that's it.

There would be comparisons, number to number, and they probably wouldn't be in Cinton's favor.

She is pretty good on the stump, but there is far more enthusiasm on the Sanders side.

[yurbud]

44. Rahm could recommend a good rent-a-crowd company LINK:

State Representative Esther Golar said she was at the meeting about Reed School in Englewood, which is set to receive Guggenheim students, and saw people arrive on a bus. She said she talked to them and discovered they were from a halfway house and were paid $25 to come to the meeting.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/14/1054604/-Rahm-Caught-Red-Handed-By-State-Officials?via=siderec

[Doctor_J]

14. she prefers to let big media punish Sanders

Spontaneous speeches are not really her strong suit. Especially unscripted questions.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. She's busy counting the take from the corporations.

[brooklynite]

16. That part is planned for the Fall, and has been since the campaign started in the Spring.

Too many people worry about minor things...

[Blue_Adept]

17. So much concern...

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[rusty fender]

43. It's a legitimate question...

no need to be so mean about it.

[JI7]

24. she does better in small settings

[Android3.14]

28. So does Bernie Sanders

He's great with small settings, large settings, anywhere he can haul out his conviction and good natured common sense.

[frylock]

25. because optics

[yurbud]

46. is that her event?

[frylock]

48. That was Romney at Ford Field

[Thinkingabout]

26. Maybe she did not know it was required. It is her campaign, she can run it as she sees fit.

[olddots]

29. she is more at ease amoungst power players than working people

[Cleita]

30. Elitists don't need to do that. eom

[oasis]

31. Hillary has chosen her advisers with much care. None of them

are willing to steer her campaign towards any idea floated by the DU Think Tank. Not just yet anyway.

[lovemydog]

33. I would guess that she will.

And without reading the rest of this thread, I'll also guess that others will wildly speculate.

[BooScout]

35. Because she is not Bernie Sanders....

...and right now she is focusing on the issues and raising money not just for her own upcoming campaign in the GE, but for Democrats across the country who will also be running for various offices. See Hillary is a Democrat not just in name only to use the system like Sanders is....she is using her name and status as the FRONT RUNNER to raise funds for a lot of Dems and a lot of races nationwide. How much has Sanders raised for other Democrats?

[Ino]

38. That's funny

[BooScout]

39. Actually that's reality....

Do keep up.

[Ino]

40. Oh, you were SERIOUS?!

My bad

[gollygee]

37. She's ahead in the polls right now, so she's being careful

She doesn't want to take a chance with any unknowns. (Such as a BLM protest, but there are other potential unknowns too.) It's a conservative way to campaign, but so long as she stays in the front, it might work. If Sanders keeps catching up, maybe she'll start planning some big rallies. She might be banking on having more TV news coverage too.

[Bjorn Against]

42. It is difficut to pack an arena when you charge people $2,700 to hear you speak

[yurbud]

45. maybe she's running first honest corporate campaign: she only talks to people who REALLY matter

[Fawke Em]

47. Because she's sounds flat when she has them.

She's not the best public speaker.

[Freddie Stubbs]

49. She's busy raising money to defeat Republicans in the general election