TPMuckraker reports Hillary campaign reaching out via surrogates to antiwar members of Congress

[flpoljunkie]

http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/feb/19/source_hillary_campaign_reaching_out_via_surrogates_to_antiwar_members_of_congress

Source: Hillary Campaign Reaching Out Via Surrogates To Antiwar Members Of Congress

By Greg Sargent

This is interesting: A high-level Democrat tells me that several of Hillary Clinton's senior advisers are reaching out to top Dem donors and other political leaders with connections in Congress to ask them to make Hillary's case on the Iraq war privately to highly-visible antiwar members of Congress.

The idea appears to be to get these go-betweens to suggest to prominent antiwar members of Congress such as Russ Feingold and John Murtha that they either back Hillary or vouch for her position on Iraq.

"They are asking people to try to reach out to members of Congress who are leaders in the antiwar movement, and see if they can be brought on board," the source says, speaking of Hillary's senior advisers.

The effort was described by my source as not completely formal or orchestrated, but as something clearly viewed as important by Hillary advisers. "Clearly it's a strategy they're pursuing," the source says.

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[IndianaGreen]

1. How about picking up the phone and calling Code Pink, United for Peace and Justice, etc.?

It is the people that are leading the opposition to the war in Iraq. Congress is a few steps behind.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

2. I trust Senator Feingold nt

[welshTerrier2]

3. Code Pink's Hillary on Iraq page

http://www.listenhillary.org/article.php?id=762