“Undercover Republican Goes Hillary-Hunting in Clinton Library“

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And speaking of sad nasty jobs, here’s a summer sweetener from the Daily Beast — “Undercover Republican Goes Hillary-Hunting in Clinton Library“:

… The RNC staffer has a vague list of the materials contained in the boxes and, to the untrained eye, they look pretty mundane. Press clippings, photos, memos, and “stuff to be signed by the by the first lady”—but to the opposition researcher, something previously overlooked in the pages could become newly relevant under the right political circumstances.

There are roughly 751 Hillary Clinton-related boxes in the library. They represent a tiny sliver of the 78 million pages of documents, 20 million emails, 2 million photos, and 12,500 videotapes the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum houses, according to the library’s website.

Since just 1 percent of the total collection has been digitized, being on location is key. The RNC staffer has personally gone through about 200 boxes, averaging about two a day or 20 a week…

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/24/how-the-gop-is-digging-up-dirt-on-hillary.html

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2015/08/25/tuesday-morning-open-thread-drudge-ry/