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*​**Correct The Record Monday November 3, 2014 Morning Roundup:* *Headlines:* *Politico: “Hillary Clinton ends campaign sprint, for now” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/hillary-clinton-2014-elections-112441_Page2.html>* “Hillary Clinton’s Sunday in New Hampshire marked the end of her intense campaign schedule for 2014, as she headlined a rally for Gov. Maggie Hassan and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.” *Associated Press: “Clinton says New Hampshire taught her about 'grit'” <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/097b622d2ef94d27b42d9093bce3a0cc/clinton-says-new-hampshire-taught-her-about-grit>* “The former secretary of state campaigned in New Hampshire for the first time since October 2008, joining with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Gov. Maggie Hassan, who both face competitive re-election campaigns, in an all-female pitch to voters in the midterm election's final weekend.” *Associated Press via Yahoo: “In New Hampshire, Clinton shows family ties” <http://news.yahoo.com/hampshire-clinton-shows-family-ties-073855072--election.html>* “At a Nashua rally, the mere mention of Clinton by Shaheen or Hassan prompted booming chants of "Hillary!" from about 700 activists in a community college gymnasium.” *Boston Globe: “Hillary Clinton returns to N.H., hints at 2016 issues” <http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/02/hillary-clinton-campaign-with-jeanne-shaheen-maggie-hassan-new-hampshire/rNXPdVMI3umCS97hOY5ytK/story.html>* “Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her first political appearance in this first-in-the-nation presidential primary state since 2008, spoke to a crowd of hundreds here Sunday, strongly supporting the reelection bids of US Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Governor Maggie Hassan and offering a hint of themes that might animate a potential second White House run.” *Boston Herald: “Hillary Clinton fails to draw at Jeanne Shaheen event” <http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2014/11/hillary_clinton_fails_to_draw_at_jeanne_shaheen_event>* “New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairwoman Jennifer Horn told the Herald that reports Clinton’s speech campus drew 700 ‘must have been disappointing’ because state Democrats ‘booked a space that could hold at least twice as many.’” *Tweet from BuzzFeed’s Ruby Cramer <https://twitter.com/rubycramer/status/528956833739067392>* *BuzzFeed’s Ruby Cramer* @rubycramer: Staff at Shaheen/Hassan rally with @HillaryClinton says crowd on the floor will be capped at 675 + overflow on upper level. [11/2/14, 12:08 p.m. <https://twitter.com/rubycramer/status/528956833739067392> EST <https://twitter.com/rubycramer/status/528956833739067392>] *Real Clear Politics: “How the Midterms Will Set the Table for 2016” <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/11/03/how_the_midterms_will_set_the_table_for_2016__124526.html>* “In becoming an active surrogate during the midterm campaign’s final weeks, Clinton has had opportunity to test-drive a few potential messages that could become central to her widely anticipated 2016 run.” *CNN: “How presidential contenders are spending Election Night” <http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/03/politics/2016ers-on-election-night/index.html>* “For their part, representatives for Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden wouldn't detail their Election Night plans, although both have invested time on the trail campaigning for their party candidates.” *Real Clear Politics: “Megyn Kelly: Hillary Gave Women Permission To Reject Her When She Said Being A Woman Is Not Enough” <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/11/02/megyn_kelly_hillary_gave_women_permission_to_reject_her_when_she_said_being_a_women_is_not_enough.html>* MEGYN KELLY, KELLY FILE, “One thing she said this week that jumped out at me when she was stumping in Iowa, she said it's not enough to be a woman, you also have to forcefully advocate for policies that help women.” *Boston Herald: “Pols join throngs for public Tom Menino tribute” <http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/11/pols_join_throngs_for_public_tom_menino_tribute>* “Hillary Clinton, who had been expected to attend, was stumping in New Hampshire for U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, but cited a mechanical issue with her plane and called Angela Menino to offer her condolences instead, former Menino spokeswoman Dot Joyce said.” *The Daily Beast: “Bernie Sanders Is Showing Us the Socialist Way to Run for President” <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/03/bernie-sanders-is-showing-us-the-socialist-way-to-run-for-president.html>* [Subtitle:] “Let Hillary and Elizabeth stump for the big-ticket candidates—the Vermont senator is jumping into a tiny California town’s fight against Chevron and keynoting the ‘Fighting Bobfest.’” *Articles:* *Politico: “Hillary Clinton ends campaign sprint, for now” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/hillary-clinton-2014-elections-112441_Page2.html>* By Maggie Haberman November 2, 2014, 11:07 p.m. EST NASHUA, N.H. – Hillary Clinton’s Sunday in New Hampshire marked the end of her intense campaign schedule for 2014, as she headlined a rally for Gov. Maggie Hassan and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. But for the likely 2016 Democratic presidential hopeful, it was the end of the beginning – a transition from the two-year window in which she was able to be half-in and half-out of public life, giving paid speeches and selected interviews for a book tour without formally being in the political realm — to an all-but-certain presidential campaign. Clinton gave a warm greeting to the roughly 675 people on hand at the close-out rally with Shaheen, who is in a close race with Republican Scott Brown, and Hassan, who is comfortably leading in hers. It was the first time back in the state since her joint event with Barack Obama in Unity, New Hampshire, in June 2008. And it was the final event in a string of 45 appearances Clinton made on behalf of Democrats in the past two months, a figure that surpassed expectations during a tough election season for her party. Shaheen made one of the few references to Clinton and a potential campaign, asking the crowd, “Are you Ready for Hillary?” It was a reference to the ubiquitous shadow effort that launched in early 2013 and has helped freeze the Democratic 2016 field. The “Ready for Hillary” bus, which followed her everywhere during her summer book tour but which has been on hand for few of the campaign events Clinton’s done for other candidates, was parked prominently in the parking lot at the Nashua Community College gym. “Hi-llary! Hi-llary!” the crowd chanted. Clinton smiled, nodding repeatedly with her hands folded in front of her. But that was one of the few references to presidential politics from any of the speakers. Clinton thanked Granite State Democrats, who kept her campaign alive in January 2008 with a win over Iowa caucuses winner Barack Obama, for bolstering her during that time. “During the darkest days of my campaign, you lifted me up, you gave me my voice back, you taught me so much about grit and determination, and I will never forget that,” Clinton said, looking out at the crowd. But Clinton, who has been forceful and energetic in most of her stump appearances, was a notch more subdued in the state that marked the beginning of the second phase of 2008’s brutal primary. She was widely seen as a much better candidate after New Hampshire, where she wept a few days before the vote in response to a question from a voter, than she was before it. But the state is not without complicated memories. Clinton mocked Brown for appearing to flub a geography question in the final debate with Shaheen – a move intended to underscore the Republican’s carpetbagger status. That same charge was made against Clinton repeatedly when she moved to New York to run for an open Senate seat in 1999. Clinton, in the final days of the 2014 midterms, has hit other candidates’ opponents with charges that have been used against her – she blasted Iowa Republican Joni Ernst for not answering questions from a newspaper, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as “a Washington fixture.” But Clinton is not yet a candidate – and her allies insist she is not 100 percent decided – and so most of these moments have evaporated. “Every election is about the future,” Clinton said at the event, saying that there has been an imbalance among some officials who want to give “the big bulk of the [economic] pie to people who’ve done very well indeed.” She read from notes on the podium. She blasted Brown, without naming him, for “dismissing” the issue of equal pay. “The wage gap in New Hampshire costs women here thousands of dollars,” she said, adding that some people walk around saying, “Why do these Democrats go around talking about women? Well, we are half the population. But it’s bigger than that.” “Women’s rights are..the frontier of freedom everywhere in the world,” she added to loud applause. Later Clinton made two “on-the-run” stops in a state that demands repeated and involved retail politicking from presidential candidates. She also appeared at a small fundraiser in Portsmouth at a private residence, for Hassan’s campaign. Clinton toured the Purity Backroom in Manchester, a diner known for chicken wings and thick-cut fries, with Shaheen and Hassan trailing behind her. “It’s a place where I really, really enjoy being,” Clinton told reporters, roughly seven of whom followed her through the eatery as she stopped at tables and took selfies with patrons. There were knowing references from some patrons who told her they wanted to support her again. She laughed and kept going, or asked people to keep their focus on Tuesday’s vote. Others were people she’d worked with in the past, like union leaders, who she greeted warmly. There was also the occasional off-message moment, the type that Clinton has had to experience little of over the last two years. “I’ve got a life-sized picture of you” at home, one older gentleman told her. “Well, say hello to me!” she replied. “You scare me sometimes,” the man told her. She laughed and moved on. At the second stop, in Dover, at Farm Bar & Grille, Clinton climbed a creaky wooden staircase to a small upstairs room with about 20 people who had just come from get-out-the-vote exercises for Shaheen. “I thought maybe we could do a group picture of several group pictures – how does that sound?” she said to the group. “Does that sound good? Maybe we could sorta organize…” One of the people on hand called out, “Organize!” Clinton nodded. “That’s right. And mobilize. And then Jeanne and I can go around and I can say thank you for everything you’re doing for her. Okay so, whatever groups you want to put yourself in.” They took pictures over and over. One woman told her she first met Clinton in New Orleans in 1992, saying, “I feel like I’ve come full circle.” “Thank you for working so hard for Jeanne,” Clinton said. George Fleming, a veteran from Barrington who was on Clinton’s veterans’ committee in 2008, chatted with her quietly – bringing the conversation to a close when he mentioned Jeb Bush, who is considering running for president. “We can’t have another one,” he said. “I mean, Jeb?” Clinton laughed but didn’t respond. A nearby aide called out, “How about another picture?” *Associated Press: “Clinton says New Hampshire taught her about 'grit'” <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/097b622d2ef94d27b42d9093bce3a0cc/clinton-says-new-hampshire-taught-her-about-grit>* By Ken Thomas November 2, 2014, 6:54 p.m. EST NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Returning to New Hampshire, Hillary Rodham Clinton thanked voters Sunday for teaching her about "grit and determination" during her 2008 presidential campaign, reaching for her family's old political magic to help fellow Democrats. The former secretary of state campaigned in New Hampshire for the first time since October 2008, joining with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Gov. Maggie Hassan, who both face competitive re-election campaigns, in an all-female pitch to voters in the midterm election's final weekend. Clinton's visit stoked speculation about another presidential run, capping a two-month string of campaign appearances in the nation's top Senate and gubernatorial battlegrounds. "Starting way back in 1991 you opened your homes and your hearts to us," Clinton said, recalling the first presidential bid of her husband, former President Bill Clinton. "And in 2008, during the darkest days of my campaign, you lifted me up, you gave me my voice back, you taught me so much about grit and determination." The rally at a community college in the home of the nation's first presidential primary was eagerly anticipated by Democrats, many of whom still remember Bill Clinton's resiliency in 1992, a second-place finish for which he famously nicknamed himself the "Comeback Kid." Following a loss to Barack Obama in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, Hillary Clinton staged her own rebound here in the state's presidential primary and later joined with the future president in New Hampshire after ending her White House bid — in a town appropriately named Unity. Six years later, Clinton remains the dominant figure in a potential Democratic presidential primary to succeed Obama, and the rally served notice of her popularity here. The mere mention of her name by Shaheen and Hassan brought loud chants of "Hillary," bringing a smile to Clinton's face. "She is here to help keep us going so we can keep our state moving in the right direction," Hassan said. In her remarks, Clinton honed in on a number of local issues, noting Shaheen's support for jobs at the Portsmouth Naval Yard and legislation to help small businesses gain access to credit. Clinton pounced on Republican Scott Brown's answer in a recent Senate candidate debate that had Democrats claiming he was unfamiliar with New Hampshire's geography, namely Sullivan County. Brown, who is competing in a tough contest with Shaheen, moved to New Hampshire from Massachusetts last year after losing a re-election bid for the Senate seat he won in a 2010 to fill the remaining two years of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's term. Shaheen, Clinton said, didn't just know where certain communities were located but understood their issues. The upcoming election, Clinton said, offered a choice "between two very different visions." "Either we're all in this together or we're all in this on our own," Clinton said. After the rally, she made off-schedule stops at restaurants in Manchester and Dover and was raising money for Hassan in Portsmouth. Republicans aimed to use Clinton's visit to tie Shaheen to Obama, who remains unpopular. State GOP chair Jennifer Horn said Clinton and Shaheen "share one thing in common — they have both supported Obama's failed leadership, which has left America weaker at home and around the world." *Associated Press via Yahoo: “In New Hampshire, Clinton shows family ties” <http://news.yahoo.com/hampshire-clinton-shows-family-ties-073855072--election.html>* By Ken Thomas November 3, 2014 MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton was born in Illinois, learned the nitty-gritty of politics in Arkansas and represented New York in the U.S. Senate. But her daylong visit here served notice that, should she run for president, she intends to make New Hampshire her political home turf. Clinton's first trip to New Hampshire since October 2008 featured a rally with state Democrats, where she linked arms with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Gov. Maggie Hassan, as well as off-schedule stops at popular restaurants in Manchester and Dover and, by nightfall, a fundraiser for Hassan in Portsmouth. Taken together, Clinton's appearances showed her ability to energize Democrats and underscored the network in New Hampshire that she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have nurtured for more than two decades. At a Nashua rally, the mere mention of Clinton by Shaheen or Hassan prompted booming chants of "Hillary!" from about 700 activists in a community college gymnasium. "Starting way back in 1991 you opened your homes and your hearts to us," Clinton said in a nostalgic turn, recalling her husband's first presidential campaign. "And in 2008, during the darkest days of my campaign, you lifted me up, you gave me my voice back, you taught me so much about grit and determination and I will never forget that." Clinton's political upbringing often allows her to cite her connections around the country — and the world, for that matter. Growing up in Chicago's suburbs, she was a self-described "Goldwater Girl" who supported Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater in his 1964 landslide loss against President Lyndon Johnson. She became a Democrat in college and her political views were shaped by the Vietnam War as a student in Massachusetts and Connecticut. In Arkansas, Clinton joined her husband's fast ascent to governor, helping him rebound from a failed re-election bid and serving as an influential first lady, attorney and child advocate. She played a strategic role in Bill Clinton's presidential campaigns and two terms in the White House, overcame the couple's public struggles during the Monica Lewinsky affair and moved to New York, winning an open Senate seat in 2000. After Barack Obama defeated her in the 2008 primary, Clinton campaigned for him and then logged nearly a million miles as secretary of state. In New Hampshire, Clinton offered a glimpse of her family's political staying power in the state that holds the first presidential primary. Her remarks pointed to specific ways Shaheen had helped voters — protecting jobs at the Portsmouth Naval Yard, efforts to wide Interstate 93 — and she echoed Democrats' contention that Republican Scott Brown, Shaheen's opponent, displayed a poor understanding of the state's geography in a recent debate. Later, she plunged into the type of retail politics New Hampshire is known for, stopping by the Puritan Backroom in Manchester. The restaurant has long attracted political leaders and is co-owned by an up-and-coming Democrat, Chris Pappas, who serves on the state's executive council. That type of campaigning helps maintain Clinton's base here: a network of Bill Clinton loyalists, supporters of Hillary Clinton's first presidential campaign and the melding of the Clinton and Obama teams in Ready for Hillary, a grassroots group encouraging her to run for president. Democrats here said the dynamics would make it difficult for potential challengers like Vice President Joe Biden, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. New Hampshire, as many Democrats note, is full of Clinton-related landmarks: the Elks Lodge in Dover where Bill Clinton promised in 1992 to "be there for you until the last dog dies," or the cafe in Portsmouth where Hillary Clinton got emotional a day before the 2008 primary, telling a group of voters "this is very personal for me." The Clintons have maintained their political network amid these memories, sending handwritten notes and checking in by phone when a local Democrat becomes a grandparent or loses a loved one. "She doesn't take people or relationships for granted," said Terie Norelli, the outgoing New Hampshire House speaker who received a personal letter from Hillary Clinton this year after announcing she would step down as speaker. Unlike Iowa, which has never sent a woman to Congress or the governor's mansion, New Hampshire Democrats regularly elect women — with Shaheen and Hassan at the top. "We're past due for a woman president," said Rita MacAuslan, a candidate for state representative who wore a white Bill Clinton 1992 campaign T-shirt at the Nashua rally. "And she brings a co-president with her." But few expect Clinton to receive a free pass. "New Hampshire is Clinton country," said Terry Shumaker, a Manchester attorney and veteran of Bill Clinton's campaigns. "But if Hillary runs, she can't take it for granted — as is our tradition, she's going to have to campaign here and earn it." *Boston Globe: “Hillary Clinton returns to N.H., hints at 2016 issues” <http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/02/hillary-clinton-campaign-with-jeanne-shaheen-maggie-hassan-new-hampshire/rNXPdVMI3umCS97hOY5ytK/story.html>* By Joshua Miller November 2, 2014 [Subtitle:] Economy, equality highlight her push for reelecting Hassan and Shaheen NASHUA — She’s back. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her first political appearance in this first-in-the-nation presidential primary state since 2008, spoke to a crowd of hundreds here Sunday, strongly supporting the reelection bids of US Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Governor Maggie Hassan and offering a hint of themes that might animate a potential second White House run. Clinton spoke in New Hampshire about expanding economic opportunity, raising the minimum wage, and protecting women’s rights. She acknowledged that, across the country, there is “a lot of anxiety and insecurity.” But the former secretary of state and US senator from New York struck a hopeful note: She bookended her remarks talking about her new granddaughter and said seeing another generation in the family focuses the mind on what’s important. Clinton said she and her husband were raised to believe the American Dream was within your reach if you worked hard. “You should not,” Clinton told a packed gymnasium, “have to be the grandchild of a governor or a senator or a former secretary of state or a former president to believe that the American Dream is in your reach.” That, Clinton said to hundreds at Nashua Community College, is what this election is about. The crowd cheered. She also told the fired-up audience that the Republican agenda for this election, stripped down, is fear. “It’s trying to instill fear. They’re staking everything on it. Fear is the last resort of those who have run out of ideas and run out of hope,” she said, adding that Shaheen and Hassan are “fearless.” In one of the most passionate parts of her 22-minute speech, Clinton spoke about protecting and expanding women’s rights. She told the crowd it is astonishing, that in 2014, the country is having a debate about “equal pay for equal work” and at stake in this election is whether women have the right to “make our own reproductive health care decisions.” Clinton said some have questioned why Democrats talk so much about women. Her answer: “Women’s rights, here at home and around the world, are like the canary in the mine. You start taking away, you start limiting women’s rights, who’s next?” Clinton, who has said she will probably decide on a second White House bid after 2015 begins, won the New Hampshire Democratic primary in her ultimately unsuccessful 2008 campaign for her party’s presidential nomination and is seen as the leading Democratic contender to succeed President Obama. She thanked people in the state for opening their homes and hearts to her and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, and said, in the darkest days of her presidential campaign, “you lifted me up. You gave me my voice back. You taught me so much about grit and determination.” And while she did not explicitly mention a new run Sunday, it was on the minds of many at the event. Before the rally, Joyce Armstrong, a 68-year-old from Pembroke, N.H., said she voted for Clinton in the 2008 primary and will be ready if she makes another bid. “If she does, I’ll be 100 percent behind her,” Armstrong said. “There isn’t anybody that has more experience than she does.” As he was waiting in line with his wife and daughter to get in to the rally, Frank Cavignano, a 59-year-old from Amherst, N.H., said he had voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 New Hampshire primary but is now a Clinton supporter. “I think she’d be a great follow-on to President Obama,” he said. “And I’m hoping that she does get elected next time around.” Cavignano said he hoped she would expand upon on what Obama has achieved in the realm of health care. The event with Clinton came two days before Shaheen and Hassan, both Democrats in competitive races, face voters. Nationally, analysts predict strong currents of displeasure with Obama will pull down Democrats, who are poised to lose seats in the US House of Representatives and, potentially, control of the US Senate. But recent polls have found Shaheen leading Republican challenger Scott Brown, a former Massachusetts US senator, and Hassan leading Republican businessman Walt Havenstein. Brown, Havenstein, the GOP nominees for the state’s two congressional districts, and top New Hampshire Republicans held a rally Sunday evening in Manchester. Jennifer Horn, the New Hampshire Republican State Committee chairwoman, released a statement ahead of Clinton’s visit. It said, in part, that Clinton and Shaheen “share one thing in common — they have both supported Obama’s failed leadership.” Clinton’s New Hampshire visit comes after a series of campaign stops across the country, from Kentucky to Colorado to Pennsylvania. In September, Clinton also paid a visit to Iowa, a key presidential proving ground. In recent days, Democrats a cross New Hampshire have expressed mixed feelings about the potential of Clinton making another run. At a cafe in Manchester, 79-year-old Pat Collins, a Democrat, said she felt “mezzo mezzo” about Clinton. The reason? “I don’t think you should have the same family: like the Bushes and the Clintons and all of that,” said Collins, who lives in Manchester. Emily Jacobs, chairwoman of the Coos County Democratic Party in northern New Hampshire, said some Democrats in the area have concerns about Clinton’s ties to corporations. “We’re a Bernie Sanders area,” she said with a chuckle, referring to the self-described democratic socialist US senator from nearby Vermont. But Jacobs said emphatically, “When it comes down to it, she has the best shot, and we’re going to have her back. Overall, there’s a good feeling for her.” She added she is excited about the prospect of a woman president: “It’s time.” *Boston Herald: “Hillary Clinton fails to draw at Jeanne Shaheen event” <http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2014/11/hillary_clinton_fails_to_draw_at_jeanne_shaheen_event>* By Jack Encarnacao November 3, 2014 Locked in an intense battle with Scott Brown to hang on to her New Hampshire congressional seat, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen sought a last-minute boost yesterday from a Granite State presidential primary darling, but the state’s GOP said Hillary Clinton’s stump speech drew an underwhelming crowd and shows Shaheen is in lockstep with President Obama. Clinton got loud cheers as she took the stage between Shaheen and N.H. Gov. Maggie Hassan at Nashua Community College, and praised Shaheen’s support for jobs at the Portsmouth Naval Yard and legislation to help small businesses get access to credit. Clinton took a dig at Brown’s newcomer status in New Hampshire, and said the race offered a choice “between two very different visions.” “Either we’re all in this together or we’re all in this on our own,” Clinton said. New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairwoman Jennifer Horn told the Herald that reports Clinton’s speech campus drew 700 “must have been disappointing” because state Democrats “booked a space that could hold at least twice as many.” “Certainly I think that everybody in the community is surprised at the turnout, and it doesn’t seem to have created quite the energy that maybe they had hoped for,” Horn said. “I would suggest that having Hillary Clinton there is the next best thing to having Barack Obama there. She’s spent the past six years supporting his policies, executing his policies, and she is a voice for the policies of Barack Obama.” Horn said Obama’s policies “have failed, and they have failed with particular pain here in New Hampshire,” citing some 20,000 residents she said lost their health insurance in the transition to Obamacare and a state economy that is “sluggish at best.” New Hampshire is particularly friendly ground for Clinton — who took the state in 2008 over Obama after he had won the Iowa caucuses — and her husband, President Bill Clinton, who consistently did well in the state. *BuzzFeed’s Ruby Cramer* @rubycramer: Staff at Shaheen/Hassan rally with @HillaryClinton says crowd on the floor will be capped at 675 + overflow on upper level. [11/2/14, 12:08 p.m. <https://twitter.com/rubycramer/status/528956833739067392> EST <https://twitter.com/rubycramer/status/528956833739067392>] *Real Clear Politics: “How the Midterms Will Set the Table for 2016” <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/11/03/how_the_midterms_will_set_the_table_for_2016__124526.html>* By Scott Conroy November 3, 2014 For Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Tuesday's stakes are about as high as they come. If he wins his re-election fight against Democrat Mary Burke, Walker not only will earn a second term in Madison. He’ll acquire a coveted slot as a top-tier contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, if he decides to pursue it. But if Walker loses, not only will he be out of a job -- his status as a serious prospect for the nation’s highest office will evaporate overnight. With Walker holding on to a slim two-percentage-point lead over Burke in the latest RealClearPolitics average of polls, neither outcome would be particularly surprising. And that’s just one reason why anyone curious about the early jockeying for 2016 should pay close attention to what happens on Tuesday. After all, the next campaign for president begins on Wednesday. Walker’s fate is merely the most glaring 2016-related question that will be answered on Election Day 2014, as the results of the midterms could have a profound effect on the contours of the next race for the White House. On the Republican side, in particular, several likely presidential hopefuls have campaigned aggressively for GOP candidates in tight races around the country, hoping to collect chits while also boosting their party’s electoral hopes. Now they will learn the extent to which their efforts paid off. *** Two midterm races also considered central to the 2016 landscape have been closely contested Senate battles in the presidential kickoff states of Iowa and New Hampshire. If Republican Joni Ernst defeats Democrat Bruce Braley to become Iowa’s first female senator, among the out-of-state pols she will have to thank for bolstering her campaign are Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Rick Perry and several others who have their eye on a possible White House run. And if Scott Brown is able to come from behind to defeat incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in the Granite State, Chris Christie can expect a thank-you note, too. Not only did the New Jersey governor lend some star power to Brown’s uphill campaign effort, he also dispatched two of his former aides to New Hampshire as part of a concerted effort to reap GOP gains in the state vital to his 2016 hopes. In addition, Christie’s role as chairman of the Republican Governors Association lent him the capacity to campaign extensively in critical governor races around the country, dispensing tens of millions of dollars to grateful GOP candidates in the process. On Thursday, Christie began a five-day, 19-state marathon of events around the nation --a test run for the kind of grueling national schedule he would have to carry out as presidential candidate. In a situation rife with 2016 intrigue, it was Christie’s visit to Wisconsin on Friday that drew the most scrutiny of all his visits. Earlier in the week, Walker complained to reporters about the relatively meager spending that outside groups have contributed to his campaign, adding for good measure his assessment that Christie was only visiting Wisconsin because “he asked if he could come and we weren’t going to say no.” Walker subsequently sought to clarify that he had not intended to criticize the RGA. Nonetheless, the perception that Christie had not been overly enthusiastic about throwing a political life line to a potential 2016 rival in duress had already become a topic of discussion in conservative circles. If Walker loses, Christie’s path to the Republican nomination might be made easier, but it may also come at the expense of some lost goodwill. *** It is rare that statehouse races have immediate and glaring impacts on presidential politics, but such is the case in Kentucky where Rand Paul will be watching closely as the local returns come in Tuesday night. Under current Kentucky law, Paul -- who is up for re-election to the Senate in 2016 -- would not be able to run simultaneously to keep his seat and for the presidency. The ambitious lawmaker’s allies in the Republican-controlled Kentucky Senate have already drafted a bill that would change that statute and allow him to run for both offices, but Paul needs the Kentucky House to flip from Democratic to Republican control if he wants that legislation to be passed. And he has made it abundantly clear that he does. Over the last few months, Paul has campaigned and raised money on behalf of Kentucky House candidate, in the hopes that the chamber will flip. *** On the Democratic side of the 2016 equation, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has been by far the most active campaign surrogate among the possible presidential contenders, making frequent trips to the early voting states and elsewhere around the nation as he winds down his eight-year tenure in Annapolis. If a few Democrats pull out narrow victories in states where O’Malley helped out, he could find himself in a position to ask for a returned favor down the line. But given the nature of the 2016 campaign narrative, all eyes will be on Hillary Clinton, who twice visited Iowa during this campaign cycle before headlining a large rally with Shaheen in Nashua, N.H., on Sunday. In becoming an active surrogate during the midterm campaign’s final weeks, Clinton has had opportunity to test-drive a few potential messages that could become central to her widely anticipated 2016 run. One outcome that Clinton and all of her potential Republican foes will be paying particularly close attention to is the tight Florida governor’s race between incumbent GOP Gov. Rick Scott and Republican-turned-Independent-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist. In a presidential race, it always helps to have as many members of your own party as possible in governor’s offices around the nation -- particularly in the swing state that offers more electoral votes than any other. *CNN: “How presidential contenders are spending Election Night” <http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/03/politics/2016ers-on-election-night/index.html>* By Chris Moody November 3, 2014, 5:57 a.m. EST They say you always remember your first. That's why, as election results pour in Tuesday night, Rick Santorum will be ready with a fully-charged cell phone and a spreadsheet loaded with names and numbers of Republican candidates to call as soon as their victories -- or defeats -- are announced. "We'll be hitting the phones," Santorum told CNN. "I'm one of the folks who calls either way. Sometimes it's more important to call the folks who didn't win than it is the folks who did because the folks who did get a lot of calls and the folks who didn't don't get many." For the possible 2016 hopefuls, Election Night calls are about much more than who controls the Senate. This is an early — and important — opportunity to build relationships with candidates at all levels of politics who might come in handy should they decide to campaign for the White House. Beyond just being a kind gesture, Election Night calls are an opportunity to subtly remind candidates -- especially those in early-voting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina -- of their support. In Santorum's case, his effort won't stop with top-of-the-ballot governors or congressional races, either. His aides plan to monitor state and local races online throughout Iowa, such the State Auditor and Agriculture Secretary elections, so he can be one of the first to be in touch. He's hardly alone. Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul, one of the most dogged campaign travelers this cycle, will spend Tuesday night at an event in Louisville for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other statewide candidates. Doug Stafford, a Paul adviser, will be at his side and will have cell phone numbers ready to dial. "We will call a bunch but will also probably end up talking to more over the subsequent days when they have time to take a breath," Stafford told CNN. "It has been my experience the most difficult time to reach anyone is on their election night." New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to be in his home state on Election Night with the numbers handy for every GOP gubernatorial candidate on the ballot this year. He's kept an ambitious campaigning and fundraising schedule this year in his role as the chairman of the Republican Governors Association. For their part, representatives for Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden wouldn't detail their Election Night plans, although both have invested time on the trail campaigning for their party candidates. Other prominent Republicans will stay busy even if they're not going to such great lengths as Santorum's phone call spreadsheet. Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP's 2012 vice presidential candidate, will keep tabs on the election results with local candidates and supporters in Burlington. Meanwhile, in Texas, there will be plenty of 2016 intrigue at a gathering to celebrate Greg Abbott's expected win in the governor's race. That party, at the Moody Theater in Austin, will attract three possible 2016 White House contenders Cruz, Perry and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush under one roof. The election night phone call tradition, of course, is just a small part of the effort that goes into fostering goodwill for presidential contenders. Many potential 2016ers, including Paul, Santorum, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, have logged tens of thousands of miles supporting candidates this election cycle. Those efforts kicked into hyper-drive in final days of campaign season. Christie, for instance, stumped in 15 states in the last week of the race. Over the weekend, Santorum traveled to Kansas, Texas, North Carolina and Iowa, where his advocacy organization, Patriot Voices, bussed in volunteers to knock on doors for candidates in the first-in-the-nation caucus state. Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio went to to Iowa to promote Senate candidate Joni Ernst and others. And Cruz hoofed it to Alaska to support Republican Senate candidate Dan Sullivan. They're betting that it will all be worth the effort when the presidential primary season begins in earnest, a time when each contender will be making a very different round of phone calls—asking for support for their own campaigns. *Real Clear Politics: “Megyn Kelly: Hillary Gave Women Permission To Reject Her When She Said Being A Woman Is Not Enough” <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/11/02/megyn_kelly_hillary_gave_women_permission_to_reject_her_when_she_said_being_a_women_is_not_enough.html>* [FOX NEWS SUNDAY TRANSCRIPT] November 2, 2014 CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS SUNDAY: In a sense, it seems to me these midterms have been kind of a test run for potential 2016 candidates. Let's start, Megyn, with Hillary Clinton, between her book roll-out, when she claimed they were broke leaving the White House, and now this week, about business and corporations don't create jobs -- I'd like to know who does -- what have we learned in 2014 about Hillary Clinton's strengths and weaknesses as a potential presidential candidate? MEGYN KELLY, KELLY FILE: First of all, we have learned she's definitely running, and she learned last time around when she ran against Barack Obama that there are no guarantees. That this nomination is not secured for her, so we've seen her stumping a lot in Iowa, New Hampshire and so on, and we've also learned she's not foolproof. She's made a lot of mistake that have potentially alienated maybe not her base, but those sort of people in the middle she's trying to appeal to. But I've heard a lot of pundits say it happened early enough, she learned from it, it was good that she did the book roll-out and got those out of the way before she really needs to be stellar. One thing she said this week that jumped out at me when she was stumping in Iowa, she said it's not enough to be a woman, you also have to forcefully advocate for policies that help women. And when I heard that, I heard people in the middle getting permission from Hillary Clinton to reject her based on gender alone. In other words, you don't need to vote for me just because I'm a woman. I know that's not how she meant it, but I think she basically gave a lot of women permission to reject her on the basis of gender alone. *Boston Herald: “Pols join throngs for public Tom Menino tribute” <http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/11/pols_join_throngs_for_public_tom_menino_tribute>* By Laurel J. Sweet and Antonio Planas November 3, 2014 High and low, the pols and people of Boston came through driving rain and snow to pay their final respects to the consummate man of all the people, the late Mayor Thomas M. Menino, before his last procession through the streets he loved, and his private funeral and burial today. “I came because I just wanted to pay my respects to someone who had done so much for this city,” said Cam Naimi, 45, of the South End. “He worked so hard to make people’s lives better. I think that’s what a mayor’s job is and he really exemplified that.” Boston’s longest-serving mayor will be carried through the streets to 10 locations — from City Hall to Fenway Park to Dudley Square — en route to a private funeral Mass today at noon at Most Precious Blood Church in West Roxbury where he was baptized. Yesterday, he lay in state in Faneuil Hall in an open casket embossed with the city seal in a dark gray suit, blue tie and his signature wire-rimmed glasses, as passing Boy Scouts saluted and teary-eyed women and men blew kisses to his widow, Angela, from behind velvet ropes. “What I liked about him was he was just a regular person. He didn’t use fancy language. He spoke right to you. He was a man of the people: rich, poor, black, white,” said Sheila Azores, principal of the Boston Adult Technical Academy. One admirer, with a finger in the condensation on a window, wrote: “Mayor Menino. Best thing to ever happen.” Amid intense multi-agency security that included several bomb-sniffing dogs and 100 Boston police officers, the throngs began lining up at dawn in a parade of people that stepped off from under two tents, fed back though a former greenhouse and stretched to the intersection of State and Congress streets. U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry said, “I think the outpouring of feelings and stories, everything people are learning about him, just demonstrates how one guy can really make a difference in people’s lives. God bless him. He was just a spectacular public servant and a great mayor of Boston and I think he marked an era of a kind of politics that people want, people miss. It’s not partisan, but it’s taking care of folks and making sure things are better.” While Gov. Deval Patrick discreetly slipped in with hands folded and his head bowed beneath a ball cap, Menino’s successor, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, his mother, Mary Walsh, and girlfriend Lorrie Higgins, led a procession of who’s who among past and present political dignitaries, including sitting city councilors, former Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, former Senate President William Bulger and U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III. Hillary Clinton, who had been expected to attend, was stumping in New Hampshire for U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, but cited a mechanical issue with her plane and called Angela Menino to offer her condolences instead, former Menino spokeswoman Dot Joyce said. Both major-party gubernatorial candidates came. Democrat Attorney General Martha Coakley said, “Since we got the news last week, everybody’s hearts have been very heavy. He meant so much to everybody. It’s a sad day, but it’s a terrific tribute to him and everything he stands for.” Republican rival Charlie Baker said, “I guess on some level, I wish he had more time to enjoy his retirement with his wife, kids and grandkids because we all know he spent the last 20 years giving everything he had to the city of Boston and its people. I’m sad about that. But the flip side of that is people turned out on a terrible day and stood in line for a long time to come in and pay their respects to him because they’re grateful for everything he did for the city.” *The Daily Beast: “Bernie Sanders Is Showing Us the Socialist Way to Run for President” <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/03/bernie-sanders-is-showing-us-the-socialist-way-to-run-for-president.html>* By David Freedlander November 3, 2014 [Subtitle:] Let Hillary and Elizabeth stump for the big-ticket candidates—the Vermont senator is jumping into a tiny California town’s fight against Chevron and keynoting the ‘Fighting Bobfest.’ Hillary Clinton has been the Democrats’ ace in the hole, the star attraction at rallies in liberal New York and conservative Kentucky. Elizabeth Warren has been barnstorming for fellow progressives, hoping to increase the numbers of the so-called Warren wing of the Senate. Martin O’Malley, the eager Maryland governor, has made appearances at seemingly every housewarming party for every county council candidate from New Hampshire to Nevada. But what about Bernie Sanders? The socialist senator from Vermont has been perhaps more explicit about his 2016 ambitions than any of the aforementioned contenders, telling The Nation magazine in the spring that “I am prepared to run for president of the United States” and telling The Daily Beast this summer that “I am giving serious thought to it.” But Sanders is no great demand in the swing states, and he hasn’t been collecting chits in the early primary states. Indeed, a review of his campaign schedule reveals a highly unorthodox approach in the pre-primary presidential process. There was a fundraiser for Keith Ellison, the Minnesota congressman who is one of the most consistently liberal members of the House and who routinely wins election by 50 points or more (and who faces only token opposition this year). Sanders also fundraised and campaigned for Gloria Bromell Tinubu, a former member of the Georgia state legislature who is making her second run for Congress in deeply conservative South Carolina after losing in 2012 to Rep. Tim Rice by 14 points. In tiny Richmond, California, Sanders has gotten involved in the battle for control of the City Council, a campaign that has received little mainstream media attention but has become a touchstone in progressive circles. There lawmakers are engaged in a fight with Chevron over the oil giant’s plans to upgrade a local refinery and a group of local progressives has been trying to keep the City Council under their control against a slate of business-backed candidates. More than 500 people attended a rally that Sanders headlined in Richmond. He is the only national political figure to get involved. “He helped bring national attention to it,” said Mike Parker, one of the leaders of the Richmond Progressive Alliance. “He was the first U.S. senator to have spoken in Richmond in my memory. Most people outside of the Bay Area don’t even know that Richmond exists. It really energized people here. We are up against a really tough operation that is sitting on millions of dollars. He helped give people the sense that we could do something just by pulling so many people together.” Asked why no other national political figures have followed Sanders into the breach, Parker replied, “He has got more guts than they do, and he is independent of the big corporations.” If Sanders has not been campaigning for some of the big-ticket senators and governors this cycle, it is because he has been hitting the hustings in a manner that resembles more what his eventual (possible) presidential campaign would look like—outside the system, and relying on labor unions and community groups. He has, for example, twice held rallies and town halls for the South Carolina Progressive Network, an umbrella group of grassroots organizations that tries to move the Palmetto State’s politics leftward. He keynoted the “Fighting Bobfest,” an annual gathering in central Wisconsin dedicated to the memory of the early 20th-century senator Robert La Follette. And even if candidates haven’t embraced having Sanders on stage with them, he has made the rounds to local Democratic parties, hosting a fundraiser for the Hillsborough County Democratic Committee in New Hampshire (the first primary’s state Democratic senator, Jeanne Shaheen, was a no-show) and keynoting the Clinton County Democratic Hall of Fame Dinner in Goose Lake, Iowa. He has hosted town halls at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall in Jackson, Mississippi, and fundraisers at the AFSCME headquarters in Philadelphia and a Longshoreman’s hall in Charleston, South Carolina. In an interview with Esquire magazine, Sanders explained that this approach was consistent with his belief that the two major political parties have failed to reach out to most voters. “Yesterday in the evening, in Raleigh, North Carolina, we spoke to over three hundred people, working people, from the AFL-CIO and other groups,” he said. “Do I think those people are satisfied with what’s going on in this country? Do I think that they want real change? I think they do. In Columbia, South Carolina, we had two hundred people out. We had seniors, blacks, whites—a real coalition of people—and we had a lot of them in Mississippi for the AFL-CIO. “The bottom line is I think the Beltway mentality underestimates the frustration and the anger that people are feeling in this country with both the economic and the political status quo.” And if candidates on the ballot this year are reluctant to campaign alongside Sanders, they are not shy about taking his money. The Vermont senator has given out over $200,000 through his two PACs, Friends of Bernie and Progressive Voters of America. The PVA, in turn, has donated tens of thousands of dollars to embattled red state Democrats like Mark Begich of Alaska, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. *Calendar:* *Sec. Clinton's upcoming appearances as reported online. Not an official schedule.* · November 21 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton presides over meeting of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (Bloomberg <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-11-02/clinton-aides-resist-calls-to-jump-early-into-2016-race> ) · November 21 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton is honored by the New York Historical Society (Bloomberg <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-11-02/clinton-aides-resist-calls-to-jump-early-into-2016-race> ) · December 1 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton keynotes a League of Conservation Voters dinner (Politico <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-green-groups-las-vegas-111430.html?hp=l11> ) · December 4 – Boston, MA: Sec. Clinton speaks at the Massachusetts Conference for Women (MCFW <http://www.maconferenceforwomen.org/speakers/>)