The closer: Clinton asks Iowans to 'stand with me': The Swamp
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Posted January 2, 2008 12:25 PM
The Swamp

by Mark Silva

“As we start this new year, America is at a crossroads,’’ Sen. Hillary Clinton suggests, making direct, eye-to-eye contact with Iowa voters in a caucus-closing, televised appeal for support which the Clinton campaign calls her “closing argument.’’

Approaching the caucuses as a one-night political stand, Clinton promises to Iowans: “If you stand with me for one night, I will stand up for you every day as your president."

The brightly lighted ad, featuring a smiling and nodding Clinton making a soft-spoken and warm appeal for support in Iowa’s party caucuses Thursday night, will burn like a beacon on the television screens of Iowans huddled against a sub-freezing January and runs exceptionally long, at two minutes, for commercials of this sort. It is set to air on every 6 pm CST newscast in Iowa this evening.

This closer stands as a ready measure of how much is at stake for the senator from New York in Iowa. With Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina challenging the longtime frontrunner of the Democratic Party for the No. 1 position in Thursday night’s Democratic caucuses, Clinton is counting on her closer becoming a clincher.

And this is what she has to say in that closing argument:

“We’re a nation at war in a dangerous world,’’ Clinton tells Iowans. “We have a faltering economy and an energy crisis and 47 million people without health care…

“After all the town meetings, the pie and coffee, it comes down to this: Who is ready to be president and ready to start solving the big challenges we face on day one?” Clinton asks in the ad. “And we can solve them.

“We can end the era of cowboy diplomacy and bring our sons and daughters home from Iraq…. We can make a new beginning on health care, cut costs, and improve quality,’’ she says, explaining, “I’m not running for president to put Band-Aids on our problems. I'm running to solve them.

“So I ask you to caucus for me tomorrow. Put on your coats and call up a friend and help me change America," the candidate says in her closing appeal. "If you stand with me for one night, I will stand up for you every day as your president…. I will be ready to start on Day One.’’
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"Clinton asks Iowans to 'stand with me'"

Here's hoping Iowa Dems stand with Edwards, not Clinton. I'm sick and tired of corporate Amerika rule.


Sorry - my vote is with Hillary ... she's got nothing to do with corporate America - spelled with a 'c'.


I second that. Even when Clinton tries, her words just don't sound genuine.

But did anyone else do a double take after hearing that "[..] stand with me for one night" quip at the end there? *washes ears with soap*


"SENATOR CLINTON SPEAKS"

IT'S OKAY TO WANT SOCIALIZED HEALTHCARE. It's okay for your grandmother not to pay Medicare D for an up or down price for medicine needed to stay alive.

IT'S OKAY TO WANT TO help kids through SCHIP>

IT'S NOT OKAY TO EEVSDROP ON AMERICAN COMPANIES THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC EMPLOYMENT VERFICATION SYSTEM THAT IS HOOKED UP to ROOM 641B aka AT&T employment evaluation teams to check the validity of an employee they would like to recruit behind closed doors one day!

SHE GETS MY VOTE BECAUSE SHE ISN'T A CORPORATIST, SHE IS SOMEONE WHO WILL CLEAN THE WHITEHOUSE OUT AND NOT ALLOW TOM DELAY ANOTHER PRESS CONVERENCE ON MSNBC.


The United States has allowed itself to decline in every conceivable way with George Bush in the lead. When Bill Clinton led the country, things were on an upswing. The Monica fiasco was wrong, but who, especially someone with power, can claim to be flawless. I don't think there's anyone out there that would dispute that women multitask way better than men. If a man can't get the job done, give the job to a woman. GO HILLARY!


These commments are kind of stupid and non-productive. I mean, rhetoric is cheap. If you feel so strongly about it, why don't you go knock on doors or work for what you believe in. Making comments into a liberal blog is NOT the most effective means of communication. Obama
'08
:)


From her first job out of law school at the Children's Defense Fund to her time as First Lady of Arkansas and of the United States to her service in the Senate, helping children has been at the center of Hillary's public life.

In the White House, Hillary will continue her lifelong work to create a world where every child is cherished, loved, and able to fulfill his or her potential.

America is ready for a president who fights for our children. Hillary has spent her lifetime as an effective advocate for parents and children.

Among the issues she has fought for and will make a priority as president are:

Attracting and supporting more outstanding teachers and principals, and paying them like the professionals they are.
Reforming the No Child Left Behind Act. This law represented a promise -- more resources for schools in exchange for more accountability -- and that promise has not been kept.
Giving new parents support and training to promote healthy development for their children.
Increasing access to high-quality early education and helping to create Early Head Start.
Passing legislation to provide respite care for caregivers of elderly and disabled Americans.
Helping to pass the Family and Medical Leave Act to enable new parents to take time off without losing their jobs, and expanding it to make it available to more parents and to provide for longer leave.
Advocating for adoption and for abused and neglected children -- as First Lady, Hillary pushed legislation that more than doubled adoptions out of foster care.
Promoting programs, like Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, that provide new parents with support and guidance in caring for their children. As First Lady of Arkansas, she helped bring HIPPY to the U.S.
Protecting children against violence and sexual content in the media and studying the impact of electronic media on children's cognitive, social, and physical development.
Providing meaningful support to households, called "kinship care" families, where grandparents and other relatives are raising children.


By the calculations of the Clinton campaign, Hillary has to be 73.2% more emotional in order to be considered a viable candidate. Her solution? Wear 5 pounds of makeup and request a one-night stand.

It's quite fitting considering she's devious, calculating, and will do anything for a vote. In essence, voter prostitution.


Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton? Bill is like a "son" to George senior, Hillary voted with George Jr. on the war. Why are Hillary's records being withheld until After the election? There is desperation in the cold Iowa air. The heavily Clinton invested corporations and special interests must be wringing their hands.


Why doesn't anyone like Hillary? I have been following her career for yearsand I am not an American. I am just reading "A woman in charge" and am convinced that she is by far the best candidate. I don't understand why being a strong and smart woman scares people. She has the experience and brains. All the blah blah about her voting for the war is just that. We all believed the facts as presented at the time and a lot has changed since. Also I think that having an experienced ex-president as first husband would be an asset as opposed to a non-experienced first lady.


Funny, I've never noticed what nice eyes she has.


All this talk about dynasty. Who cares that her names Clinton. I don't, she is the Best candidate for OUR COUNTRY.


Hey Liberals! - Want to know what the Reps want most from us in the general - a weak candidate with flowery ideas that they can step all over for being a coward, a dreamer. There isn't time for that sort of thing now. Hillary Clinton is strong and experienced and we need her to make it to the general election - for America's sake.


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