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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Feb 12, 2018, 11:21 AM Feb 2018

Hillary Clinton, a favorite GOP foil, plans discreet 2018 strategy

By Robert Costa February 12 at 6:00 AM

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Her emerging 2018 strategy, according to more than a dozen friends and advisers familiar with her plans, is to leverage the star power she retains in some Democratic circles on behalf of select candidates while remaining sufficiently below the radar to avoid becoming a useful target for Republicans seeking to rile up their base.

Most likely, they said, Clinton will attempt to help Democratic candidates who have a history of supporting her and her family, and expending her political capital in a number of the 23 congressional districts she won in 2016 but are now held by a Republican. Lending a hand to Democrats organizing at a grass-roots level is a priority, they added.

“She’s not going to be up front,” said Jaime Harrison, a former chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party and an associate chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Harrison said Clinton told him in December that she was committed to turning out core blocs in the party, such as African Americans and Latinos. “She’s saying, ‘Listen, I’m no longer running but we need these groups to be strong and people to vote.’ ”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-a-favorite-gop-foil-plans-discreet-2018-strategy/2018/02/11/ec02d02e-0cd0-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html?utm_term=.eecaf93ceec5

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Hillary Clinton, a favorite GOP foil, plans discreet 2018 strategy (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2018 OP
Sounds good to me...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #1
Thanks for posting. Made me stop crying. Ninga Feb 2018 #2
Politico must have heard of this. Thus the recent Hit Piece demanding HRC to .. Wwcd Feb 2018 #3
She has worked for good things all her life. Jakes Progress Feb 2018 #4
I am glad she is staying involved mcar Feb 2018 #5
kick for visibility triron Feb 2018 #6
 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
3. Politico must have heard of this. Thus the recent Hit Piece demanding HRC to ..
Mon Feb 12, 2018, 11:40 AM
Feb 2018

"Go Away!!"

And this WaPo article is her answer to their fears. 🖕




Onward Together Hillary

Jakes Progress

(11,122 posts)
4. She has worked for good things all her life.
Mon Feb 12, 2018, 11:53 AM
Feb 2018

Why would we expect her to stop.

She's smart, honest, and decent. Those who disagree are unaware and easily led astray by right wing propaganda.

She coined two phrases that are completely accurate. "The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" and "Deplorables".

She was lambasted for both, but both are totally accurate. This is our new America. Speak the truth and get crucified. Tell a lie and become president.

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