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*[image: Inline image 1]* *Correct The Record Thursday August 7, 2014 Morning Roundup:* *Headlines:* *MSNBC: “A silver lining in early attacks on Clinton?” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-silver-lining-early-attacks>* “‘There’s only one plausible reason why they’re throwing the kitchen sink against her now — they’re scared. They know if she runs, she wins. And that involves throwing every piece of oppo research at her now,’ said Adrienne Elrod of Correct the Record, the rapid response group that has become Clinton’s main semi-official defender in the press.” *The Diplomat opinion: Amb. M. Osman Siddique: “The Economics of US Foreign Policy” <http://thediplomat.com/2014/08/the-economics-of-us-foreign-policy/>* “Turning this understanding into action, Secretary Clinton worked diligently during her tenure at the State Department to strengthen the U.S. economy and create American jobs.” *Newsday: “Hillary Rodham Clinton book signing draws fans -- and some critics -- to Huntington's Book Revue” <http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/hillary-rodham-clinton-book-signing-draws-many-fans-and-some-critics-to-huntington-bookstore-1.8984231>* “All of the 1,200 books that the bookstore ordered were sold -- complete with Clinton's signature on them, said bookstore officials. And as many as 1,000 people snaked around the shelves snapping selfies and pictures of Clinton as well as the photographers and reporters invited there.” *New York Daily News blog: Daily Politics: “'Ready For Hillary' dinner party hitting the Hamptons” <http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/dinner-party-fundraising-potential-hillary-clinton-presidential-run-coming-hamptons-blog-entry-1.1894594>* “Actress and activist Ashley Judd is billed as a special guest, alongside David Brock, founder of the Democratic rapid response team Correct the Record; and Craig Smith, a senior advisor for Ready for Hillary.” *Washington Post blog: The Fix: “Hillary Clinton has finally almost passed Bob Gates in book sales” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/06/hillary-clinton-has-finally-almost-passed-bob-gates-in-book-sales/>* “One Clinton advisor suggested to Politico that the book be compared to former defense secretary Bob Gates' book ‘Duty.’ Which we did, and the comparison wasn't great: ‘Duty’ had outsold ‘Hard Choices’ handily in total volume, and it wasn't clear when Clinton would catch up. Now it is.” *Washington Times: “Scaife funeral proves philanthropy trumps politics” <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/6/tyrrell-philanthropy-over-politics/>* “So if philanthropy can bring together Dick Scaife and Bill Clinton in a celebration of America, how does one explain the bitter denunciations of the Brothers Koch, who are at the very pinnacle of philanthropy themselves?” *MSNBC: “Ready for Warren heads to Iowa” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ready-warren-heads-iowa>* “Erica Sagrans, the Democratic operative who founded the group, told msnbc she’s traveling to the Iowa State Fair Thursday, where she and local volunteers will spend the rest of the week connecting with party officials and engaging grassroots supporters of the progressive senator.” *Washington Post: “On the trail in Kentucky, Bill Clinton gets practice playing second fiddle” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/on-the-trail-in-kentucky-bill-clinton-gets-practice-playing-second-fiddle/2014/08/06/ff589230-1d87-11e4-ab7b-696c295ddfd1_story.html>* "Nearby, a man sells “Hillary Clinton for President” buttons, one for $5 or three for $10. “Is she running?” a woman asks him. “Man, I hope so,” says a man wearing a UMW shirt. “If she’s anything like him.” “She has not declared, but we’ve talked to some people and think she’s very close to it,” the button-peddler says, stroking his long, brown beard. “Okay, I’ll take three.”" *Christian Science Monitor: “Bill Clinton factor: Can he tip Senate race to topple McConnell? (+video)” <http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2014/0806/Bill-Clinton-factor-Can-he-tip-Senate-race-to-topple-McConnell-video>* “Grimes can be heartened by this: The Clintons went all out for their friend Terry McAuliffe last year in a nail-biter race for Virginia governor. Mr. McAuliffe eked out a narrow victory – with a little help from his friends.” *Louisville Courier-Journal (K.Y.): “Grimes, Bill Clinton stump in coal country” <http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2014/08/06/grimes-bill-clinton-stump-coal-country/13696121/>* “Clinton also sought to distinguish between Grimes and the administration, noting Obama has only two more years in office while Grimes is seeking a six-year term. And he compared her to former Sen. Wendell Ford, who Clinton said, always voted for Kentucky first, but still worked with presidents he disagreed with.” *Articles:* *MSNBC: “A silver lining in early attacks on Clinton?” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-silver-lining-early-attacks>* By Alex Seitz-Wald August 7, 2014, 7:00 a.m. EDT As Hillary Clinton eases into an August pseudo-vacation, she — and the news-consuming public — may finally get a respite from the mud sling of her book tour. With non-stop attacks from her opponents and vigorous scrutiny from the media, the summer often felt like a one-woman presidential campaign, even though the real thing is more than a year off and Clinton has not yet said if she’ll be a part of it. Her opponents scored some blows, and she made a few notable stumbles of her own, but there could be a silver lining in the exhaustive early drubbing — her opponents might run out of new attacks to sell to an increasingly bored public. Few people have been more scrutinized than the former first lady: Clinton has been the target of a hostile independent counsel with subpoena power in the 1990s, Republican opposition researchers during two Senate bids, and even supporters of fellow Democrat Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign cycle. The book tour tilled much of what ground remained. It’s hard to find anything that isn’t already old news. “There’s only one plausible reason why they’re throwing the kitchen sink against her now — they’re scared. They know if she runs, she wins. And that involves throwing every piece of oppo research at her now,” said Adrienne Elrod of Correct the Record, the rapid response group that has become Clinton’s main semi-official defender in the press. In political dark arts, timing is critical and campaigns often wait for the right moment to release what they’ve dug up — usually close to Election Day, not two years out. Would team Clinton prefer to have the conservative FreeBeacon bring to light in June 2014 explosive never-before-heard audio of the former first lady discussing her legal defense of a child rapist, or for a mainstream publication to write about in June of 2016? During the book tour, Clinton had the chance to fortify her defenses against a variety of criticism. “We are sharpening our responses to the incoming, it’s our boot camp,” said Tracy Sefl, a senior adviser to the pro-Clinton super PAC Ready for Hillary. Nonetheless, the fact that the FreeBeacon (and the professional researcher the website hired) could find anything new at all suggests there may be more out there. “This idea that we’ve been wasting our best oppo in 2014 is wishful thinking on their part,” said Tim Miller, one of Clinton’s main antagonists and the executive director of the Republican super PAC America Rising, which has become the hub of opposition research for the Republican Party. Shauna Daly spent plenty of time digging through Clinton archives as the deputy research director for Obama’s 2008 campaign. While the Clinton paper trail is “endless,” she said, the GOP’s anti-Clinton message sounds more like a “cacophony” than a coherent and damaging attack. “Some people don’t always have the best restraint,” she added. The newly fractured political infrastructure means that instead of official party organizations, where dirt is doled out strategically, attacks are now mostly driven by a plethora of new super PACs and ideological media outlets that compete with each other for donors and influence. The Republican National Committee, Democrats like to crack, has been reduced to sending out an intern dressed as a squirrel to stalk Clinton. “I suspect that on the right, the funders want to see some bang for their buck. But, what they’re doing feels frenetic, not strategic,” said Sefl, who used to work as an opposition researcher for the Democratic National Committee. Miller denies that, saying they’re attacking Clinton because she’s effectively running a presidential campaign — even if it’s not called that. “Our only objective as an organization is to make sure our nominee is in the best position to defeat the Democratic nominee once we reach the general election in 2016,” he said. Ryan Williams, who had to defend Romney every day from attacks while serving as a spokesperson for the candidate’s 2012 campaign, noted that the best anti-Clinton material has come from Clinton herself. “She’s exposed herself as a very gaffe-prone candidate,” he said, referring to her “dead broke” comment and others. “Before this book tour, we weren’t even talking about Hillary Clinton as an elitist.” The downside of Clinton’s perceived front-runner status is that every misstep she makes is news. Meanwhile, the rise of Twitter — which was not widely used during her last run — means those missteps are disseminated to political junkies instantaneously. But most voters aren’t Twitter junkies, and it’s much harder to reach them, said Rodell Mollineau, who recently stepped down as president of American Bridge, the Democratic opposition research super PAC. Republicans are sending up trial balloons to see what works, he said, so Democrats need to be ready to pop them as they come. “Their belief is that if they keep throwing it out and throwing out and throwing out, it will eventually get into the public consciousness. That takes time,” he said. That means you can expect to hear a lot more about Clinton’s wealth, age, and speaking fees — not to mention Benghazi and the Russia “reset” — during the next two years, if she runs. Clinton has said she’ll decide by the end of the year. In her new memoir “Hard Choices,” the former secretary of state wrote about wanting to do a round of media interviews in Pakistan at the nadir of U.S. relations with the country. “You’ll be a punching bag,” her staff warned her. Her response? “I smiled and replied, ‘Punch away.’ “ *The Diplomat opinion: Amb. M. Osman Siddique: “The Economics of US Foreign Policy” <http://thediplomat.com/2014/08/the-economics-of-us-foreign-policy/>* By M. Osman Siddique, the United States Ambassador to Fiji, Tonga, Nauru and ​ Tuvalu from 1999-2001 August 7, 2014 [Subtitle:] U.S. foreign policy can help support the American economy, writes Ambassador M. Osman Siddique. In an era of profound shifts and challenges in the global economy, how does the United States assert leadership in its foreign policy? We must of course maintain the defense capability to protect ourselves and our national interests. But as recent misadventurous wars have demonstrated, military strength alone does not protect American interests or American lives. To maintain (and, in too many cases, to restore) our leadership, we must also make ourselves indispensable economic partners. While shared ideals and mutual respect connect nations, what brings nations together often are powerful economic ties. I have seen this firsthand while serving as a U.S. Ambassador, and throughout my career as an international businessman. As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton knew this, too. She recognized that strong and long-lasting relationships between countries are not formed through isolated agreements. Rather, they endure when both parties involved are seeking greater respect, greater value, and greater confidence in what can they can accomplish together. Turning this understanding into action, Secretary Clinton worked diligently during her tenure at the State Department to strengthen the U.S. economy and create American jobs. Often quietly and behind the scenes, she worked to create new economic opportunities for Americans by expanding the reach of American businesses into new markets. In 2013, Businessweek noted: “Clinton has argued that commercial diplomacy and the promotion of trade, long the neglected stepchildren of the foreign policy establishment, are central to U.S. strategic interests…. her work as a spokeswoman for American business is a less visible part of her legacy. Yet it may be the most durable.” One of the many examples of this work is a deal she helped secure between Boeing and Indonesia’s Lion Air. Secretary Clinton encouraged Lion Air to purchase 240 new jets from Boeing, for a total of $21.7 billion. After this deal was secured, President Obama estimated that it would create over 100,000 new jobs in the United States. These are not short-term contracts, but rather jobs that will sustain hardworking American families for years. Her economic diplomacy went well beyond supporting large American corporations. She was mindful that most American jobs are created by small businesses, and therefore worked relentlessly to open up global business opportunities for our small businesses and entrepreneurs. One of her signature initiatives was to mobilize Americans who were members of the diaspora community to reach out to their countries of origins and to work to advance and secure American economic interests as well as moral imperatives. Her seamless bridging of the economic, political and security dimensions of U.S. foreign policy has provided a more robust direction to our participation in the global economy. Economic statecraft may not be the flashiest side of foreign policy, but it’s important for economic development in America and around the world. That is why I have continued on in my career to conduct business here and abroad. Over the years, America has wound its way through periods of high global engagement and eras when we’ve taken a more isolationist stance. But our world is a better place when public servants like Secretary Clinton strengthen both our foreign policy and economic ties with countries around the world. It is a clear win-win. *Newsday: “Hillary Rodham Clinton book signing draws fans -- and some critics -- to Huntington's Book Revue” <http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/hillary-rodham-clinton-book-signing-draws-many-fans-and-some-critics-to-huntington-bookstore-1.8984231>* By Zachary R. Dowdy August 6, 2014, 9:54 p.m. EDT Laura Cerrano, 30, of Farmingdale waited on line for more than seven hours to meet Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former U.S. Secretary of State whose appearance and new memoir, "Hard Choices," drew more than 1,000 people onto Huntington's main drag Wednesday night. Cerrano said she wanted to "be a part of history" in meeting Clinton, who ran for president in 2008 and is a potential 2016 candidate. "It's an experience, once in a lifetime," she said, adding that she arrived at Huntington's Book Revue at 11 a.m., but did not get to shake Clinton's hand until after 6 p.m. "How often do you get to meet Hillary Clinton?" All of the 1,200 books that the bookstore ordered were sold -- complete with Clinton's signature on them, said bookstore officials. And as many as 1,000 people snaked around the shelves snapping selfies and pictures of Clinton as well as the photographers and reporters invited there. "I just love her," said Danielle Steinmetz, 23, of Wantagh. "She's such an inspiration and role model. It's great to finally meet her. It's a dream come true." But not everyone who came to the book store on New York Avenue, north of Main Street, was a Clinton devotee. "This is our statement to her: She lied. She's a liar," said Rosemarie Brady, of Dix Hills, who was among a group of about 50 people who held protest signs across the street from the event. The demonstrators lined New York Avenue's east side, while those hoping to get a peek of Clinton waited on the west side of the street. The groups exchanged remarks -- sometimes loudly over the din of rush-hour traffic -- as a cadre of Suffolk police kept watch. The demonstrators' signs had various messages: "Benghazi Does Matter" and "Support Our Troops Not Benghazi Hillary." "We don't like her," Brady said. "We don't trust her. We're offended by her." Some of the protesters were members of Oath Keepers, an organization that describes itself as "a nonpartisan association of current and formerly serving military, police, and first responders who pledge to fulfill the oath all military and police take to 'defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.' " Tyrone Costa, the group's sergeant-at-arms for Suffolk County, said Clinton has a shoddy record. "She didn't tell the truth when she made it on the tarmac in Croatia," he said, referring to a March 1996 trip Clinton made to Tuzla, Bosnia, as first lady. Clinton said she arrived amid gunfire at the airport, but a news crew that accompanied her on the trip documented no such hostilities. Clinton's critics didn't stop longtime supporter Mike Prete, 63, of Smithtown from showing up. He said he has been impressed with Clinton's record as secretary of state, adding that he hopes she runs for president again. "I've followed her career," said Prete, who retired five years ago from a job in the financial sector. "I'm hoping that she does run." *New York Daily News blog: Daily Politics: “'Ready For Hillary' dinner party hitting the Hamptons” <http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/dinner-party-fundraising-potential-hillary-clinton-presidential-run-coming-hamptons-blog-entry-1.1894594>* By Annie Karni August 6, 2014, 7:54 p.m. EDT Real estate investor Dan Neidich and his wife, philanthropist and Whitney Museum chairwoman Brooke Neidich, are hosting an A-list dinner party to raise money for a potential Hillary Clinton presidential bid on Friday, Aug. 22 in Wainscott, N.Y. The soiree will be co-hosted by former Gov. Jon Corzine, Corzine’s wife, Sharon; and Claude Wasserstein, the former wife of the late billionaire Bruce Wasserstein, among others. Actress and activist Ashley Judd is billed as a special guest, alongside David Brock, founder of the Democratic rapid response team Correct the Record; and Craig Smith, a senior advisor for Ready for Hillary. The dinner will be a “discussion about the work being done to lay the foundation for a potential Hillary Clinton presidential campaign,” according to an invite obtained by The News. The event will raise money for the Ready For Hillary PAC, which is building a grassroots movement of support for a potential Hillary Clinton presidential bid. The invite does not list ticket prices, but Ready for Hillary voluntarily caps donors at $25,000. *Washington Post blog: The Fix: “Hillary Clinton has finally almost passed Bob Gates in book sales” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/06/hillary-clinton-has-finally-almost-passed-bob-gates-in-book-sales/>* By Philip Bump August 6, 2014, 4:51 p.m. EDT Remember Hillary Clinton's book? For weeks, "Hard Choices" was the talk of the town, and not always because the rollout was going so smoothly. Before the first week's sales numbers were out, there were rumblings that sales wouldn't hit public expectations -- certainly landing well short of sales of "Living History," her previous autobiography, but perhaps even missing lower targets. One Clinton advisor suggested to Politico that the book be compared to former defense secretary Bob Gates' book "Duty." Which we did, and the comparison wasn't great: "Duty" had outsold "Hard Choices" handily in total volume, and it wasn't clear when Clinton would catch up. Now it is. This next week, probably. We got updated sales numbers from Nielsen BookScan, tracking only hardcover sales of the books, and mixed in a number of other prominent political books from the year to see what we got. At long last, Clinton's book is on the brink of passing Gates' -- thanks to a higher average weekly sales total. (Which is to be expected; since sales taper off over time, Gates' book having been out longer means more weeks with lower sales, dragging the average down.) The books we decided to compare, in addition to the two mentioned above: Ben Carson's "One Nation" Dinesh D'Souza's "America" (which has had its own sales troubles) Daniel Halper's "Clinton, Inc." Ed Klein's "Blood Feud" Elizabeth Warren's "A Fighting Chance" And, lo: [GRAPHS OF TOTAL BOOK SALES AND BOOK SALES BY WEEK] There you go. Still in second place, but clearly not for long. At long last, the Clinton advisor's early optimism is about to bear fruit. *Washington Times: “Scaife funeral proves philanthropy trumps politics” <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/6/tyrrell-philanthropy-over-politics/>* By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. August 6, 2014 One would never guess who attended Dick Scaife’s memorial service in the Pennsylvania countryside last week. Scaife has been referred to as the “father of modern conservatism.” In his lifetime, he donated a fortune across a whole range of philanthropic endeavors, from the arts to medical research to politics — conservative politics. His conservative causes were very elevated — sophisticated thinks tanks, professorial chairs, intellectual reviews — but also at times they were very partisan. In the 1990s, Scaife was a leading opponent of Bill Clinton, and he frequently drew blood. When Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of the “vast right-wing conspiracy” she doubtless had him in mind. Yet at the memorial service, standing there with the conservative chieftains was a lone Democrat, Mr. Clinton, yes, the very same. The 42nd president not only put in an appearance, but he actually spoke on Dick Scaife’s behalf, saying, “Our political differences, our philosophical differences, our religious differences, our racial and ethnic differences, they’re important . They help us to define who we are. But they don’t have to keep us at arm’s length from others.” And he concluded, “I think the counterintuitive friendship we formed is a good symbol of Richard Mellon Scaife’s legacy . He fought as hard as he could for what he believed, but he never thought he had to be blind or deaf” to reviewing his positions. Yale Gutnick, Scaife’s lawyer, explained both men’s affinity best. Mr. Gutnick said they became friends because they “shared a mutual love of America.” After all the battles of the 1990s, they came together for the country they loved, Scaife giving more than $100,000 to Mr. Clinton’s foundation for the victims of AIDS. Scaife was a great philanthropist. Mr. Clinton is learning. Scaife had said that of all the people he wanted to have speak at his funeral, he wanted the former president. They had buried the hatchet. So if philanthropy can bring together Dick Scaife and Bill Clinton in a celebration of America, how does one explain the bitter denunciations of the Brothers Koch, who are at the very pinnacle of philanthropy themselves? This week The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Times have both featured pieces about the truly astonishing invective that has been hurled at the Kochs for philanthropic acts that have absolutely nothing to do with politics. The Kochs have separated their support for conservative-libertarian causes, which can be simply educational, and for the Tea Party, which is obviously more partisan, from their philanthropy of a nonpolitical nature. It has not quieted their critics, not even when the philanthropy was for the arts or for minority education. Consider David Koch, who lives in New York City. Recently, he gave $100 million to the New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He has donated $20 million to the American Museum of Natural History and another $100 million to the City Center of Music & Drama. In 2012, he gave $10 million to the Mount Sinai Medical Center and $65 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has also given money to his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to the American Ballet Theatre, and to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Of course, many New Yorkers have been grateful. Yet there are the noisy critics. Two unions called rallies against David Koch’s donations to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, citing the Koch brothers’ opposition to Obamacare. Apparently, the Kochs are not allowed to have ideas on medical policy, if they are going to enjoy the privilege of giving money to medical care. More recently, the brothers gave a $25 million donation to the United Negro College Fund, the fund’s fifth-largest donation in history. Armstrong Williams tells us in The Washington Times that the grant was greeted with hysteria. Harry Belafonte called it the gift of “white supremacists.” Lee Saunders, head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, broke off relations with the United Negro College Fund, and Twitter reverberated with ignorant jeremiads against “UNCF literally sell[ing] ‘their soul to the devil,’ accepting checks from the Koch Brothers without knowing their evil history.” In a day when Bill Clinton and Dick Scaife can smoke the peace pipe, what explains this sort of uncivilized outburst against generous nonpolitical philanthropy? It is irrational and hateful. Yet that is where our politics are heading today. Bill Clinton and Dick Scaife are the exceptions. The response to the Koch brothers is more normative and, frankly, it worries me. *MSNBC: “Ready for Warren heads to Iowa” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ready-warren-heads-iowa>* By Alex Seitz-Wald August 6, 2014, 2:35 p.m. EDT Ready for Warren, the new super PAC hoping to draft Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren into the 2016 presidential race, is headed to Iowa. Erica Sagrans, the Democratic operative who founded the group, told msnbc she’s traveling to the Iowa State Fair Thursday, where she and local volunteers will spend the rest of the week connecting with party officials and engaging grassroots supporters of the progressive senator. Eventually, the group hopes to hire an organizer on the ground in the first caucus state. “We’re showing people we’re for real and building an organization in the early states,” Sagrans said, adding that the group already has a strong base of volunteers in the state who have signed up via email and social media. “There’s going to be a lot enthusiasm for Warren in Iowa.” Though Warren has repeatedly and emphatically insisted she isn’t running for president, the senator has put herself front and center this summer firing up progressives and campaigning for fellow Democratic women in hot U.S. Senate races. Warren supporters also point out that then-Sen. Barack Obama said the same thing in 2006 before challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination in 2008. Obama upset Clinton in Iowa, where she came in third. “We need a progressive champion in the race, whether that’s Warren or somebody else,” said Sagrans, a former staffer on Obama’s reelection campaign. The group, which launched in July during the Netroots Nation Conference in Detroit, recently started accepting donations on their website. It’s also in the process of putting together a national finance council to solicit larger contributions, and may release the names of its bigger donors in order to promote transparency. For this year, Ready for Warren hopes to get involved in congressional midterm races by supporting candidates who have similar views as Warren’s and for whom the senator has campaigned. On August 28th, the super PAC will be holding house parties across the country to build support. Former Secretary of State Clinton has had her own well-funded draft campaign for more than a year and a half, which served as a model for Ready for Warren. Clinton has said she will decide if she’s running by the end of the year. *Washington Post: “On the trail in Kentucky, Bill Clinton gets practice playing second fiddle” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/on-the-trail-in-kentucky-bill-clinton-gets-practice-playing-second-fiddle/2014/08/06/ff589230-1d87-11e4-ab7b-696c295ddfd1_story.html>* By Ben Terris August 6, 2014, 7:59 p.m. EDT Katy Perry’s “Roar” blasts through the speakers in this downtown Lexington mansion-turned-event space. The song has the power of summoning Alison Lundergan Grimes at events like these, and just like that she appears from behind a blue curtain. The crowd is especially raucous today, because this time former president Bill Clinton appears beside Grimes, the Kentucky Democrat who is aiming to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Clinton bites his lower lip into his familiar smirk, waves to the standing crowd. Then he sits, and it’s like he isn’t there. “I’m a Clinton Democrat,” Grimes thunders into the microphone, the eponymous figure not even flinching at the sound of his own name. He sits motionless behind her, his mouth slightly agape as he listens intently. Grimes speaks for about 15 minutes. She does a call and response about how McConnell always says no (to things like a minimum- wage increase, equal pay for equal work) while she says yes. She talks about how the race is a referendum on McConnell’s 30 years in office, and says: “Let me get this straight, I am the pro-coal candidate.” Then she finally gets around to introducing Clinton. “I was pretty happy just sitting back there listening,” he says. “I don’t know if Alison left me much to say.” The crowd at the Wednesday lunch event, made up of the upper echelon of Kentucky Democratic politics (including three former governors, the current one, and the one Democrat who has announced his intent to run for that office in 2015) takes a moment from picking at their chocolate cheesecake topped with caramel and specks of mint to laugh. Clinton has never been at a loss for words. But at two stops across the state Wednesday in support of Grimes, he got some good practice at playing second fiddle. If the day felt like a trial run at campaigning, should his wife choose to seek the presidency in 2016, he brought it upon himself. At both events he mentioned Hillary at the outset, thanking the state for voting for her in the 2008 Democratic primary against Barack Obama. “I really do love Kentucky,” Clinton says, his voice hoarse, giving him the added benefit of sounding like he’s choked up with emotion. “When people said Hillary was a washed-up candidate, you voted for her by 37 points. I appreciate that. Not that I was following too closely.” After the morning event at the mansion — where tickets started at $200 and which included an operatic performance of “My Old Kentucky Home” — Clinton and the Grimes team hopped on a little private plane and flew to Hazard, in the coal country of Eastern Kentucky. They were met by more than 1,000 people. The crowd included some miners from the western part of the state who had been bused in by the United Mine Workers of America, which has endorsed Grimes. So many had turned out, in fact, that not everyone could make it into the auditorium. “There’s room for chairs, but the fire marshal said no more people can come in,” campaign manager Jonathan Hurst says plaintively to the line snaking around the outside of the Hal Rogers Center. One family drove five hours to be there, another complains that an 88-year-old man shouldn’t be stuck out in the heat. “The fire marshal? Hell, he’s from Hazard,” says Jordan Whitaker, a fourth-generation miner who wanted to see Clinton. He remembers being a kid back in 2000 when Clinton last visited the area. The president shook his hand so hard he nearly fell off his mother’s lap. Inside, Clinton makes use of an oft-repeated McConnell line that it was not the senator’s job to bring jobs to Kentucky. “When Hillary was the senator from New York, she was virtually unopposed when she ran for reelection,” he tells members in Hazard, asking them to pipe down when they erupt into cheers. “Because the Republican area of our state, Upstate New York which was like Eastern Kentucky . . . thought she was the only public official that had an economic development plan for them Onstage in Hazard, Clinton again sits behind Grimes as she speaks. The Hazard crowd out-whoops the morning mansion gathering, and the former president seems more animated. He pulls off an “avuncular-chic” look, gazing upon Grimes proudly as she galvanizes the gathering, chuckling at the jokes he had heard just hours earlier and fussing with his eyeglasses and some papers. The role of political uncle is an easy one for Clinton in this case. He has known Grimes since she was young, having become friends with her father when Jerry Lundergan was the Democratic Party chairman in Kentucky and he was the governor of neighboring Arkansas. There’s a sentiment in the Grimes camp — rarely spoken on the record — that if President Obama weren’t so unpopular in Kentucky, Grimes might be up by 10 points over McConnell. As it stands, all the polls have the race neck-and-neck. Meanwhile, Clinton, the last federally elected Democrat to win the state, remains a Kentucky favorite. And amid the raucous crowd — where people yelled, “We’d take you for a third term” and “I’m ready for Hillary” — it’s easy to see why. He can speak the language. In Hazard, standing in front members of the United Mine Workers of America, Clinton talks about crusading for the rights of miners suffering from black lung as a young lawyer. He says that fight is one of the things he is “most proud of” in his life, and dozens of men and women wearing UMW camo shirts with the tagline “We are everywhere” stand up in wild applause. Eastern Kentucky has been decimated by job losses in the coal industry. The Obama administration’s proposed regulations designed to cut coal plant emissions aren’t a particular favorite in the area. During the campaign, the McConnell team has pointed out that the Environmental Protection Agency building is named after Clinton and that he has “applauded” Obama on the issue. The former president avoids any mention of this in his speech. Instead, Clinton reminisces about the last time he came to Hazard, in 2000, to try and pass the a tax credit that would help rural areas. “I’ll never forget that day in Hazard. I’ll never forget how hot it was. . . . You couldn’t breathe, the air was so thick and hot. But there was a sense that America was on the move and that small towns and rural areas got to be a part of it.” Then, he holds up a small packet of papers, Grimes’s jobs plan for Kentucky. “It would be wrong to try and build a future for America that leaves rural America and small-town America out,” he says, waving the packet. “Every page of this is about you.” After the speech he mingles inside a while, then goes outside to shake the hands of some of the people who didn’t make it in. People shout his name — “Bill! Bill!” — and try to touch him. Selfies abound. Nearby, a man sells “Hillary Clinton for President” buttons, one for $5 or three for $10. “Is she running?” a woman asks him. “Man, I hope so,” says a man wearing a UMW shirt. “If she’s anything like him.” “She has not declared, but we’ve talked to some people and think she’s very close to it,” the button-peddler says, stroking his long, brown beard. “Okay, I’ll take three.” *Christian Science Monitor: “Bill Clinton factor: Can he tip Senate race to topple McConnell? (+video)” <http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2014/0806/Bill-Clinton-factor-Can-he-tip-Senate-race-to-topple-McConnell-video>* By Francine Kiefer August 6, 2014 [Subtitle:] Bill Clinton's campaign swing in Kentucky aims to give a boost to Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is slipping in the polls in a key Senate race. In the most closely watched Senate race in the country, Bill Clinton is campaigning for Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky on Wednesday. Lucky Grimes. It’s not so easy to get the popular former president to come to your aid. Mr. Clinton's time is precious. He runs a global foundation. He’s a highly sought-after speaker. And then there’s the matter of his wife’s potential presidential campaign. So in this election cycle, when President Obama’s name is mud in a red state like Kentucky, it helps to be an FOB (friend of Bill) if you want his support. Or to live in a state that could help Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016. Ms. Grimes, who is in a tight race against Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, qualifies on both fronts. Clinton was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win Kentucky in a presidential election – both times. His wife handily beat Mr. Obama there in the 2008 presidential primary. In February, the former president raised more than $600,000 for Grimes at a Louisville fundraiser. Today, he’s campaigning for her first in Lexington and then in Hazard, deep in depressed coal country. Coal is a tough issue for Grimes, because of Obama’s “war on coal,” as Senator McConnell calls it. “It’s not a big surprise that [Clinton’s] campaigning” in Kentucky, says Jennifer Duffy, who tracks Senate races for the independent Cook Political Report. “It stems from a long friendship.” The bond began with Grimes’s father, Jerry, and was forged back in the 1980s. That’s when Mr. Lundergan – who shares a pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps narrative with “Bubba” – was a delegate in the state legislature and chairman of the state Democratic Party. Clinton was governor of close-by Arkansas. During an event at his first presidential inaugural, a teenaged Alison handed the president a bouquet of roses at the Lincoln Memorial. Now Clinton is trying to keep the bloom on the rose of his protégé, Kentucky’s young secretary of state whom he encouraged to run. She’s trailing McConnell by just 2 points, at 45 percent to 47 percent, according to the July Bluegrass Poll commissioned by Kentucky media. With a poll margin of error at +/- 4.1 percent, the race is still a virtual tie, but Democrats are worried that she has fallen back in every Bluegrass poll since her February high, when she was up by 4 points. "It is so close and there is plenty of time to reverse that trend," Democratic political consultant Danny Briscoe told the Courier Journal in Louisville, Ky. "But it shows that Mitch McConnell's attacks are working and she's going to have to respond better than she has so far." Republicans need a net gain of six seats to take the Senate this year, and “Bill Clinton is going to be a fairly hot commodity and Hillary Clinton, too, depending on how much she wants to campaign in these fairly red states,” says Kyle Kondick of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. His value is in fundraising, lending credibility to candidates, and inspiring the base in states where Obama is not popular. “The kind of Clinton Democratic Party is something different from the Obama Democratic Party,” says Mr. Kondick. “It’s a little less obviously liberal.” Clinton’s campaign events so far this campaign cycle include Democratic fundraisers in his home state of Arkansas (for James Lee Witt, former head of FEMA under Clinton, who is running for Congress; Patrick Henry Hays, longtime friend, also running for Congress; for former US Rep. Mike Ross, who drove for Clinton when he ran for a second term as governor, now running for governor himself; and for embattled Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor). He’s also headlined state Democratic Party fundraisers in Florida and Michigan – both battleground states that would be key to a Hillary Clinton win. Political experts expect him to pick up the pace come fall. Indeed, the Grimes campaign expects him back in Kentucky and says he will feature in television ads. Will all this make a difference? In Kentucky, actually, some political analysts have their doubts. Stuart Rothenberg has said that there is so much media coverage of the Kentucky race that voters will be able to make up their own minds – without needing to rely on a celebrity to do it for them. Clinton’s fundraiser and ad spot for his son-in-law’s mother, former US Rep. Marjorie Margolies – who was trying to regain the seat she lost after casting the deciding vote for an unpopular Clinton spending plan – did not stop her from losing her primary in May But Grimes can be heartened by this: The Clintons went all out for their friend Terry McAuliffe last year in a nail-biter race for Virginia governor. Mr. McAuliffe eked out a narrow victory – with a little help from his friends. *Louisville Courier-Journal (K.Y.): “Grimes, Bill Clinton stump in coal country” <http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2014/08/06/grimes-bill-clinton-stump-coal-country/13696121/>* By Mike Wynn August 7, 2014, 2:37 a.m. EDT HAZARD, Ky. – After working 33 years in an Eastern Kentucky coal mine, Cleo Tackett said he's seen a lot of politicians talk about coal jobs during elections, but he's still waiting for one who can help the region's depressed economy. "We need somebody in there that will work to replace coal jobs," he said. "Our coal seams have gotten down to where they ain't 30 inches high. The rest of the country got 6 foot. Just do the math, we can't compete." In a region hostile to the Obama administration, Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes sought to appeal to Eastern Kentucky voters like Tackett on Wednesday as she appeared in Hazard with former President Bill Clinton and promised a crowd of more than 800 that she would stand up for coal — and miners. It was a message clearly on voters' minds as they hoisted signs, screamed "Ditch Mitch," and cheered Grimes in her bid to unseat Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this November. Eastern Kentucky has lost more than 7,000 coal jobs since 2011, and where Grimes spoke in Perry County, mining employment was down 20 percent last year, compared with 2012 — when more than 67 percent of local Democrats voted "uncommitted" in the primary election rather than support President Barack Obama. But for more than an hour Wednesday, Grimes, Clinton and high-profile Kentucky Democrats slammed McConnell as an out-of-touch Washington insider who has failed to create or save any coal jobs. And to the cheers of miners, they pledged that Grimes would serve as a "Clinton Democrat," supporting better wages, mine safety and health. "One candidate believes it's about jobs and incomes … and the other believes a senator has no business trying to create jobs," Clinton said in a shot at McConnell. "Nobody can tell me it's not a senator's job, especially one with 30 years of experience." Clinton also sought to distinguish between Grimes and the administration, noting Obama has only two more years in office while Grimes is seeking a six-year term. And he compared her to former Sen. Wendell Ford, who Clinton said, always voted for Kentucky first, but still worked with presidents he disagreed with. Grimes, for her part, had the crowd chanting "Mitch McConnell" as she asked who has served in the Senate for years as thousands of coal jobs have disappeared and EPA regulations "have hit Kentucky hardest." "Let's get something straight. senator, I am the pro-coal candidate in this race," Grimes said. "… I am the Kentucky candidate who will work to make sure we have a comprehensive mine safety policy as well as a commitment to our miners and their widows to get their black lung benefits." She even borrowed one of Clinton's most famous lines: "It's the economy, stupid." The McConnell campaign has made coal a central issue in the race, arguing that a vote for Grimes amounts to a vote for Obama's "anti-coal" policies. McConnell's team released a statement Wednesday, taking aim at Clinton and arguing that the EPA headquarters even bears his name. "It must not have occurred to Alison Lundergan Grimes that after Barack Obama declared the war on coal, he named the building tasked with executing his mission after the man she's bringing to Eastern Kentucky," McConnell spokeswoman Allison Moore said. Clinton carried Kentucky twice while running for president, and he helped Hillary Clinton win more than 65 percent of the vote in Kentucky during her 2008 primary bid against Obama. The United Mine Workers of America, which has endorsed Grimes, bused miners in for Wednesday's event — they wore camouflage shirts that read "we are everywhere." And union leaders say they hope to effect a "game change" for Grimes in Eastern Kentucky, running ads on her behalf this fall. Meanwhile, Nancy Cade, a professor of history and political science at the nearby University of Pikeville, said it's unclear how much Clinton can help turn out voters in Eastern Kentucky. "I think he can help the Grimes campaign," she said. "Whether it will be enough, I have my doubts." Dennis Brooks, the county judge-executive in Wolfe County — and a Grimes supporter — agreed that she faces obstacles in the region. But he said Clinton's appearance generated lots of excitement. "He's got a great name and he's just been good for our country," he said. "The words Bill Clinton will draw people out in Eastern Kentucky." Sunshine Smoot, 35, a pediatrician from Breathitt County, who showed up to hear Clinton speak, said he carries clout in the area as "he was one of our most successful presidents in the past. We had a good economy under his reign." For Tackett, 55, who described himself as a conservative Democrat, his support for Grimes stems from the belief she can find jobs to replace mining while protecting the coal jobs that remain. He said many voters in the region are conservative because of beliefs on religion and abortion, but that the Democratic message on economic issues — and even health care — still resonates with people in Eastern Kentucky. Tackett added that McConnell should have realized decades ago that changes were needed in the region's economy. So, he asked after hearing the speeches Wednesday, "why ain't he done nothin' to help this part of the country?" *Calendar:* *Sec. Clinton's upcoming appearances as reported online. Not an official schedule.* · August 9 – Water Mill, NY: Sec. Clinton fundraises for the Clinton Foundation at the home of George and Joan Hornig (WSJ <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/06/17/for-50000-best-dinner-seats-with-the-clintons-in-the-hamptons/> ) · August 13 – Martha’s Vinyard, MA: Sec. Clinton signs books at Bunch of Grapes (HillaryClintonMemoir.com <http://www.hillaryclintonmemoir.com/martha_s_vineyard_book_signing>) · August 16 – East Hampton, New York: Sec. Clinton signs books at Bookhampton East Hampton (HillaryClintonMemoir.com <http://www.hillaryclintonmemoir.com/long_island_book_signing2>) · August 28 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton keynotes Nexenta’s OpenSDx Summit (BusinessWire <http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140702005709/en/Secretary-State-Hillary-Rodham-Clinton-Deliver-Keynote#.U7QoafldV8E> ) · September 4 – Las Vegas, NV: Sec. Clinton speaks at the National Clean Energy Summit (Solar Novis Today <http://www.solarnovus.com/hillary-rodham-clinto-to-deliver-keynote-at-national-clean-energy-summit-7-0_N7646.html> ) · October 2 – Miami Beach, FL: Sec. Clinton keynotes the CREW Network Convention & Marketplace (CREW Network <http://events.crewnetwork.org/2014convention/>) · 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 13-16 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton keynotes salesforce.com Dreamforce conference (salesforce.com <http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/DF14/keynotes.jsp>) · December 4 – Boston, MA: Sec. Clinton speaks at the Massachusetts Conference for Women (MCFW <http://www.maconferenceforwomen.org/speakers/>)