Once the scourge of Democrats, Media Matters for America founder plays tough for Hillary Clinton

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7. So this is a misinterpretation?

In addition to his other groups, Brock serves as an adviser to the grassroots outreach programme Ready for Hillary, and is on the board of Priorities USA, a fundraising operation devoted to a Clinton candidacy.

And MotherJones - they're misinterpreting it, too?

Brock says he first conceived of Correct the Record last summer. "Having left the State Department," Brock told me, "Clinton didn't have the kind of robust operation that one would have if one was holding public office. That's where I saw the need." He wrote a memo predicting "an uptick in political attacks" against Clinton and proposed a rapid-response group to defend her. As it happened, the very next day America Rising, an opposition research outfit founded by former Mitt Romney and Republican National Committee staff, announced a "Stop Hillary 2016" initiative.

Correct the Record's staff (18 and counting) is crammed into a newsroom-style bullpen in the back corner of the offices of American Bridge 21st Century, Brock's super-PAC. "They're always there; they're working around the clock," former Clinton White House adviser Paul Begala says of the crew. "I always tease David that he finds all of these nerd virgins and locks them away in a vault where they never see sunlight or have a drink or get laid. But God bless them!"

The team has been building an exhaustive database of factoids documenting Clinton's career, as well as compiling opposition research on her putative opponents. With Clinton's own press team largely silent, Correct the Record has become the go-to source for reporters seeking pro-Clinton quotes in response to Republican attacks.

Correct the Record is part of a larger shadow campaign that's gearing up for 2016. It includes Ready for Hillary, which is collecting voter data, and Priorities USA, which is raising big money. "For the first time in my adult life, the left has their shit together," says Begala, who relies on Correct the Record for talking points when he prepares for cable spots as a Hillary surrogate.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/09/david-brock-hillary-clinton-correct-the-record

And slate?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/07/david_brock_s_correct_the_record_the_former_right_wing_operative_is_hillary.html

And NY Times?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/us/politics/once-intent-on-bringing-down-a-clinton-now-raising-up-another.html