​Correct The Record Saturday September 20, 2014 Roundup

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*​**Correct The Record Saturday September 20, 2014 Roundup:* *Headlines:* *FROM MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: Media Matters for America: “Clinton ‘Fatigue’ Syndrome: What The Press Gets Wrong About Hillary's Popularity” <http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/09/19/clinton-fatigue-syndrome-what-the-press-gets-wr/200828>* “America isn't tired of Clinton, one of the nation's most popular political figures -- Molly Ball and others in the press corps who insist on obsessing over her every move are.” *The Hill opinion: Basil A. Smikle Jr.: “Hillary Clinton's commitment to civil rights” <http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/civil-rights/218382-hillary-clintons-commitment-to-civil-rights>* “Whether pushing for race to be considered in higher education admissions policies or fighting against the use of race-neutral ‘percentage plans’ in federal affirmative action proposals, there are aspects to Hillary Clinton's activism that exist across multiple policy and political venues as well as at the community level.” *Washington Post blog: The Fix: “Hillary Clinton is pretty close to having a great campaign stump speech” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/19/hillary-clinton-is-pretty-close-to-having-a-great-campaign-stump-speech/>* “One thing might make it pretty easy: If no other women run, then it will be Hillary Clinton against a field of men saying she is a candidate of the past -- an argument that in large part would be blunted by her gender.” *Associated Press: “Obama, Clinton Urge Women to Back Democrats” <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEMOCRATS_WOMEN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>* “Clinton received a rousing welcome at the forum, which she co-founded in 1993 with Tipper Gore.” *Wall Street Journal blog: Washington Wire: “Hillary Clinton Presses Case for Women Candidates” <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/09/19/hillary-clinton-presses-case-for-women-candidates/>* “At a time when so much attention is focused on her own political future, Hillary Clinton made a vigorous pitch Friday for women candidates running in the midterm elections, saying ‘If I could vote for all of them I would.’” *MSNBC: “Hillary Clinton dives into midterms by supporting Democratic women” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-dives-midterms-supporting-democratic-women>* “Hillary Clinton waded deeper into the 2014 midterm elections Friday, using her first televised remarks at a national party event to heap praise on a long list of female Democrats on the ballot this year.” *The Hill blog: Ballot Box: “Clinton: Midterms key for women” <http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/218347-clinton-casts-midterms-as-key-election-for-women>* “Hillary Clinton painted the 2014 midterm election as a watershed moment for women’s issues, calling in a Friday speech for Democrats to make sure their female candidates are elected this fall.” *National Journal: “The Emergence of Hillary Clinton, 2014 Cheerleader” <http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/the-emergence-of-hillary-clinton-2014-cheerleader-20140919>* “Hillary Clinton's speech before the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Conference on Friday afternoon was nearly cookie-cut from remarks she gave Thursday about economic inequality in the U.S.” *Salon: “You can thank women for Hillary Clinton’s economic platform” <http://www.salon.com/2014/09/19/you_can_thank_women_for_hillary_clintons_economic_platform/>* [Subtitle:] “Clinton's focus on women and the economy isn't an experiment on voters, it's her going where women have led her” *Washington Post: “Hillary Clinton to headline fundraiser for Maryland gubernatorial hopeful Brown” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hillary-clinton-to-headline-fundraiser-for-maryland-gubernatorial-hopeful-brown/2014/09/19/3e9b4aea-4057-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html>* “Hillary Rodham Clinton is coming to Maryland later this month for a fundraiser for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Anthony G. Brown, according to an invitation sent to Brown supporters on Friday.” *BuzzFeed: “Eight DREAMer Activists Arrested Outside DNC Conference” <http://www.buzzfeed.com/jacobfischler/eight-dreamer-activists-arrested-outside-dnc-conference#2wwn3q7>* “The arrests came as former Secretary of State and presumptive presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was speaking at the DNC’s Women’s Leadership Forum, and marks the third time DREAMers have been arrested at events featuring Clinton.” *Associated Press: “Family of CIA Contractor Slain In Benghazi May Sue” <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BENGHAZI_SLAIN_CONTRACTOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>* “The family of a CIA contractor killed in Benghazi, Libya, has filed claims seeking $2 million in damages from the CIA and State Department, alleging there was inadequate security at the U.S. diplomatic post and CIA compound when it came under attack by militants in 2012.”” *MTV: “Pharrell Williams Wants Hillary Clinton To Read His Stan Smiths” <http://www.mtv.com/news/1936843/pharrell-hillary-clinton-sneakers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MTVNewsLatest+(MTV+News+Latest+Headlines)>* “The bright blue sneakers read: “Go visit Ferguson, Hillary Clinton” among some pretty cheerful-looking daisies.” *Articles:* *FROM MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: Media Matters for America: “Clinton ‘Fatigue’ Syndrome: What The Press Gets Wrong About Hillary's Popularity” <http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/09/19/clinton-fatigue-syndrome-what-the-press-gets-wr/200828>* By Hannah Groch-Begley September 19, 2014 4:46 p.m. EDT The Atlantic's Molly Ball is the latest media figure to proclaim herself bored of Hillary Clinton, insisting the former Secretary of State offers "nothing new or surprising" and asking, "Has America ever been so thoroughly tired of a candidate before the campaign even began?" But America isn't tired of Clinton, one of the nation's most popular political figures -- Molly Ball and others in the press corps who insist on obsessing over her every move are. Polling from Gallup this summer found that a majority of Americans -- and 90 percent of Democrats -- viewed Clinton favorably. Clinton also beat out all of her theoretical Republican challengers in a more recent McClatchy-Marist poll. More than 80 percent of Democrats would be either "excited" or "satisfied" with a Clinton run for president, according to a CNN/ORC poll. In fact, at the end of 2013, Gallup found Clinton was the "most admired woman" in America -- for the twelfth consecutive year. (Oprah Winfrey came in second, by a wide margin.) But Ball's September 19 article largely ignored Clinton's widespread popularity to instead claim that there is widespread fatigue with the former secretary of state. Ball's argument centers around the idea that Clinton is not producing enough "spark" or "vision," and criticized her for agreeing with a "laundry list of well-worn leftish ideas" discussed at a recent event at the Center for American Progress, "from raising the minimum wage to paid family leave and affordable childcare": Granted, these are substantive proposals, and they are controversial in some quarters. But they are broadly popular, and the overall message--that women ought to prosper--is almost impossible to disagree with. The discussion's only spark came from Kirsten Gillibrand, the senator from New York, who made a rousing call to action. "I think we need a Rosie the Riveter moment for this generation!" So Clinton supports popular, substantive proposals that many can agree on -- ideas that have been stymied by a recalcitrant Republican Congress -- and this is a problem, because Ball isn't entertained? Recently NBC's Chuck Todd discussed "one thing" he thinks Washington media gets wrong: this idea of "Clinton fatigue." "There is a Clinton fatigue problem," Todd noted, "but it's in the press corps. I think there is much less Clinton fatigue in the Democratic Party than there is in the press corps." The excitement for Clinton -- and her own "well-worn leftish ideas" -- among Democrats was apparent at another of Clinton's appearances this week, the September 19 Women's Leadership Forum, hosted by the Democratic National Committee. Clinton received a standing ovation before and after her speech, and her support for policies such as paid sick leave, equal pay for equal work, affordable childcare, and a living wage received cheers and applause. A majority of Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, support raising the minimum wage and mandating paid sick leave. These ideas that seem tired to Ball are specific policy proposals that Americans want. It would certainly be more interesting for journalists if Clinton decided to support wildly unpopular new proposals, but it's unclear why any politician's priority should be entertaining reporters rather than promoting policies they think will help the country. Of course, this is a perfect example of what Media Matters has previously termed the "Goldilocks approach to campaign journalism." When Clinton bores journalists by repeating a popular and substantive platform, she gets criticized, but if she did do something surprising or new, the press will pounce on her for that as well. A press corps that is constantly looking for a new angle to parse, whether it's Clinton's charm, or body language, or clothing, is going to be bored when there's nothing to say and overly-eager to twist controversy out of anything that seems new. And a media that is quick to attribute its own personal fatigue to the rest of the nation is going to miss out on the real story. *The Hill opinion: Basil A. Smikle Jr.: “Hillary Clinton's commitment to civil rights” <http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/civil-rights/218382-hillary-clintons-commitment-to-civil-rights>* By Basil A. Smikle Jr. September 20, 2014, 6:00 a.m. EDT On a subfreezing morning in January 2003, then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) walked to the pulpit of Trinity Baptist Church's Martin Luther King Day celebration in the Bronx to make a startlingly rousing speech to their predominantly African-American congregation. Typically, such speeches are principally aspirational — they acknowledge that society has largely rebuked racial discrimination's ugly past but urge steadfastness in tackling challenges that lay ahead. But it was Clinton's stirring repudiation of Trent Lott, then the Republican Senate Majority Leader from Mississippi who a month earlier praised Strom Thurman's 1948 pro-segregation presidential campaign, that enthused the audience. Her remarks suggested changes in leadership alone will not eradicate racism and discrimination but the rigidity of the pathways to political and economic enfranchisement must acquiesce to the strength inherent in this country's diversity. She echoed these themes in two important appearances this week at the Legal Aid Corporation's 40th anniversary and a panel on women's economic security at the Center for American Progress. By delving into Clinton's understanding of both the egalitarian principals of the civil rights movement and the need to confront the challenges of systemic inequality, we should be able to forestall skepticism about her social justice agenda. Back at Trinity Baptist Church, Clinton focused attention on the pernicious behavior of those looking to reduce the rights of individuals seeking to participate in the electoral process. Such concerns have not been completely eradicated and comments during another round of these tactics several years ago seemed to heighten her resolve: "We know that there are still those who do not want every American to vote, and want to make it very difficult for every American to vote. ... The more things change, the more things stay the same. ... There are many insidious efforts under way to intimidate voters, to make it difficult for voters to actually appear at the ballot box and vote." While in the Senate, she introduced the Count Every Vote Act of 2007 to combat a "history of intimidation." Fighting against voter ID laws, Clinton said that "By trying to require not just photo identification but proof of citizenship — proof that thousands of American citizens can't produce through no fault of their own — cynical Republican lawmakers are trying to build new walls between hundreds of thousands of eligible senior, minority, and low-income Americans and their civil right to choose their own leaders. Republicans claim that these requirements are needed to prevent fraud, but the reality is that they do little more than disenfranchise eligible voters." In an interesting juxtaposition with Trent Lott's incendiary comments, Clinton, a few months earlier, stood with the widow of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall at a podium alongside former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer, who was being sworn in as the first African-American President of the American Bar Association in its 124-year history – 60 years after they lifted a ban on black members. Her appearance this week at the Legal Services Corporation and her board chairmanship of that organization in the early 1970s reaffirmed a longstanding commitment to support low-income communities and people of color in the courtroom and at the highest levels of legal advocacy. Back in 2007, speaking of the Jena 6 in Louisiana, Clinton said, "I am deeply concerned about reports of potentially disparate treatment of white youths and African-American youths in the criminal justice system. ... And I have long been troubled by a history of disparate treatment of African Americans in our criminal justice system." And regarding the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., her remarks to a mostly white audience were considered some of the most substantive: "Imagine what we would feel, what we would do if white drivers were three times as likely to be searched by police during a traffic stop as black drivers." While those statements are often in response to highly publicized events, other advocacy work may have been less known but correspondingly transformative. Considering the importance of pathways to opportunity for young people and the deleterious effects of the school-to-prison pipeline, Clinton worked with community leaders in New York affiliated with the organization 100 Black Men to open an all-boys single sex school in the South Bronx. Teaching predominantly black and Latino young men, David Banks, the founding principal, sees his mission as "empowering at risk inner-city young men to become academic achievers, engaged citizens and responsible men." Eagle, now with six high schools in New York City and Newark, N.J., has graduation rate of over 95 percent. Whether pushing for race to be considered in higher education admissions policies or fighting against the use of race-neutral "percentage plans" in federal affirmative action proposals, there are aspects to Hillary Clinton's activism that exist across multiple policy and political venues as well as at the community level. Experience and broad relationships help dilate corridors to equal opportunity and social justice, which should allay the fears of understandably restive voters concerned about the impact of 2014's elections and beyond. *Washington Post blog: The Fix: “Hillary Clinton is pretty close to having a great campaign stump speech” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/19/hillary-clinton-is-pretty-close-to-having-a-great-campaign-stump-speech/>* By Nia-Malika Henderson September 19, 2014, 2:32 p.m. EDT Wondering when Hillary Clinton might hit the campaign trail to campaign for embattled Democrats? Well, after her speech at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership forum event Friday, she might not have to. During a 20-minute speech, she name-dropped Mary Burke, Wendy Davis, Alison Lundergan Grimes, Staci Appel, Martha Coakley and Maggie Haasan -- to name just a few. She went on at length about Burke, who is running against Gov. Scott Walker (R), saying that "she is offering a choice between more angry gridlock and progress that will actually make a difference for Wisconsin families. Better wages, better jobs, better schools." Clinton's speech, and particularly the passage above, is significant not just for what it means for Burke -- we're sure Burke's consultants are already cutting a Clinton ad -- and other female candidates, but for what it reveals about what might be a key argument for a Clinton presidency when (oops, if) she runs in 2016. "When women participate in politics, the effects ripple out far and wide. Weren't you proud when a coalition of women senators broke the logjam during last year's government shutdown?" she said. She then quoted Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), who told her that politics comes down to compromise and building relationships: "You work together and you get the best outcome that you can." In talking to pollsters who hold focus groups and try to get at how voters view women candidates, they say that often voters tend to look at women as better at compromising and at bringing people together. Yes, it's a bit of stereotype: Woman as kumbaya nurturer. And, most candidates who run for national office, male or female, tend to focus on "bringing people together." But it could also be that voters might believe women candidates a bit more when they say it. Of course, Hillary Clinton isn't just any other candidate. And in 2008, she ran probably more than Obama did as a fighter who had trained in the Clinton war room. She's also been among the most polarizing political figures of the past two decades. Over the last few days, with her Iowa-I'm-Back speech, and now the two on women's issues, this much is clear: Clinton has the makings of pretty good campaign stump speech. She has found a way to adequately praise President Obama (he signed the Lilly Ledbetter law), but framed herself as someone who can get beyond the partisan gridlock and harness a new type of politics that doesn't look anything like a bunch of guys fighting in Congress. The trick will be how she captures the it's-time-for-a-woman-president vibe without playing the gender card too obviously. One thing might make it pretty easy: If no other women run, then it will be Hillary Clinton against a field of men saying she is a candidate of the past -- an argument that in large part would be blunted by her gender. *Associated Press: “Obama, Clinton Urge Women to Back Democrats” <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEMOCRATS_WOMEN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>* By Ken Thomas September 19, 2014, 4:26 p.m. EDT Heading into President Barack Obama's final midterm election in the White House, Democrats on Friday sought to energize female voters, pointing to women as key to the party's future. "We do better when we field the whole team. When women succeed, America succeeds," Obama said at an annual forum sponsored by the Democratic National Committee. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton headlined the daylong Women's Leadership Forum aimed at generating excitement for the party's candidates. Democrats are trying to hold onto a slim majority in the Senate and are defending several female incumbents - Kay Hagan in North Carolina, Mary Landrieu in Louisiana, Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire - while seeking to mobilize women, who typically vote in smaller numbers in nonpresidential elections. The president said the economy had made strides since the recession, telling more than 500 of the party's top female donors that voters would see two different visions for America's future in the elections. Republicans, the president said, would offer an agenda that would help the wealthy, big banks and polluters while Democrats had sought to give people a "fair shot." Republicans, who run the House and are vying for Senate control, said Obama and his allies were spending "all of their time pointing fingers at others" instead of seeking solutions for women. "Voters are now turning on the Democrats," said Kirsten Kukowski, a Republican National Committee spokeswoman. Democrats cited Republican opposition to raising the minimum wage, which they said has a disproportionate effect on women, efforts to repeal Obama's health care overhaul and last year's partial government shutdown. "If we don't keep these great women in the Senate and we don't make gains in the House, then we're going to lose the chance to make the next step in progress which is waiting because America is about to explode economically," Biden said. Clinton received a rousing welcome at the forum, which she co-founded in 1993 with Tipper Gore. The party's leading presidential contender in 2016 if she runs, Clinton in her speech plugged several female candidates on the ballot this fall, a preview of campaigning she's expected to do before the election. Clinton listed several reasons why the upcoming congressional races would matter, criticizing the Hobby Lobby decision by the Supreme Court for pulling "the rug out from beneath America's women." The decision said employers with religious objections could opt out of the health care law's requirement to cover birth control. She noted the recent 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, legislation Biden pushed and her husband, president Bill Clinton, signed into law. The legislation was viewed as a big step forward to address the issue, and she said its anniversary was tempered by "outrages of the NFL" and assaults on women in uniform and on college campuses. The NFL has been criticized for its handling of the domestic abuse case involving star running back Ray Rice. Clinton said Democrats have 10 women running for the Senate and six women running for governor. "If I could vote for all of them, I would," she said. She urged support for Iowa Democrat Staci Appel, who could become the first woman from that state elected to the House and made a special appeal for Mary Burke, who is challenging Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin. Walker's presidential ambitions could hinge on whether he wins re-election. Burke, Clinton said, "is offering a choice between more angry gridlock and progress that will actually make a difference for Wisconsin families: better jobs, better wages and better schools," she said, without mentioning Walker by name. Obama, Clinton and Biden all offered praise for DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman who has led the committee since 2011. Her future at the committee was called into question this week in a story by Politico in which Democrats expressed unhappiness with her. The story included allegations that Wasserman Schultz was trying to curry favor with Democratic donors and House members to advance her own ambitions in future congressional leadership elections. *Wall Street Journal blog: Washington Wire: “Hillary Clinton Presses Case for Women Candidates” <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/09/19/hillary-clinton-presses-case-for-women-candidates/>* By Peter Nicholas September 19, 2014 At a time when so much attention is focused on her own political future, Hillary Clinton made a vigorous pitch Friday for women candidates running in the midterm elections, saying “If I could vote for all of them I would.” Mrs. Clinton, a likely candidate in the 2016 presidential election, said at a Democratic National Committee event in Washington, D.C. that “midterms matter” and that the elections will come down to those who “make the effort to show up and vote.” She mentioned the recent spate of domestic violence cases in the NFL as an example of the abuses still suffered by women a generation after her husband, former president Bill Clinton, signed the Violence Against Women’s Act. She said that “celebration of this anniversary was tempered by troubling news on many fronts: From the outrages of the NFL to more assaults against women in uniform” and on college campuses, the former secretary of state said. Mrs. Clinton’s own political future has occasionally overshadowed the midterm elections in November. More than 200 journalists showed up for her appearance Sunday at a Democratic fundraising event in Iowa, her first visit to the state since she finished third in the 2008 Democratic caucus. “I’m baaack,” she told the friendly crowd of thousands of potential Iowa caucus-goers. In her speech Friday, Mrs. Clinton kept the focus squarely on the midterm elections, making no allusions to her possible ambitions. She ticked off a long list of women running for congressional and gubernatorial seats. Knowing they are on the ballot, she said, “gives me hope.” She singled out Democrat Mary Burke, who is running for governor in Wisconsin against incumbent Scott Walker, a Republican. Should he win re-election, Mr. Walker would be positioned to vie for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Mrs. Clinton drew a contrast between Wisconsin and neighboring Minnesota, which is led by a Democratic governor, Mark Dayton. She said the “evidence is in: smart, progressive policies in Minnesota led to more job creation and more economic growth. “Wisconsin deserves better and with Mary Burke it will get better,” Mrs. Clinton said. Republicans rejected the assertion that they are impeding women’s progress. “Every day we are talking to women about the issues we all care about – empowering women at work and at home, creating good paying jobs, building the economy, increasing workplace flexibility, addressing workplace discrimination and modernizing job training,” said Kirsten Kukowski, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee. “On the other hand, President Obama and the Democrats have spent all of their time pointing fingers at others instead of working toward solutions and pushing policies that have made life more difficult for women.” As a speaker, Mrs. Clinton tends to be most comfortable when she sticks to policy. And her address Friday was rife with references to Supreme Court ruling and legislation pending in Congress. But she struck a more personal note, too, mentioning her daughter Chelsea’s pregnancy. She said she is on “grandbaby watch,” noting that her family will do all it can for the newest member of the family. “But I want that for everybody’s child and everybody’s grandchild,” she said. *MSNBC: “Hillary Clinton dives into midterms by supporting Democratic women” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-dives-midterms-supporting-democratic-women>* By Alex Seitz-Wald September 19, 2014, 2:28 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton waded deeper into the 2014 midterm elections Friday, using her first televised remarks at a national party event to heap praise on a long list of female Democrats on the ballot this year. “Now, I know they might not be as glamorous as presidential elections, but these upcoming midterm elections are crucial,” the former secretary of state, who has presidential elections on her mind, told the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum Conference in Washington. Clinton, who was in Iowa last Sunday, lauded Staci Appel, a Democratic congressional candidate in the state. “She is a great mom who worked her way up from minimum wage to management, and with enough support, she could be the first woman ever elected from Iowa to the U.S. House of Representatives,” Clinton said. Appel is one of more than 100 Democratic women running for Congress this year, along with 10 Democratic women looking for Senate seats and six running for governor. “If I could vote for all of them, I would!” Clinton cheered. She also took a moment to give special attention to Mary Burke, who is challenging Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker. “She is offering a choice between more angry gridlock and progress that will actually make a difference for Wisconsin families,” Clinton said. “Wisconsin deserves better, and with Mary Burke, it will get better for the people and families of Wisconsin.” Burke has fired a campaign consultant amid allegations that the candidate’s jobs plan appears to have been plagiarized from other candidates. Clinton shouted out almost every female Democrat running statewide in the country. “We have so many reasons to be hopeful. Mary Burke gives me hope. Maggie Hassan gives me hope. Martha Coakley and Wendy Davis give me hope. Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kay Hagan, Mary Landrieu, Michelle Nunn, Jeanne Shaheen, Natalie Tennant, they all give me hope,” Clinton, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, said. Clinton didn’t mention Shenna Bellows, who is facing an uphill battle against Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, and Amanda Curtis, the Democrat running for Senate in Montana after the party’s favored candidate dropped out. She also skipped Gina Raimondo, the party’s gubernatorial nominee in Rhode Island. Borrowing a bit from the populist message that has propelled some in her own party, Clinton presented Democrats as the ones who will look out for average Americans. “At a time when the deck does seem stacked against middle-class families in so many ways, we have a choice to make,” she said of the November elections. Clinton, who spoke Thursday on women in politics at an event at the Center for American Progress, went on to decry the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision, saying it “pulled the rug out for America’s women” just as the Affordable Care Act was coming online to help them. “It’s a slippery slope when we start turning over a woman’s right to her own health care decisions to her employer. Any my question is, will Congress do anything about it?” the former first lady said. She also lamented that the celebration around the anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act “was tempered by troubling news on many fronts, from the outrages of the NFL to assaults against women in uniform and on college campuses.” Clinton was introduced by DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who has faced questions this week after Politico published a highly negative piece about her tenure. Wasserman Schultz was the co-chair of Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, and like Vice President Joe Biden, who spoke before her, Clinton went out of her way to praise the embattled Wasserman Schultz. “Debbie wears so many hats so well,” Clinton said at the beginning of her remarks, noting that Wasserman Schultz beat breast cancer and then passed legislation to help women who suffer from the disease. This week, Wasserman Schultz received an award from Susan G. Koman foundation for her work on the issue. She’s “an example to us all,” Clinton said. “She fights for women, for kids, for families. So let’s give our chair another round of applause.” The audience gave Wasserman Schultz a warm ovation. After her speech, Clinton stuck around to shake hands for about seven minutes. *The Hill blog: Ballot Box: “Clinton: Midterms key for women” <http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/218347-clinton-casts-midterms-as-key-election-for-women>* By Ben Kamisar September 19, 2014, 1:43 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton painted the 2014 midterm election as a watershed moment for women’s issues, calling in a Friday speech for Democrats to make sure their female candidates are elected this fall. “Voters have a choice this November,” she said at a Democratic National Committee event in Washington. “A choice between those who blocked paycheck fairness, who applauded Hobby Lobby, who tried to stop the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, or leaders who will fight for women and girls to have the same opportunities and rights that they deserve.” Speaking at the DNC’s Women’s Leadership Forum, a committee initiative that she helped start in 1993 as first lady, Clinton made her case for doubling down on efforts to bring women to the table. She also called for raising the minimum wage, fighting pay discrimination and expanding access to birth control. The way to achieve those goals, she said, is through a win for Democrats in the midterm elections. “More than 100 Democratic women [are] running for the House this year and I cant think of a better way to make Congress start working for American families again than electing every last one of our women candidates come November,” Clinton said. She also praised the coalition of women senators that helped forge a bipartisan compromise to end 2013’s government shutdown and the role of Sen. Patty Murray [D-Wash.] in a compromise with Rep. Paul Ryan [R-Wis.] to pass a budget later that year. “When women participate in politics, the effects ripple out far and wide,” she said. Her comments came against the backdrop of the question that’s dogged her for months: will the former secretary of State, senator and first lady run for president in 2016? Clinton is the front-runner for the nomination after a failed bid in 2008. She joked that the audience of largely female Democratic donors should not discount the midterm elections, even though she knows “they may not be as glamorous as presidential elections.” While Clinton enjoyed high favorability ratings while she was secretary of State, her numbers have fallen since leaving that post. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Sept. 9 shows her favorable/unfavorable ratings at 43/41 among registered voters, down from a high of 59/22 in February 2009. Clinton, like President Obama and other speakers at the event, also used her address to praise DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-Fla.] after a story by Politico Wednesday reported she’s lost support from the White House and Democrats. “Her courage in beating breast cancer, and going onto pass groundbreaking legislation that is helping other women beat it too, is an example for us all,” Clinton said, referring to Wasserman Schultz’s efforts to help pass the Affordable Care Act. *National Journal: “The Emergence of Hillary Clinton, 2014 Cheerleader” <http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/the-emergence-of-hillary-clinton-2014-cheerleader-20140919>* By Emma Roller September 19, 2014 Hillary Clinton's speech before the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Conference on Friday afternoon was nearly cookie-cut from remarks she gave Thursday about economic inequality in the U.S. But this time around, her pitch about economic equality had more of a political bent. After being criticized for not stumping for Democratic candidates earlier in 2014, Clinton seems to finally be picking up the pom-poms and cheering for her party's candidates—particularly women candidates—if still just in her capacity as a civilian, not a candidate herself. She also worked to prod women into action, in a midterm election cycle that typically sees flagging turnout from women and minorities. Between 2008 and 2010, voter turnout among unmarried women dropped 26 points. Clinton quoted Rep. Nancy Pelosi in her speech Friday: "When women vote, America wins." Clinton also used her speech to reel off the names of the women running in hotly contested Senate, House, and state leadership races, focusing particularly on Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke. "The midterms really matter," she told the crowd Friday. "It's a chance to elect Democrats who will fight every day to make sure our economy works for everyone." Otherwise, Clinton stuck to her script and continued to beat the drum for more progressive policies to protect working mothers and victims of sexual assault. Here's a selection of the lyrics to Clinton's 2014 fight song: On the DNC Women's Leadership Conference, which she founded with Tipper Gore 20 years ago: "We've brought the concerns and hopes and dreams of women from the margins to the mainstream of American public life." On President Obama's record on women's issues: "This president has been a tireless advocate for women and families." On the need for better child care services in the U.S.: When Clinton was an attorney in Arkansas, she struggled to find last-minute child care for Chelsea. On workforce equity: "If we close the gap in workforce participation between men and women, our GDP would grow by nearly 10 percent by 2030." On the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision: "It's a slippery slope when we turn over a woman's right to make her own health care decisions to her employer." On gender equity in Congress: In Iowa last weekend, Clinton met with Staci Appel, a Democratic candidate who could become Iowa's first female representative elected to the House. Clinton had met Appel before, at a pork dinner seven years ago. On Mary Burke, who is running against Gov. Scott Walker: "She is offering a choice between more angry gridlock and progress that will actually make a difference for Wisconsin families." On Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia University student who pledged to carry her mattress everywhere she goes until her alleged rapist leaves Columbia: "That image should haunt all of us, and i'm very pleased that President Obama is supporting a new effort to address sexual assault on campuses across the country." Clinton will likely continue to trumpet her work to give women a leg up in the economy, pitting corporate interests against family interests. But for some progressives, she still has past sins to atone for. *Salon: “You can thank women for Hillary Clinton’s economic platform” <http://www.salon.com/2014/09/19/you_can_thank_women_for_hillary_clintons_economic_platform/>* By Katie McDonough September 19, 2014, 2:53 p.m. EDT [Subtitle:] Clinton's focus on women and the economy isn't an experiment on voters, it's her going where women have led her Like most of the rest of the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton is now spending time talking about women and labor. The New York Times has a piece on Clinton’s apparent pivot — now that we have entered the final months of speculation about whether or not she’ll run for president – from talking about foreign policy to discussing domestic issues like the minimum wage and paid sick leave. And over at Vox, Matthew Yglesias pointed out something that’s been true for a long time, but is just now gaining mainstream traction: The division between “social issues” and “economic issues” is completely made up. But contrary to Yglesias’ framing of this move as some kind of experiment to influence voters (“Hillary Clinton’s plan to use feminism to sell big government”), it seems to me that Clinton is actually just going where the public has led her. Clinton doesn’t need to make the case that there are real structural barriers keeping them from earning the money they need to survive or that government programs that support women and families are shrinking. Women already know. Polling data reflects women’s concerns about the economy, which is exactly what Clinton is responding to. As Yglesias noted, Clinton, speaking on a panel this week, articulated a connection that feminists, particularly feminists in the labor and reproductive justice movements, have long been making. ”Women hold two-thirds of all minimum wage jobs,” she said. “We talk about a glass ceiling, but these women don’t even have a secure floor under them.” And this lack of a secure floor touches every part of women’s lives. Which is why, when you apply a little pressure, the idea that women’s “social” and “economic” can be separated out falls away pretty quickly. One in 3 women are living in or on the verge of poverty, and are holding down two out of every three minimum wage jobs. More than 25 percent of low-wage and low-income workers are also single mothers. That means a woman who works full-time is only making an average of $14,500 each year. That’s $4,000 dollars less than the poverty level for a mother of two children. So what other issues might this woman, heading a household and working a minimum wage job, confront in her daily life? If she’s living in poverty, she’s likely facing food insecurity. And food assistance programs like SNAP were cut this year, so she’s now working with less than before. Which probably means she’s skipping meals. “What we find in our research is that when someone is going to have to do without, it’s usually women,” Lindsey Spindle, a communications officer at an anti-hunger nonprofit recently told Glamour. “They sacrifice their meals for their children, for their spouse, for their parents. So what we’re anticipating with these cuts is that families will be left vulnerable, but women in particular will do a lot to shield their families.” Which might help explain why a recent poll revealed that 56 percent of women surveyed “disapproved” or “strongly disapproved” of gutting food assistance programs at a moment when people need them more than ever. Or why 61 percent of women surveyed said that widening income gaps undermine opportunity. And this hypothetical woman, struggling as she is to support her family, might also be thinking about ways to avoid pregnancy. So she’s probably paying attention when the Supreme Court says that her boss can dictate what methods of contraception she should have access to. And she’s paying attention when her state rejects the Medicaid expansion. Or when her representatives target family planning clinics that provide basic healthcare like abortion, contraception or cancer screenings. Because those are things she’s struggling to afford, right along with housing and food. Democrats have been smart to focus their platforms on the challenges women face in their daily lives, and to follow women’s lead in breaking down divisions between “social” issues like reproductive healthcare and “economic” issues like a living wage or universal preschool. (In fact, it seems the only candidates currently holding tight to that false division are Republicans trying to find favor with women voters by talking about anything but their platforms on contraception.) So while Yglesias gets it right that this is indeed Clinton’s strategy, I don’t think it’s Clinton who’s planning to “use feminism” to sell a more robust social safety net. I think it’s feminism — and the power of women’s votes — using Clinton. *Washington Post: “Hillary Clinton to headline fundraiser for Maryland gubernatorial hopeful Brown” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hillary-clinton-to-headline-fundraiser-for-maryland-gubernatorial-hopeful-brown/2014/09/19/3e9b4aea-4057-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html>* By John Wagner September 19, 2014, 7:59 p.m. EDT Hillary Rodham Clinton is coming to Maryland later this month for a fundraiser for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Anthony G. Brown, according to an invitation sent to Brown supporters on Friday. The Sept. 30 event with the possible 2016 presidential candidate is scheduled to be held at a private residence in Potomac, the invitation says. Tickets start at $1,000 per person. Former president Bill Clinton headlined a fundraiser in May for Brown, the state’s lieutenant governor. Organizers said that event generated close to $1 million for Brown’s gubernatorial campaign. Hillary Clinton, the former first lady, senator and secretary of state, has said she expects to make a decision about running for president next year — a race that could also include Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D). O’Malley plans to attend the Sept. 30 event with Clinton, Lis Smith, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Saturday morning. Brown faces Anne Arundel County businessman Larry Hogan in the November election to succeed O’Malley, who is term-limited. Hogan this week appeared at a fundraiser with a star from his party: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R). Organizers said that event, held in Bethesda, raised more than $400,000 for the Maryland Republican Party. The money will be used to promote Hogan’s campaign, the party said. *BuzzFeed: “Eight DREAMer Activists Arrested Outside DNC Conference” <http://www.buzzfeed.com/jacobfischler/eight-dreamer-activists-arrested-outside-dnc-conference#2wwn3q7>* By Jacob Fischler September 19, 2014, 2:33 p.m. EDT [Subtitle:] Arrests come as part of a growing campaign targeting Hillary Clinton. WASHINGTON — Eight DREAMer activists were arrested outside a Democratic National Committee event by D.C. policeFriday afternoon as part of a protest of President Obama’s decision to delay changing deportation policies until after the November election. The arrests came as former Secretary of State and presumptive presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was speaking at the DNC’s Women’s Leadership Forum, and marks the third time DREAMers have been arrested at events featuring Clinton. Clinton has largely avoided the controversy over deportations, and has thus far refused to engage activists, even when they get within ear shot. Friday’s protest was no different: while police were arresting protestors outside, Clinton was making her pitch to Democratic activists to reengage in the political process before election day, urging them to get out and vote come November, particularly for Democratic women on the ballot. Recently, Obama announced he would delay signing any executive actions relating to immigration and deportations until after the midterm elections. The move was a political calculation to try and protect vulenerable Senate Democrats and ultimately, the party’s control of the upper chamber. *Associated Press: “Family of CIA Contractor Slain In Benghazi May Sue” <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BENGHAZI_SLAIN_CONTRACTOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>* By Denise LaVoie September 19, 2014, 1:49 p.m. EDT The family of a CIA contractor killed in Benghazi, Libya, has filed claims seeking $2 million in damages from the CIA and State Department, alleging there was inadequate security at the U.S. diplomatic post and CIA compound when it came under attack by militants in 2012. The family of Glen Doherty, led by his mother, Barbara Doherty, filed a claim with the two government agencies last week seeking $1 million for wrongful death. Doherty's friend and executor of his estate, Sean Lake, filed a separate claim seeking a little over $1 million. Doherty, a former Navy SEAL, grew up in Winchester, Massachusetts, and was 42 when he died. He was among four Americans killed in Benghazi, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, when militants stormed the diplomatic post on the night of Sept. 11, 2012, and later fired on a nearby CIA compound. Separately, Doherty's family and Lake filed a lawsuit in state court in California last week over a death benefit on a policy Doherty was required to take out as a CIA contractor who performed security work overseas in hazardous areas. The lawsuit seeking unspecified damages claims that the broker was negligent because its staff failed to tell Doherty that the policy was essentially worthless to him: It would only pay a death benefit if he had a dependent such as a wife or child, but Doherty was divorced with no children. Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the CIA, said the agency would have no comment. The State Department also declined to comment. Michael Mortenson, a California attorney representing the Doherty family and Lake, said that under federal law, the claims for damages are required before a lawsuit against the government can be filed. Mortenson said that if the claims are denied, they may file a lawsuit within six months. Doherty's family argues that both locations that came under attack in Libya lacked adequate security resources and personnel despite repeated requests for more. Doherty was killed by mortar rounds that hit the roof of the CIA annex. Mortenson said Doherty's family has reached out to the U.S. government over the last two years "to try to reach a resolution," but no agreement has been reached. In July, five Congress members sent a letter to CIA Director John Brennan urging him to do everything he can to "provide the appropriate assistance to the Doherty family." "We must ensure that Mr. Doherty's service to his country is honored appropriately, and that his family's sacrifice is recognized," read the letter, signed by the two U.S. senators from Massachusetts, Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts and U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier of California, where Doherty had been living. In a statement, Doherty's mother said the family is "reluctantly ... now proceeding to pursue those legal avenues open to us." "We know Glen would have done anything to support the United States and protect our freedom as Americans. Two years after the Benghazi attack, our family has not received the symbolic justice all families of such American heroes deserve," said Barbara Doherty, who lives in Woburn, near Boston. The Benghazi attacks stirred fierce partisan debates in Washington. Some Republicans have said the military held back assets that could have saved lives and that President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lied to the public about the nature of the attack. Democrats, Republican-led congressional investigations and military officers have said it's untrue that U.S. forces were ordered to "stand down" during the attack. *MTV: “Pharrell Williams Wants Hillary Clinton To Read His Stan Smiths” <http://www.mtv.com/news/1936843/pharrell-hillary-clinton-sneakers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MTVNewsLatest+(MTV+News+Latest+Headlines)>* By Jessie Peterson September 19, 2014 Chances are you’ve already seen the first of three collaborations that Pharrell Williams is expected to do with Adidas, featuring eye-popping Stan Smiths and matching track jackets. What you may not have seen, however, is Skateboard P’s latest set of customized kicks. While Pharrell hand-painting a pair of sneakers isn’t new—they’ve become something of a style signature for the artist, second only to his Vivienne Westwood hat—the message on them is. The bright blue sneakers read: “Go visit Ferguson, Hillary Clinton” among some pretty cheerful-looking daisies. Williams is already a staunch advocate of Clinton and seems to be asking her to take a personal approach to the Missouri town. This appears to be the first time P has called for action on his sneakers—maybe he’ll try a new message on a red pair? *Calendar:* *Sec. Clinton's upcoming appearances as reported online. Not an official schedule.* · September 21 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton attends CGI kickoff (The Hollywood Reporter <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/clintons-honor-leonardo-dicaprios-environmental-731964> ) · September 22 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton at CGI (CGI <http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/public/2014/pdf/agenda.pdf>) · September 23 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton at CGI (CGI <http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/public/2014/pdf/agenda.pdf>) · September 23 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton headlines the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women CGI Dinner (Twitter <https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/510157741957316609>) · September 29 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton headlines fundraiser for DCCC for NY and NJ candidates (Politico <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-new-york-fundraiser-110902.html?hp=r4> ) · September 29 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton headlines another fundraiser for DCCC (Politico <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-headline-dccc-fundraiser-110764.html?hp=l8_b1> ) · September 30 – Washington, DC: Sec. Clinton keynotes Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Inc., conference (CHCI <http://www.chci.org/news/pub/former-secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-to-address-leadership-luncheon-at-public-policy-conference> ) · September 30 – Potomac, MD: Sec. Clinton fundraises for Maryland gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown (WaPo <http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hillary-clinton-to-headline-fundraiser-for-maryland-gubernatorial-hopeful-brown/2014/09/19/3e9b4aea-4057-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html> ) · October 2 – Miami Beach, FL: Sec. Clinton keynotes the CREW Network Convention & Marketplace (CREW Network <http://events.crewnetwork.org/2014convention/>) · October 2 – (Miami, FL) Sec. Clinton signs “Hard Choices” at Books and Books [HillaryClintonMemoir.com <http://www.hillaryclintonmemoir.com/miami_book_signing>] · October 6 – Ottawa, Canada: Sec. Clinton speaks at Canada 2020 event (Ottawa Citizen <http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/hillary-clinton-speaking-in-ottawa-oct-6> ) · October 13 – Las Vegas, NV: Sec. Clinton keynotes the UNLV Foundation Annual Dinner (UNLV <http://www.unlv.edu/event/unlv-foundation-annual-dinner?delta=0>) · October 14 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton keynotes salesforce.com Dreamforce conference (salesforce.com <http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/DF14/highlights.jsp#tuesday>) · October 28 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton fundraises for House Democratic women candidates with Nancy Pelosi (Politico <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/hillary-clinton-nancy-pelosi-110387.html?hp=r7> ) · December 4 – Boston, MA: Sec. Clinton speaks at the Massachusetts Conference for Women (MCFW <http://www.maconferenceforwomen.org/speakers/>)