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*​**Correct The Record Friday October 10, 2014 Morning Roundup:* *Headlines:* *Politico: “Hillary Clinton finds a message in Philly” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/pennsylvania-governor-race-2014-tom-wolf-hillary-clinton-111760.html>* “Hillary Clinton went to Pennsylvania Thursday and found her message.” *BuzzFeed: “Hillary Clinton Finds Her Message” <http://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/hillary-clinton-finds-her-message#2wk3999>* “Lines like these made up the outline of something new and important for Clinton on Thursday night in downtown Philadelphia: a message to Democratic voters.” *Wall Street Journal blog: Washington Wire: “Hillary Clinton Blends Family Stories, Populist Attacks at Pennsylvania Rally” <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/10/09/hillary-clinton-blends-family-stories-populist-attacks-at-pennsylvania-rally/>* “Hillary Clinton previewed what could be the gist of her presidential campaign stump speech on Thursdaynight, blending homespun stories about her family and populist attacks on powerful corporations.” *The Hill: “Hillary Clinton returns to stump, championing workers and women” <http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/220354-hillary-clinton-returns-to-stump-championing-workers-and-women>* “Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail on Thursday with a speech championing working families and women's rights.” *MSNBC: “Hillary Clinton test-drives lofty speech before friendly crowd” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-test-drives-lofty-speech-friendly-crowd>* “PHILADELPHIA – Hillary Clinton earned a hometown welcome here Thursday night while campaigning for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf and testing out what felt like the makings of presidential stump speech.” *Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Pa. governor's race draws political stars from out of state” <http://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2014/10/10/Gov-race-draws-political-stars/stories/201410100108>* “Hundreds of Wolf supporters — the campaign estimated 1,000 — stood in the National Constitution Center, within sight of Independence Hall, as the Democratic candidate ran through Ms. Clinton’s resume and alluded to her Pennsylvania roots, which include a father who played football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.” *Bloomberg: “Clinton Comes to Terms With Being Hillary” <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-10-10/clinton-comes-to-terms-with-being-hillary>* “Uttered almost as an afterthought in a discussion [at The Economic Club of Chicago] about President Barack Obama's pursuit of her for his Secretary of State post, Clinton bound together two presidencies and possibly a third: her own.” *Politico: “Clinton to stump for Raimondo in R.I.” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/hillary-clinton-gina-raimondo-rhode-island-elections-111750.html>* “Hillary Clinton will campaign for Rhode Island gubernatorial hopeful Gina Raimondo on Oct. 24, according to a source familiar with the event.” *The Hill: “Hillary's rivals pull punches, for now” <http://thehill.com/homenews/presidential-campaign/220347-hillarys-rivals-pull-punches-for-now>* “Hillary Clinton’s potential Democratic opponents in 2016 are treating the former secretary of State with kid gloves for the moment, declining to launch attacks on her or her policies even when invited to do so.” *Politico: “Hillary Clinton leads among New Hampshire Dems” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/hillary-clinton-new-hampshire-111753.html>* “Hillary Clinton leads a list of potential Democrats for the party nomination by a 40-point margin in the latest poll from New Hampshire, while support for possible GOP contenders remains divided.” *Wall Street Journal column: Peggy Noonan: “Is ‘Worthy Fights’ Worthy?” <http://online.wsj.com/articles/is-worthy-fights-worthy-1412891347?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj>* “Some say he [Sec. Panetta] wrote the book to help detach Hillary Clinton ’s fortunes from those of Mr. Obama. Maybe, but Mr. Panetta is savvy, shrewd and quick to see where things are going. I suspect he’s trying to detach his entire party’s fortunes from Mr. Obama.” *Articles:* *Politico: “Hillary Clinton finds a message in Philly” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/pennsylvania-governor-race-2014-tom-wolf-hillary-clinton-111760.html>* By Maggie Haberman October 9, 2014, 9:36 p.m. EDT PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton went to Pennsylvania Thursday and found her message. The all-but-certain 2016 presidential hopeful, battered for much of the past year for lost opportunities to come up with a rationale for a second campaign, gave one of her strongest political speeches since her 2008 campaign ended in June 2008 as she headlined a women-focused event for Democratic gubernatorial Tom Wolf in Pennsylvania. Clinton focused on “hard-working families” and restoring America’s luster and a strong middle class with “a fresh start,” as well as women’s pay equity and her gauzy first days as a new grandmother. For the first time in months, Clinton’s public talk was neither a dry recitation of public policy nor a self-reflection about her tenure as secretary of state. The message was very much tailored to the campaign Wolf has run, but the themes in her first open political event in a year seem certain to form the basis of a campaign message if she declares a campaign for president next year. And for the first time in months, Clinton skipped too-cute, coy references to a potential candidacy — with one exception. “You never know what can happen in an election,” said Clinton, as she urged the crowd of some 1,000 people wrapped around a curving balcony on the second floor of the National Constitution Center, to turn out to vote on Election Day and pay little heed to polls showing Wolf cruising to victory. She added, “From my perspective, you can’t count on things turning out the way you want it, unless you get out and work for it, right?” Clinton wove core Democratic policy messages — education spending, a strengthened middle class, corporate responsibility, workers’ rights, women’s pay equity, abortion rights and gay marriage — into a fabric that related to her life as it is now, and as it was when she was growing up. It was also Clinton’s most partisan speech since leaving the State Department. She bashed low-polling Republican Gov. Tom Corbett for a controversial transvaginal ultrasound bill and for comparing gay marriage to incest. And Clinton praised the Democratic Party, “which stands for families, stands for working people, stands for fairness and justice.” “What’s happened in this state is part of a larger story,” Clinton said. “We have so much going for us in America, don’t we? We have so many blessings and advantages. The American workers are the hardest working, most productive workers in the entire world.” She added, “We have spent years now clawing our way back, out of the hole that was dug in 2008, but we have a lot more to do if we want to release our full potential and make sure that American families finally feel the rewards of recovery. And that’s particularly true, in my opinion, for American women. Ask yourself, why do women still get paid less than men for the same work? Why, after American women have contributed so much to our economy over the decades, do we act as if it were 1955?” “There is nothing but dignity in hard work,” Clinton said earlier, adding it was important “to recognize that there is worth and dignity in every human being … nothing replaces hard work and a commitment to fairness and justice.” “We believe everyone deserves not just a chance but a second chance and even a third chance for a better life.” Clinton denounced cuts in education as a “down payment on decline.” “A a time when corporations seem to have all the rights and none of the responsibilities” of regular people, Clinton said, and “working people haven’t had a raise in over a decade, and it becomes harder and harder” to save for retirement, Wolf is the right person to elect. Wolf is part of the “made-in-America success story that built this stage and this country,” Clinton said during her speech in a key swing state composed heavily of blue-collar workers, and one which she won during the April 2008 primary against then-Sen. Barack Obama. The remarks were some of her strongest about rebuilding the middle class. They came after she was accused of being out of touch for her comment in June about being “dead broke” when she left the White House, and for giving paid speeches at exorbitant prices. She repeatedly reminded people of her Pennsylvania roots — a grandfather who grew up there, a father who went to college there, summers spent there — at an event where Wolf, the candidate, often felt superfluous. Clinton acknowledged her son-in-law’s mother, Marjorie, a former Pennsylvania congresswoman who lost a primary to re-enter the House earlier this year, and said the two were sharing “the grandmother glow these days.” “I have to confess, there’s a lot of Philadelphia and a lot of Pennsylvania in Charlotte, which we are so proud to claim,” Clinton said of her granddaughter. “Her father’s already held her while watching the … [Philadelphia] Eagles play … Being a mom as every mom in this audience knows is hard work. But it turns out being a grandmother is nothing but joy and I want to recommend it to everyone, all of my friends.” Clinton later threaded her granddaughter into her speech, telling a story about a nurse at Lenox Hill Hospital where “little Charlotte” was born, thanking her for fighting for paid maternity leave. “Here she is, taking care of other people’s babies, trying to piece together what she can,” Clinton said, a twang creeping into her voice. “You should not have to be the grandchild of a president to get a good education, to get good health care,” Clinton said. “Let’s make sure we give every child in Pennsylvania the same chance that I’m determined to give my granddaughter.” She added, “A 20th-century economy will not work for 21st-century families. It is past time for a fresh start.” “Fresh Start” is Wolf’s campaign slogan. She described Wolf as a self-made businessman who tried to include his workers in feeling like they owned a piece of his company, which made cabinets. “That is the way it is supposed to work in America … those are the values that have kept generations of Pennsylvania families working hard, believing in the promise of America and looking out for one another,” she said. “They’re the same values I was raised with.” She ripped Corbett without naming him, listing the things Wolf would not do: “He will never support a law forcing women to undergo an invasive ultrasound procedure. He will never tell Pennsylvania women stop complaining you just have to close your eyes. He will never compare the marriage of two loving and committed partners to incest.” They were all references to comments Corbett made — about a bill requiring a transvaginal ultrasound before a woman gets an abortion, and about gay marriage — and they served as a reminder that Clinton, while at State for four years, was absent from the major domestic policy debates in the country. Clinton took the stage after roughly 30 minutes of introductions, including from Wolf and former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a major Clinton supporter who fought hard for her in her primary against Obama. “In 2008, I joined with many of you in the audience in supporting Hillary Clinton for president. And we had a great time,” Rendell recalled. “When I introduced Hillary on the campaign trail, I would always chant, ‘Hill-a-ry, Hill-a-ry.’ I’m hoping to get a chance to [again].” Sen. Bob Casey and Rep. Allison Schwartz, who lost the gubernatorial primary to Wolf, both focused on Clinton as well in their introductions. Clinton initially popped out while Wolf was still talking, thinking incorrectly that it was time for her to take the stage. The crowd interrupted Wolf with cheers when they spotted Clinton. “Get back there, I’m not finished yet!” Wolf said jokingly but brusquely. Clinton went backstage again, and said when it was finally her turn that the acoustics were poor where she was standing and people thought it was time for her to go on. She thanked Rendell for all his help, and said that Pennsylvania has been good to both her and her husband. She ended by saying there is a “movement stirring across the country, you can see it from coast to coast. But none of it will matter if you don’t do everything you can in the next month to bring [voters to the polls].” “We can dream again, because when America is at its best, there is no limits to what we can achieve together,” she said. She mentioned that 38 years ago, the first woman walked in space. “Was she afraid? Probably,” Clinton said. “Did that stop her? No way.” *BuzzFeed: “Hillary Clinton Finds Her Message” <http://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/hillary-clinton-finds-her-message#2wk3999>* By Ruby Cramer October 9, 2014, 9:59 p.m. EDT [Subtitle:] Working families are the focus at a rally for Tom Wolf in Philadelphia — her first big political speech since last year. “It is past time for a fresh start.” PHILADELPHIA — Last month, while Hillary Clinton waited with her family in Lenox Hill Hospital for her new grandchild, a nurse approached in the hallway. “Thank you. Thank you for fighting for paid leave,” she told Clinton, who recalled the story of “waiting for little Charlotte” in front of a crowd of about 1,000 at a women’s rally for Tom Wolf, the Democrat running for governor in Pennsylvania. “Here she is, taking care of other people’s babies,” Clinton said, “trying to piece together what she can.” “A 20th century economy will not work for 21st century families.” “It is past time for a fresh start,” she said. Lines like these made up the outline of something new and important for Clinton on Thursday night in downtown Philadelphia: a message to Democratic voters. During the rousing 20-minute-long speech here at the National Constitution Center, on a stage overlooking the long, grassy lawn that stretches out toward Independence Hall, Clinton cast working families — and women struggling to balance work with childcare — as “the building block of the Democratic Party.” After a summer promoting her memoir, in which she recalled the highs and lows of her four years as secretary of state, Clinton turned the lens on voters here Thursday, debuting what could very well be her message to the American electorate should she decide to run for president again in two years. The event for Wolf, who is up by double digits in polls against the current governor, Tom Corbett, was Clinton’s first campaign rally for a single candidate since she appeared at a women’s event last year for her old friend, Terry McAuliffe, now governor of Virginia. The thread running through Clinton’s message here in Pennsylvania, the state she won six years ago in a primary against Barack Obama, was working families — a theme she teased repeatedly throughout her speech with populist undertones, mentions of her granddaughter, and stories about her own trips as a child to Scranton, where Clinton’s father, Hugh, was born to a working-class immigrant family. “You should not have to be the grandchild of a president to get a good education, to get good healthcare,” she said. “Let’s make sure we give every child in Pennsylvania the same chance that I’m determined to give my granddaughter.” “We have spent years now clawing our way back out of the hole that was dug in 2008,” Clinton said, “but we have a lot more to do if we want to release our full potential and make sure what American families finally feel the rewards of recovery.” Point after point, she criticized Corbett’s four-year record in the state, saying “working people haven’t had a raise in over a decade” and noting the downgrade in the state’s bond rating at “a a time when corporations seem to have all the rights and none of the responsibilities” of regular people, Clinton said. Wolf, she told the crowd, wanted “Pennsylvania families to have a fair shot and a fresh start.” And he would never “support a law forcing women to undergo an invasive ultrasound procedure,” she said. “He will never tell Pennsylvania women to ‘stop complaining, you just have to close your eyes.’ He will never compare the marriage of two loving and committed partners to incest.” Clinton noted that her daughter’s mother-in-law, Marjorie Margolies, had come to the rally. “It is actually a family affair. And it is for me, too,” she said. “We’re feeling the same grandmother glow these days.” Toward the end of her speech, Clinton told the audience Wolf’s poll numbers might be high, but people still had to turn out to vote. “From my perspective, you can’t count on things turning out the way you want, unless you get out and work for it, right,” she said, in a line that could have easily been a reference to what many Democrats believe is her own advantage in a possible presidential election. The Thursday rally was for Wolf, the gubernatorial candidate, but from beginning to end, Clinton was the clear focus. During a series of introductions, which lasted about 30 minutes, Rep. Allyson Schwartz made multiple references to the night’s “special guest,” and former Gov. Ed Rendell recalled his old chant from the 2008 campaign — “Hill-a-ry! Hill-a-ry!” He mentioning the candidate himself almost as an afterthought. (“Now, it’s my pleasure to talk very briefly about Tom Wolf,” Rendell said after several long overtures about Clinton, his longtime friend.) Even Wolf had trouble keeping the crowd’s attention. “I’m especially honored to be able to introduce the person you’re all here to see: Hillary Clinton,” he said when he took the stage. The crowd cheered at the mention of her name. “I’m not sure how to take that.” At one point, as Wolf introduced the former secretary of state, listing “four qualities” he admired about her, Clinton emerged from a curtain to the right of the stage, thinking Wolf was finished. The cheers from the crowd were so loud, Wolf had to stop his speech mid-sentence. “Listen, I’m the one running for governor,” he said. The crowd kept cheering. “Get back there I’m not finished yet!” Wolf finally joked. Clinton lifted the curtain and ducked backstage. The audience quieted as Wolf sped through the rest of his introduction, letting Clinton take the stage again. *Wall Street Journal blog: Washington Wire: “Hillary Clinton Blends Family Stories, Populist Attacks at Pennsylvania Rally” <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/10/09/hillary-clinton-blends-family-stories-populist-attacks-at-pennsylvania-rally/>* By Peter Nicholas October 9, 2014, 10:05 p.m. EDT PHILADELPHIA – Hillary Clinton previewed what could be the gist of her presidential campaign stump speech on Thursday night, blending homespun stories about her family and populist attacks on powerful corporations. Appearing at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf, Mrs. Clinton sought to reintroduce herself to an important swing state that voted for her over Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, keeping alive her struggling candidacy for another couple of months. She mentioned her grandfather who raised a family in Scranton and gave a shout-out to Marjorie Margolies, a former congresswoman from the Philadelphia suburbs and the other grandmother of the newest member of the Clinton family, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky. Both she and Ms. Margolies are relishing “the same grandmother glow these days,” Mrs. Clinton said. “There’s a lot of Philadelphia and a lot of Pennsylvania in Charlotte,” she said of her and Ms. Margolies’s granddaughter, who was born last month. Mrs. Clinton, a likely candidate for president in 2016, is embarking on a series of appearances for Democratic candidates running in the midterm elections next month. It’s her first real plunge into the world of campaign politics in years. She largely dropped out of the partisan scrum after Mr. Obama won the presidency in 2008 and made her secretary of state. Over the summer she appeared rusty and out of practice during interviews tied to the release of her new book, “Hard Choices.” Before giving her speech to a friendly crowd of about 1,000, Mrs. Clinton appeared at a private fundraising event for Mr. Wolf in the National Constitution Center. Wolf campaign aides did not reveal how much was raised. It was clear from her speech that Mrs. Clinton is also testing out themes and messages for a potential presidential bid. She spoke mostly in broad terms, offering little in the way of specific policy prescriptions. Though she and her husband have raised more than $1 billion from U.S. companies and corporate officials over the last two decades, Mrs. Clinton signaled that she sided with everyday families struggling to pay bills and keep afloat. Corporations, she said, “seem to have all the rights, but none of the responsibilities of people …” She decried practices that pay women less than men for the same work and took aim at politicians who’ve belittled women’s rights. “A 20th century economy will not work for 21st century families,” she said. Mrs. Clinton compared Mr. Wolf favorably to those who would “support a law forcing women to undergo an invasive ultrasound procedure” before an abortion. She added that Mr. Wolf would “never tell Pennsylvania women to stop complaining, you just have to close your eyes.” Though she kept a sharp focus on aiding Mr. Wolf, she also took time to tell her own story, focusing on her family. Her own parents understood “the worth and dignity of every human being,” she said. Pivoting to her new granddaughter, she said she wanted “every child in Pennsylvania” to have “the same chance … that little Charlotte will have.” She added, in a reference to her husband, former President Bill Clinton, “You should not have to be the grandchild of a president to get a good education, get good health care, have good job opportunities, and have a family that can protect, nurture and prepare you for life.” *The Hill: “Hillary Clinton returns to stump, championing workers and women” <http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/220354-hillary-clinton-returns-to-stump-championing-workers-and-women>* By Peter Sullivan October 9, 2014, 7:17 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail on Thursday with a speech championing working families and women's rights. The Philadelphia event, for Pennsylvania's Democratic nominee for governor, Tom Wolf, was Clinton's first campaign rally since she stumped for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe last year. The rally before a supportive crowd at the National Constitution Center launches a tour of midterm campaigning that will take Clinton to Senate battlegrounds, including the key presidential states of Iowa and New Hampshire as she weighs a 2016 bid. Clinton sounded possible themes of a coming campaign, and was fully in Democratic Party mode, coming out of the more non-partisan persona she held while secretary of State. "At a time when corporations seem to have all of the rights but none of the responsibilities of people, you deserve a governor who will put Pennsylvania families first," Clinton said. She sounded other populist notes when she said the Democratic Party "stands for families, stands for working people." White working class voters like those in Pennsylvania were Clinton's base in the 2008 Democratic primary against Barack Obama. Clinton spoke of her grandfather going to work at the age of 11 in the mills of Scranton, Pa. A contrast from the 2008 campaign was Clinton's larger emphasis on women's rights, and she touted the need for paid family leave, equal pay and affordable childcare, as she has throughout the year at other events. She put those issues in personal terms, recounting that when she was at the hospital in New York waiting for the birth of her grandchild last month, a nurse came up to her and thanked her for advocating for paid family leave. "A 20th century economy will not work for 21st century families, so it is past time for a fresh start," she said. "You should not have to be the grandchild of a president to get a good education, get good healthcare, have good job opportunities, have a family that can protect, nurture and prepare you for life," Clinton added. Her husband, Bill Clinton, was a former president, but the statement could soon apply to her also. In urging the need for turnout on election day, Clinton said, "From my perspective you can’t count on things turning out the way you wanted unless you get out and work for it." The Pennsylvania Democrat's name was on the lectern, and Clinton dropped in plenty of praise for him, but even he acknowledged the crowd was not there to see him. In introducing Clinton, Wolf called her “the person I know you’re all here to see.” When Clinton emerged from the curtain before Wolf was done speaking, the crowd erupted in cheers at the sight of her. Wolf told her to go back inside: "I’m the one running for governor" he said, before hurriedly finishing his speech. Wolf leads Republican incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett by double digits in recent polls, but both Wolf and Clinton warned against complacency. There were clearly moments, though, when Clinton was not just talking about Pennsylvania's race for governor, but her vision for the country as a whole. "When America is at its best, there are no limits to what we can achieve together," she said. *MSNBC: “Hillary Clinton test-drives lofty speech before friendly crowd” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-test-drives-lofty-speech-friendly-crowd>* By Alex Seitz-Wald October 9, 2014, 9:00 p.m. EDT PHILADELPHIA – Hillary Clinton earned a hometown welcome here Thursday night while campaigning for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf and testing out what felt like the makings of presidential stump speech. “She is a Pennsylvanian at heart,” Wolf said while introducing Clinton at “Women for Wolf” fundraiser at the Constitution Center downtown. “Coursing through her veins is blood that is infused with Pennsylvania values … She’s one of us.” When Clinton took the stage, she reminisced about her family’s annual road trips through the Pennsylvania countryside and her grandfather’s roots in Scranton. “There’s a lot of Philadelphia and a lot of Pennsylvania in Charlotte,” she said of her new granddaughter. “Her father has already held her while watching the Eagles play.” Clinton’s son-in-law, Marc Mezvinsky, is the daughter of Marjorie Margolies, a former congresswoman from the city. Margolies, whom Clinton campaigned for this year during an unsuccessful attempt to regain her seat in Congress, greeted local Democratic dignitaries ahead of the speech, brining some to visit with Clinton. “This state has been very good to my family and to my husband and to me,” Clinton added. She carried the state during the 2008 Democratic primary. Alan Kessler, Clinton’s 2008 national finance chair and a major Democratic donor from the area, said he was pleased to see Clinton here again. “Eight years ago, in a very difficult time, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia came through with a 10 point win in the primary, so I think Philadelphia and Pennsylvania is ready for Hillary,” Kessler told msnbc. Was he here for Wolf or Clinton? “Both,” he replied. In her speech, Clinton adroitly walked the line between both being a good Democrat stumping for a fellow partisan and laying out her own vision – even if there were jokes about her preeminence. “Listen, I’m the one running for governor!” Wolf joked when Clinton accidentally came on stage prematurely and sent up a cheer from the crowd, which was estimated to be about 1,000 strong. Clinton began by thanking local Democratic leaders. She paid a lengthy tribute to former Gov. Ed Rendell and Rep. Allison Schwartz, who lost a gubernatorial primary campaign to Wolf, but has since become his loyal supporter. In his own speech, Rendell joked that he was confident Wolf would be “the second best governor in Pennsylvania history!” Of Sen. Bob Casey, who supported Barack Obama in 2008 and has yet to sign on the Ready for Hillary effort, Clinton said he was “another great Democratic leader.” After posing with Wolf, Clinton launched into a lengthy story of his biography, calling him the kind of “made-in-America success story that made this country great.” She explained how he started as a forklift driver and eventually ran his own company, which faltered during the recession, forcing him to invest his “every penny” to rescue it. “For Tom Wolf, that business was about a lot more than the Wolf family. For him, everyone that worked there was part of the family,” she said. Wolf’s values, she continued, building to a portion of the speech that would sound as good in Iowa or New Hampshire as they did here, are “the way things are supposed to work in America.” She laid out many components any speechwriter would be happy to use in a presidential campaign speech, embedded with responses to likely criticisms. A reason to run: She gave forceful articulation of what she called the “building blocks of the Democratic Party,” saying that her party are the ones who look out for working people and families. “We believe everyone deserves not just a chance, but a second chance, or even a third chance for a better life,” she continued, while discussing her party’s values. “They’re the same value that I was raised with,” she noted. Women: She talked at length about the need for equality, both on economic issues and in heath care, pillorying Corbett, though not by name, for his support for invasive ultrasound law. Her privilege: Clinton has stumbled in discussing her wealth this year, but found her footing tonight, with an assist from her granddaughter. “You should not have to be the grandchild of a president to get a good education, to get good healthcare,” she said. Let’s make sure we give every child in Pennsylvania the same chance that I’m determined to give my granddaughter.” Clinton kept the spotlight on Wolf and this year’s midterm election, even while but has begun in recent speeches to make cryptic references to a coming “movement.” “You feel there is a movement stirring across this county, you can see it from coast to coast,” she told the audience while exhorting them to get Democrats to the polls next month. “But none of it will matter if people don’t vote.” Wolf has a strong lead in every poll over incumbent Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, who was elected in the 2010 tea party wave, but has suffered from deep unpopularity since. It was Clinton’s first public fundraiser of the year, aside from an event in Iowa to honor retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin and boost other Democrats running in the state. Next week, she’s scheduled to appear at a second public event in Michigan for Rep. Gary Peters, who is running for Senate. Peter’s also has a large lead. Clinton’s events for other Democrats in tighter races have so far been limited to private fundraisers. *Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Pa. governor's race draws political stars from out of state” <http://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2014/10/10/Gov-race-draws-political-stars/stories/201410100108>* By Karen Langley and Chris Palmer October 10, 2014, 12:00 a.m. EDT PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie headlined a day of political star power in the governor’s race Thursday, as the two potential 2016 presidential candidates stumped for their parties’ nominees, Democratic challenger Tom Wolf and Gov. Tom Corbett, in populous southeastern Pennsylvania. The appearances by Ms. Clinton, the former secretary of state, presidential contender and first lady, and Mr. Christie, the governor of New Jersey, came one day after the Pennsylvania candidates met in a final debate before the Nov. 4 election. Mr. Wolf, a York County businessman and former state revenue secretary, has maintained a double-digit lead in the polls as the campaign heads into its final weeks. Hundreds of Wolf supporters — the campaign estimated 1,000 — stood in the National Constitution Center, within sight of Independence Hall, as the Democratic candidate ran through Ms. Clinton’s resume and alluded to her Pennsylvania roots, which include a father who played football for the Penn State Nittany Lions. “She is a Pennsylvanian at heart, and in part by blood,” Mr. Wolf said. “Coursing through her veins is blood that is tinted with Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania values and Pennsylvania ideas.” The cheers and applause moments later were such that he followed with: “Listen, I’m the one running for governor.” Ms. Clinton took the stage prepared with every major point of the Wolf campaign narrative, from Mr. Wolf’s experience with his family cabinet business to the state’s recent bond-rating downgrades and even past gaffes by Mr. Corbett. “It is just heartbreaking to see what has been done to education in this city and across Pennsylvania,” Ms. Clinton said. “When education funding gets cut, and your kids pay the price, that is a down payment on decline. It needs to be reversed, and the person to do it is Tom Wolf.” She urged the crowd to do everything it could to elect Mr. Wolf but made no clear references to her own political future. Twenty miles away, at Valley Forge Military Academy, Mr. Christie told supporters that Mr. Corbett has served with integrity, while Mr. Wolf, he said, would “lie in order to obtain power.” In a half-full banquet hall, Mr. Corbett and Mr. Christie addressed a crowd of about 200 to rally support for Mr. Corbett’s flagging campaign. Mr. Corbett, suit jacket off and wearing a golden tie, spoke first. Standing on a stage and surrounded by rows of steely-faced cadets in navy uniforms, Mr. Corbett defended his record as governor and reiterated points he has made during recent campaign appearances. He said he has balanced Pennsylvania’s budget and resisted raising taxes and pointed out the state’s decreasing unemployment rate. “We’re in a much better situation than we were four years ago,” he asserted. Two large signs flanked him on the sides of the stage, bearing his name and the slogan “Promises Kept.” Applause during Mr. Corbett’s speech was akin to an enthusiastic golf clap. Many of the Republican audience members held white signs in their hands but waved them only at the beginning and end of the speech. Taking the stage after Mr. Corbett, Mr. Christie strolled to the podium to thunderous applause and delivered a 15-minute speech that sought to draw a contrast between Mr. Wolf and Mr. Corbett by referring to each man’s “honesty and integrity.” At one point, referring to Mr. Wolf’s attack ads targeting Mr. Corbett’s education spending, Mr. Christie said that Mr. Wolf was “lying,” and that “we could use a nicer word, but it’s the word that fits him.” Ms. Clinton is widely seen as a front-runner, should she run, for the Democratic nomination. In June, Quinnipiac University pollsters dubbed her “queen of the 2016 Pennsylvania prom” after finding that in a general election she would beat Mr. Christie 45-41 in the state while topping other potential Republican candidates — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — by wider margins. In 2008, Ms. Clinton won the Pennsylvania primary by 9 points over Barack Obama. “She’s very popular in this state,” said Terry Madonna, a pollster at Franklin & Marshall College. “So she goes to Philly, an important base, interacts with party leaders and others. This is all part of building the network, and the Clintons already have the best political network in the country, bar none. Of course it helps her.” Kevin Houghton, who serves on the Democratic committee in Chester County, said he is certain to support Ms. Clinton if she seeks the presidency in 2016. “It’s her time,” he said. “She’s ready. I’m 100 percent on board for her.” *Bloomberg: “Clinton Comes to Terms With Being Hillary” <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-10-10/clinton-comes-to-terms-with-being-hillary>* By Jeanne Cummings October 10, 2014, 6:02 a.m. EDT [Subtitle:] Voters in 2016 may meet the real Hillary Clinton as she sheds the armor worn during her first presidential bid. "I have a history with charismatic, attractive men who just wear me out.'' — Hillary Clinton, October 8, 2014 In those thirteen words, Clinton defined her place in American politics in the most personal terms, without a trace of self-conscious hedging or qualifying. Uttered almost as an afterthought in a discussion about President Barack Obama's pursuit of her for his Secretary of State post, Clinton bound together two presidencies and possibly a third: her own. Her steadfastness during her husband's two terms was essential to his survival of the Monica Lewinsky impeachment scandal and allowed him to secure an economic legacy that has been the envy of his successors. Her endorsement of Obama's 2008 nomination and loyal service in his administration united the Democratic Party behind his presidency. Now, in what seems likely to be her second attempt to earn her party's nomination for president, those two men will move to supportive roles. But whether she ultimately succeeds will rest on Clinton coming to terms with being Hillary. "This quote is the Hillary Clinton who a lot of voters longed to see," said Mary Anne Marsh, a Democratic strategist in Boston. "It's insightful; it's telling. She understands that on the one hand how funny it is, and on the other how true it is." Clinton's comment in a basement ballroom at the Fairmont Chicago hotel on Wednesday before nearly 1,000 well-dressed dinner attendees drew both guffaws and applause. Obama, fresh from his 2008 victory over John McCain, first asked her to join his Cabinet during a meeting in this very city, Clinton recalled. "I said no, and I said no again, and I said no again. Finally, I just gave in. And, as I said to someone the other day, you know, I told my husband no, I wouldn't get married, no, and just gave in. And so, I have a history with charismatic, attractive men who just wear me out,'' she said. "In both instances, I would hasten to add, they were good decisions.'' It's a revelatory nugget of thought that was delivered with the sort of frankness her top advisers in 2008 had begged her to embrace. She did so then, albeit somewhat late in the game. This time, she's starting early. If she opts for a second run at the White House, it will mean the candidate who arrives on the 2016 Democratic primary stage will be someone the voters haven't seen before. It could also mark the end of a two-decades-long unpeeling of the smart, brash, guarded young woman who arrived in Washington in 1992. Getting from there to here hasn't been easy for her or her loyal lieutenants, and it took brutal, public losses to tear away at the armor she'd built up during her time as First Lady. Painful experiences that, ironically, were mostly delivered by the two men now so tied to her own page in history. Clinton's endurance of the Monica scandal was one that many women watched with agony, anger and empathy, ties that would manifest themselves into passionate political support later. But that trial didn't expose her personally, quite the opposite. Her circle tightened; what the public read of her through it was often it's own conjecture. For the early stages of 2008 campaign, she was that hardened warrior. Clinton bested most of her male counterparts in the fall 2007 debates, projecting a rigid persona tough enough to manage the two American wars raging in Iraq and Afghanistan in a pantsuit. But after leading in most early polls, Clinton's campaign stumbled badly in the Iowa caucuses as she came in third behind Obama and North Carolina Senator John Edwards. Suddenly, everything was riding on a win in the New Hampshire primary. A day before the election, she gathered with 16 undecided voters in the Cafe Expresso in Portsmouth and cracked, ever so slightly. "My question is very personal, how do you do it?'' asked one of the women. She mentioned Clinton's appearance, her hair, everything always in place. "How do you, how do you keep upbeat and so wonderful?'' Clinton joked at first, and then her voice began to break and water welled in her eyes. "You know, this is very personal for me," she answered. "It's not just political. It's not just public. I see what's happening, and we have to reverse it.'' As Edwards pounced, suggesting the near-tears would embolden the terrorists, women voters in New Hampshire and everywhere saw something else, something they knew. A strong woman so frustrated by the pigeonhole she'd been wedged into that it almost made her cry, as I wrote for Politico at the time. The only thing missing from the picture was a bottle of wine and a box of Kleenex. Clinton beat Obama the next day, in part thanks to female support. The victory wasn't enough to stop the Obama movement, however, and Clinton faced another searing moment when she delivered remarks at the 2008 convention endorsing her former foe. It wasn't a speech, although billed as such, it was more an intimate conversation between Clinton and her people, mostly women, who were still seething. "To my supporters, my champions—my sisterhood of the traveling pantsuit—from the bottom of my heart: Thank you. You never gave in. You never gave up. And together we made history,'' she said. And then she pushed them into the Obama camp with tough love. "I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids?'' As she considers her 2016 options, some of the barriers to playing herself naturally in 2008 have been removed. Her tour as Secretary of State makes her more qualified to manage foreign affairs than any of the Republican men mulling a run. The armor can come off; the woman can emerge. Signs of that last evolution were evident this summer during her book tour, suggesting the electorate may also have a chance to meet and measure Hillary as a possible president. After a broad discussion about terrorism, immigration and medical marijuana on CNN in June, Clinton seemed ready for that introduction. Asked if she'd flinched from exposing her real self in 2008 because of her gender, Clinton ceded the point. The constant judging that came with being the first woman to get so close to a presidential nomination forced her into a "bad habit of constantly editing yourself." "I used to complain to my, to the, to the men I was running against. We would be meeting before debates and I'd say, you know, it's really unfair. You guys get up; you take a shower; you shake your head; and you're ready.'' "Why don't we just do that?'' asked host Christiane Amanpour. "Well, I tried that, too,'' Clinton said, laughing, "as you might have noticed.'' *Politico: “Clinton to stump for Raimondo in R.I.” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/hillary-clinton-gina-raimondo-rhode-island-elections-111750.html>* By Maggie Haberman October 9, 2014, 5:45 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton will campaign for Rhode Island gubernatorial hopeful Gina Raimondo on Oct. 24, according to a source familiar with the event. Raimondo is the latest addition to Clinton’s fall campaign schedule, which will exceed a dozen states for Senate and gubernatorial hopefuls by Election Day. Raimondo, Rhode Island’s state treasurer, survived a three-way Democratic primary to take on Republican Allan Fung in November. Clinton is expected to announce early next year a decision on whether she’ll make a second run for the White House in 2016. *The Hill: “Hillary's rivals pull punches, for now” <http://thehill.com/homenews/presidential-campaign/220347-hillarys-rivals-pull-punches-for-now>* By Amie Parnes October 10, 2014, 6:11 a.m. EDT Hillary Clinton’s potential Democratic opponents in 2016 are treating the former secretary of State with kid gloves for the moment, declining to launch attacks on her or her policies even when invited to do so. Would-be candidates from former Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) have all passed up the chance to highlight how they might differ from Clinton if they were to enter the upcoming presidential race. On NBC’s “Meet the Press” last Sunday, moderator Chuck Todd prodded Webb about Clinton: "You don't want to talk about Hillary Clinton yet – is that fair to say? You're not ready to talk about her?" Webb, who is not normally known for his reticence, refused to bite. "I don't think it's for me to talk about Hillary Clinton," he said. "I enjoyed working with her when I was in the Senate. I don't know what she's going to do, if she runs, what she will run on. "I'm just very concerned about these issues for the country," he added. Webb's comments came on the heels of remarks he made last month at the National Press Club, in which he said he didn't want to "undermine" his former Senate colleague. Likewise, O'Malley — who some observers suspect will run with an eye on securing the vice-presidential nomination — has taken a soft approach with Clinton. Earlier this year, he told the Washington Post that he had a "great deal of respect for Hillary Clinton," and stopped there before pivoting back to his own record. Outside experts say the potential candidates don't want to jab at Hillary until they are absolutely sure they themselves will enter the presidential race. The Clintons, who are unarguably the most powerful couple in politics, don't quickly forget who is on their side and who is not. After her loss to President Obama in the 2008 primary, for example, Clinton's aides put together a spreadsheet listing those who were supporters and those who were perceived to have betrayed her. "They realize that attacking someone who is a clear frontrunner and who doesn't take criticism lightly will have huge costs," said Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. "She will strike back, the press will perceive this as the start of a primary and start to really interrogate the person doing the attacking, and Republicans will enjoy some time out of the spotlight while Democrats squabble among themselves." Jim Manley, a Democratic strategist and former spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), said it is still too early for potential candidates to go on offense against Clinton, particularly with the midterms just weeks away. "No one is paying attention” for the moment, Manley said. But he added that for any Democrat truly intent on running for president, the avoidance of criticism of Clinton is “not sustainable in the long run." "What use is it if they're not going to provide a vision?" Manley asked. "At some point they're going to have to switch it up and provide a viable alternative." Some potential candidates have at least given some indication of how they might emphasize their differences from Clinton. Vice President Biden, who has a close bond with both Clintons, took a minor swipe at the former secretary of State earlier this year, at a time when she was already facing criticism for saying that she and her husband were “dead broke” at the end of Bill Clinton’s White House tenure. Biden — always eager to stress his everyman persona — told a crowd that he didn't "own a single stock or bond" and that he has "no savings account." Those close to the vice president, however, said that the comments were ones he had made before and that they should not have been interpreted as a dart aimed at Clinton. Other candidates have offered more direct hints as to where they dissent from Clinton’s worldview. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has implied that she sees Clinton as too close to Wall Street. Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.) has called Clinton "fantastic and incredibly strong," but has also wondered aloud if Clinton's so-called “inevitability factor” might provoke a backlash from voters, just as it did in 2008. Still, aides and others close to the potential candidates say there is a good and straightforward reason why they are mostly abjuring full-frontal assaults on Clinton. “No one wants to inflict damage on someone who could very well be our party’s candidate,” said one former Webb staffer. “It’s just that simple." *Politico: “Hillary Clinton leads among New Hampshire Dems” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/hillary-clinton-new-hampshire-111753.html>* By Lucy McCalmont October 9, 2014, 6:25 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton leads a list of potential Democrats for the party nomination by a 40-point margin in the latest poll from New Hampshire, while support for possible GOP contenders remains divided. Fifty-eight percent of likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters said Clinton is their first choice, according to the WMUR Granite State Poll released Thursday. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the closest to Clinton, with 18 percent of the vote. Others on the list — Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley — all received just 3 percent of the vote. Clinton has remained the front-runner among likely Democrat voters in the Granite State, where she won the primary in 2008. However, her support has dipped from its high of 74 percent when the poll was conducted in January. Of the listed GOP contenders, only two break 10 percent of voters’ support: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who leads with 12 percent of likely GOP primary voters, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with 10 percent. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee received 6 percent of the vote, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul received 5 percent and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz all received 4 percent. Nevertheless, voters from both parties remain largely undecided on 2016 primaries. Seventy-three percent of Democrats also said they are still trying to decide how they’d vote in the 2016 New Hampshire primary. Similarly, 83 percent of the state’s GOP voters said they, too, are undecided for their party’s primary. The WMUR Granite State Poll was conducted Sept. 29-Oct. 5 and surveyed 681 adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points. That includes 275 likely 2016 Republican primary voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.9 percentage points and 234 likely 2016 Democratic primary voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.4 percentage points. *Wall Street Journal column: Peggy Noonan: “Is ‘Worthy Fights’ Worthy?” <http://online.wsj.com/articles/is-worthy-fights-worthy-1412891347?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj>* By Peggy Noonan October 9, 2014, 5:49 p.m. EDT There’s the sense of an absence where the president should be. Decisions are made—by someone, or some agency—on matters of great consequence, Ebola, for instance. The virus has swept three nations of West Africa; a Liberian visitor has just died in Dallas. The Centers for Disease Control says it is tracking more than 50 people with whom he had contact. The commonsense thing—not brain science, just common sense—would be for the government to say: “As of today we will stop citizens of the affected nations from entering the U.S. We will ban appropriate flights, and as time passes we’ll see where we are. We can readjust as circumstances change. But for now, easy does it—slow things down.” Instead the government chooses to let the flow of individuals from infected countries continue. They will be screened at five U.S. airports, where their temperatures will be taken and they will be asked if they have been around anyone with Ebola. A lot of them, knowingly or unknowingly, have been around Ebola. People who are sick do not in the early stages have elevated temperatures. People who are desperate to leave a plague state will, understandably if wrongly, lie on questionnaires. U.S. health-care workers at airports will not early on be organized, and will not always show good judgment. TSA workers sometimes let through guns and knives. These workers will be looking for microbes, which, as they say, are harder to see. A baby teething can run a fever; so will a baby with the virus. A nurse or doctor with long experience can tell the difference. Will the airport workers? None of this plan makes sense. It’s busy work meant to foster confidence. But it encourages the feeling that no one’s in charge, the federal government isn’t working, everyone’s dissembling, and the No. 1 priority is to keep the public calm as opposed to safe. *** And now this week’s story on the big absence. Leon Panetta ’s “Worthy Fights” pretends to offer answers to a problem of which the book is actually an example—the mindless (as opposed to thoughtful and constructive) partisanship that has seized Washington. This memoir of his years as a successful political and bureaucratic player is obnoxious and lacks stature. Reading a comparable book, Robert Gates ’s recent, stinging memoir, you could see through the lines a broken heart. In Mr. Panetta’s you see mostly spleen. He is catty about David Petraeus—his office is “a shrine . . . to himself.” Mr. Panetta subtly, deftly, with a winning oh-goshness, takes a whole lot of credit for the bin Laden raid. This section is accompanied by unctuous compliments for Mr. Obama, whose chief brilliance appears to be that he listened to Mr. Panetta. “Worthy Fights” is highly self-regarding even for a Washington book. Mr. Panetta is always surprised, due to his natural modesty, to be offered yet another, higher position. He reluctantly accepts and wins over doubters with his plain, no-BS style. He does well, seeing around corners, saving budgets, and developing relationships with anxious prime ministers who need a pal. Publicly Mr. Panetta has always been at great pains to show the smiling, affable face of one who is above partisanship. But this book is smugly, grubbily partisan. Republicans aren’t bright and never good, though some— Bob Dole comes up—are reasonable. Republicans presidents tend to be weak or care only for the rich. He really, really hates Newt Gingrich . His headline on the entire Reagan era: “Poverty spread and deepened during the Reagan years.” Under Bill Clinton “the economy boomed,” “poverty shrunk,” and “leadership matters.” Reagan, in fairness, was less terrible than Mr. Panetta expected, “less ideological and partisan.” Mr. Clinton is “ravenously intelligent.” Mr. Panetta lauds Mr. Clinton’s “astonishing ability to sift through facts” and his “empathy for average people.” The compliments are at once lackeyish and patronizing. In the epilogue Mr. Panetta seems to catch himself and writes, dictates or edits in the thought that he does not mean “to suggest that Democrats are good and Republicans are bad.” But that is what he repeatedly suggests. Here’s what is disturbing: to think this is one of Washington’s wise men. Here’s what’s true. At 76, at the end of a half-century-long, richly rewarded career, with perspective having presumably been gained and smallness washed away, in a book of history and reflection written at a time of high national peril, a lack of political graciousness, and the continued presence of a dumb and grinding partisanship, is unattractive to the point of unseemly. Mr. Panetta perhaps took this tack to buy himself space on the left. He is telling partisan Democrats on the ground that he’s really one of them, he hates those Republicans too, so you can trust him when he tells you Mr. Obama’s presidency is not a success. Which he does. There is “a problem with President Obama’s use of his cabinet.” Every decision now comes from the White House, from people around the president, so secretaries learn not to take the initiative or push for needed change. Enforced passivity tends to filter down. Which would explain a few things. On Iraq, Mr. Panetta says he argued that if we did not leave behind a residual force to provide security and training, the country would slip into chaos with terrorists filling the vacuum. The White House pushed back; things got heated. Mr. Panetta’s side came to see the White House as “so eager to rid itself of Iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve our influence and interests.” That is a serious charge. The White House won, and Iraq deteriorated. Mr. Obama is scored for “failing to lead Congress” out of the sequester. The president’s “most conspicuous weakness” is “a frustrating reticence to engage his opponents and rally support for his cause.” He is “supremely intelligent”—almost ravenously intelligent—but “sometimes lacks fire.” He “avoids the battle, complains, and misses opportunities.” All this is credible and accords with the testimony of others. But it is fair to ask if he cared so much why he didn’t leave and speak sooner. It is fair to ask how much he left out. One reads and senses: a lot. Actually the way the president increasingly comes across, and not only in this book, is as eccentric—a person drawn to political power who doesn’t much like politics, or people, and who takes little joy from the wielding of power. Mr. Panetta suggests Mr. Obama isn’t good at rah-rah. He’s good at rah-rah for himself, just not for other causes. The book has been received cynically in some precincts and supportively in others, where Mr. Panetta’s candor and bravery are lauded. I’m not sure brave is the right word for a man who knows where the bodies are buried and can more than take care of himself in a street fight. Some say he wrote the book to help detach Hillary Clinton ’s fortunes from those of Mr. Obama. Maybe, but Mr. Panetta is savvy, shrewd and quick to see where things are going. I suspect he’s trying to detach his entire party’s fortunes from Mr. Obama. Reading this book and considering its timing, you get the impression that’s the real worthy battle on his mind. *Calendar:* *Sec. Clinton's upcoming appearances as reported online. Not an official schedule.* · October 12 – San Diego, CA: Sec. Clinton keynotes the American Academy of Pediatrics annual conference (Twitter <https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/520267871654805508>) · October 13 – Las Vegas, NV: Sec. Clinton and Sen. Reid fundraise for the Reid Nevada Fund (Ralston Reports <http://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/hillary-raise-money-state-democrats-reid-next-month> ) · October 13 – Las Vegas, NV: Sec. Clinton keynotes the UNLV Foundation Annual Dinner (UNLV <http://www.unlv.edu/event/unlv-foundation-annual-dinner?delta=0>) · October 14 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton keynotes salesforce.com Dreamforce conference (salesforce.com <http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/DF14/highlights.jsp#tuesday>) · October 16 – MI: Sec. Clinton campaigns for Rep. Gary Peters and Mark Schauer in Michigan (AP <https://twitter.com/KThomasDC/status/520243743170236416>) · October 20 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton fundraises for House Democratic women candidates with Nancy Pelosi (Politico <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/hillary-clinton-nancy-pelosi-110387.html?hp=r7> ) · October 20 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton fundraises for Senate Democrats (AP <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/03fe478acd0344bab983323d3fb353e2/clinton-planning-lengthy-campaign-push-month> ) · October 24 – RI: Sec. Clinton campaigns for Rhode Island gubernatorial nominee Gina Raimondo (Politico <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/hillary-clinton-gina-raimondo-rhode-island-elections-111750.html> ) · November 2 – NH: Sec. Clinton appears at a GOTV rally for Gov. Hassan and Sen. Shaheen (AP <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/03fe478acd0344bab983323d3fb353e2/clinton-planning-lengthy-campaign-push-month> ) · 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/>)