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*Correct The Record Friday October 31, 2014 Afternoon Roundup:* *Headlines:* *Associated Press via KHOU: “Hillary Clinton cheers Van de Putte's 'bold ideas'” <http://www.khou.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/10/30/hillary-clinton-cheers-van-de-puttes-bold-ideas/18220277/>* “Hillary Rodham Clinton is praising the Democratic nominee for Texas lieutenant governor, Leticia Van de Putte (PYOOT).” *Associated Press via Charlotte Observer: “Bill Clinton coming to NC to help Hagan bid” <http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/10/31/5279925/bill-clinton-coming-to-nc-to-help.html#.VFO8t_nF98E>* “Clinton is scheduled to keynote a Hagan campaign stop Friday at Broughton High School in Raleigh. His campaign stop comes the day before early voting ends Saturday.” *Associated Press via Leader-Telegram: “Bill Clinton appears in new Burke campaign ad” <http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/daily_updates/article_9cfa8186-611e-11e4-9f06-7fb146057e61.html>* “Former President Bill Clinton is appearing in a new campaign ad for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke.” *Wall Street Journal blog: Metropolis: “Bill Clinton Endorses Cuomo for Governor” <http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2014/10/31/bill-clinton-endorses-cuomo-for-governor/>* “Former President Bill Clinton has stumped around the country in recent weeks for Democrats under siege in highly competitive races, but on Thursday he took to the trail in New York to help a candidate who isn’t likely to lose: Gov. Andrew Cuomo.” *Associated Press via Washington Times: “Late ex-Mayor Menino hailed for service to Boston” <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/30/ex-mayor-hailed-for-service-to-boston/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS>* “In his twenty years as Boston’s mayor, he became a legendary advocate and champion for all of Boston’s citizens in all of its neighborhoods; he believed with all his heart that at the end of the day, if things weren’t getting better in every corner of Boston, the job wasn’t done.”- Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. *Bloomberg: “Waiting for Jeb” <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-10-31/waiting-for-jeb>* [Subtitle:] “Lots of excitement as a week-long trail of tea leaves tell Jeb Bush supporters he may be preparing to jump into the next presidential race.” *Articles:* *Associated Press via KHOU: “Hillary Clinton cheers Van de Putte's 'bold ideas'” <http://www.khou.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/10/30/hillary-clinton-cheers-van-de-puttes-bold-ideas/18220277/>* [No Writer Mentioned] October 30, 2014, 10:12 p.m. CDT [Subtitle:] Hillary Rodham Clinton is praising the Democratic nominee for Texas lieutenant governor AUSTIN - Hillary Rodham Clinton is praising the Democratic nominee for Texas lieutenant governor, Leticia Van de Putte (PYOOT). In a post to Van de Putte's Facebook page Thursday, the former secretary of state said the San Antonio state senator "has bold ideas and initiatives that honor veterans, respect women and value education." Clinton, who's considering a 2016 White House run, added, "I am proud to call Leticia Van de Putte my friend, and more importantly, the next Lieutenant Governor of Texas." A pharmacist when she not in the Legislature, Van de Putte is an underdog against her tea party-backed Texas Senate colleague, Houston's Dan Patrick. A Democrat hasn't won statewide office in Texas since 1994. But Clinton won the state's 2008 Democratic presidential primary against Barack Obama. *Associated Press via Charlotte Observer: “Bill Clinton coming to NC to help Hagan bid” <http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/10/31/5279925/bill-clinton-coming-to-nc-to-help.html#.VFO8t_nF98E>* [No Writer Mentioned] October 31, 2014 Bill Clinton came to North Carolina last month to quietly raise money for Kay Hagan's U.S. Senate campaign. Now the former president is returning to rally the faithful publicly for the Democratic incumbent. Clinton is scheduled to keynote a Hagan campaign stop Friday at Broughton High School in Raleigh. His campaign stop comes the day before early voting ends Saturday. The president's wife — former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton — campaigned for Hagan last Saturday in Charlotte. The ex-president attended a closed fundraiser Sept. 30 in Chapel Hill. He's scheduled to be in Georgia earlier Friday to campaign with Senate Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn. Hagan Republican rival and House Speaker Thom Tillis plans to visit GOP offices in the Triad, the mountains and near Charlotte on Friday. The Charlotte Observer welcomes your comments on news of the day. The more voices engaged in conversation, the better for us all, but do keep it civil. Please refrain from profanity, obscenity, spam, name-calling or attacking others for their views. Have a news tip? You can send it to a local news editor; email [email protected] to send us your tip - or - consider joining the Public Insight Network and become a source for The Charlotte Observer. *Associated Press via Leader-Telegram: “Bill Clinton appears in new Burke campaign ad” <http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/daily_updates/article_9cfa8186-611e-11e4-9f06-7fb146057e61.html>* [No Writer Mentioned] October 31, 2014, 11:54 a.m. Former President Bill Clinton is appearing in a new campaign ad for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke. Burke is in a close race with Republican Gov. Scott Walker, and Democrats have been bringing in big names to help rally support for her. Clinton spoke on Burke's behalf on Oct. 24, and President Barack Obama campaigned for her Tuesday. Both appearances were in Milwaukee, a Democratic stronghold. Both parties believe turnout will be key to winning Tuesday's election. Clinton says in the ad released Friday that Burke will be a governor "who brings people together across party lines, not dividing them." His remarks are a dig at Walker, whose signature legislation eliminating most public workers' union rights divided the state. Clinton does not mention Walker by name in the ad. *Wall Street Journal blog: Metropolis: “Bill Clinton Endorses Cuomo for Governor” <http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2014/10/31/bill-clinton-endorses-cuomo-for-governor/>* By Erica Orden October 31, 2014, 10:09 a.m. EDT Former President Bill Clinton has stumped around the country in recent weeks for Democrats under siege in highly competitive races, but on Thursday he took to the trail in New York to help a candidate who isn’t likely to lose: Gov. Andrew Cuomo. At a rally at the Midtown headquarters of the union 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East, Mr. Clinton urged voters to propel his former cabinet member, Mr. Cuomo, to re-election to counteract Republican congressional momentum and what he described as a potential retreat to “trickle-down economics.” “If we’re all in this together, we should give Gov. Cuomo the biggest re-election margin in history, so we can win these legislative battles and we can win these congressional seats,” Mr. Clinton said. “We need to send a message to America, that we don’t think protest votes are as important as progress votes.” Mr. Clinton, who appeared alongside Mr. Cuomo a week after Hillary Clinton rallied for the governor in Midtown, took aim at an aspect of Mr. Cuomo’s record likely to suppress his support upstate: the gun-control law he shepherded through the Legislature and signed last year. “There are a lot of hunters in New York, in upstate New York,” Mr. Clinton said. “None of them are going to miss a day of hunting season because of anything that the governor did. None of them have missed a sport-shooting contest. Nobody in a rural area lost the right to legally own a gun in their homes for self-protection.” He added: “I’m tired of all this crazy rhetoric trying to drive people nuts when you do something sensible.” Mr. Cuomo’s Republican opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, opposes the gun-control law, known as the SAFE Act. Mr. Astorino’s spokeswoman, Jessica Proud, said: “With all due respect to President Clinton, he clearly hasn’t read this bad law, which was ruled partially unconstitutional and turned cops into criminals overnight. As law-enforcement officials across the state have said, this law does absolutely nothing to make us safer.” Mr. Cuomo maintains a substantial lead among likely voters over Mr. Astorino, winning 56% of the vote to the Republican’s 30% in a Wall Street Journal/Marist College/NBC 4 New York poll released Thursday. Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins took 6%. But Mr. Cuomo appears eager to drive up his margin, and in the last month spent more than $8.6 million trying to do, according to his campaign’s most recent filings with the state Board of Elections. On Thursday, when he appeared at the rally with his youngest daughter, Michaela Kennedy Cuomo, the governor praised the competence of the Clinton administration and sought to draw a parallel to his own work in Albany. “It proved that this thing we called government can work,” Mr. Cuomo said. “What the conservatives really want to say is that government doesn’t work, it can’t work. That the vehicle for collective can’t work; that you’re on your own and we really can’t help one another. And that’s a reality that we won’t accept.” While Mr. Clinton, who stumped earlier this week in Nevada and on Thursday morning in Kentucky, didn’t show any signs of fatigue, delivering a nearly 30-minute speech, he compared himself to “an old, retired racehorse” who gets trotted out during campaign season. “I’m living up there in Chappaqua and retired in my barn, having a nice time,” he said, to laughs. “So I’m in the barn, and all of a sudden, somebody comes in with a little extra hay and they start brushing on my coat and they haul me out to the track and slap me on the rump just to see if I can get around one more time.” *Associated Press via Washington Times: “Late ex-Mayor Menino hailed for service to Boston” <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/30/ex-mayor-hailed-for-service-to-boston/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS>* [No Writer Mentioned] October 30, 2014 Thomas Menino, the former mayor of Boston who died Thursday, was remembered as a tireless advocate of the city he led for 20 years. ___ “Bold, big-hearted, and Boston strong, Tom was the embodiment of the city he loved and led for more than two decades. As Boston’s longest-serving mayor, Tom helped make his hometown the vibrant, welcoming, world-class place it is today. His legacy lives on in every neighborhood he helped revitalize, every school he helped turn around, and every community he helped make a safer, better place to live.” - President Barack Obama. ___ “Tommy was our friend for a long, long time, and he was without a doubt one of the finest Mayors this nation has ever seen. His heart was always as big as the city he loved. And he was, to his core, the very definition of Boston Strong. Unyielding. Absolutely committed.” - Vice President Joe Biden. ___ “In his twenty years as Boston’s mayor, he became a legendary advocate and champion for all of Boston’s citizens in all of its neighborhoods; he believed with all his heart that at the end of the day, if things weren’t getting better in every corner of Boston, the job wasn’t done.”- Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. ___ “Tom Menino was Boston. In fact, if you just look around the city, you’ll see with your own eyes that he is Boston today. Others talked, Tommy worked.” - Secretary of State John Kerry. ___ “Boston has lost a political giant, and Diane and I have lost a friend. Our hearts and prayers go out to Angela and the whole Menino family. And we thank God for the service and the life of Tom Menino.” - Gov. Deval Patrick. ___ “He was a mayor for all of Boston - those he worked with, the schoolchildren and their parents, the homeless and the hungry, the college students and the new immigrants. He had a heart big enough for everyone in our city. That love was never shown more than after the tragedy of Marathon Monday, when he pulled himself up out of a hospital bed, two days after emergency surgery, to be with the people, to make tough decisions, to comfort the suffering and the grieving.” - Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. ___ “Mayor Menino placed family, faith and public service above all else. His passing is a great loss to the City of Boston, the Commonwealth, our country, and to his family, who were the center of his life.” - Cardinal Sean O’Malley, archbishop of Boston. ___ “The City of Boston lost a great fighter today. Mayor Tom Menino used his big heart, his strong voice, and his fierce determination to shape every corner of the city. Bruce and I send our prayers to Mayor Menino’s wife Angela, to his family, and to all Bostonians. Our mayor is gone, but he lives on in every neighborhood in Boston.” - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. ___ “Tom Menino worked tirelessly for the families of Boston, crisscrossing the city day and night to tend to the needs of our neighborhoods. He was a true leader and set the bar high for elected officials.” - U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch. ___ “Boston is a better city because of Tom Menino and the people of Boston are grateful for his commitment and service. … The day I left City Hall to become U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, I said, “The City is in good hands.” ”Today, Tom Menino is in good hands.” - Raymond Flynn, former Boston mayor, ex-Vatican ambassador. ___ “Today, Boston has lost the greatest mayor in its history. He was a friend and mentor, and a shining example to me and countless others of what it means to love and serve your community.” - Attorney General and Democratic nominee for governor Martha Coakley. ___ “If anyone deserved a long and satisfying retirement, it would be former Boston Mayor Tom Menino. For two decades, he threw himself into the job of Mayor of Boston with an enthusiasm and intensity that may never be duplicated.” - Charlie Baker, Republican nominee for governor. ___ “The City of Boston and communities of color have lost a great friend. As an advocate, although we didn’t always see eye to eye, at the end of the day he was still my friend.” - Leonard Atkins, former president of the NAACP of Boston. ___ “Tom Menino for 20-odd years led that city. A tough guy, really a tough guy.” - New York City and former Boston Police Commissioner William Bratton. *Bloomberg: “Waiting for Jeb” <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-10-31/waiting-for-jeb>* By Michael C. Bender October 31, 2014, 12:40 p.m. EDT [Subtitle:] Lots of excitement as a week-long trail of tea leaves tell Jeb Bush supporters he may be preparing to jump into the next presidential race. If Jeb Bush was hoping to create some buzz, mission accomplished. With a little help from an ex-president and the likely next Texas land commissioner—or as they're known in the Bush world, family—the number of news stories and Twitter postings mentioning the former Florida governor has spiked in the past week. And the timing is fortuitous. Renewed interest in Bush comes as he campaigns for Republicans trying to win the Senate majority and to help extend the party's 16-year hold on his own state's most important political office. Success on either or both of these fronts would enhance his brand as he considers what family, friends and supporters say is an increasingly likely chance he'll run for president. "I get the sense that he's very interested," former U.S. Senator Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican who was Orlando mayor while Bush was governor and served in the administration of former President George W. Bush, Jeb's older brother. "It's creating a lot of anticipation here, a lot of excitement." Former Florida House Speaker Allan Bense, who has dialed back his involvement in politics since dealing with near fatal health issues last year, said he would ignore his doctors to join a Bush presidential campaign. He said suspense has been building in the conservative Florida Panhandle, where he lives, has been building for more than a year. "I was on the brink of not making it, and that guy called me every week to check-in," Bense said of Bush. "And when he called the hospital, the switchboard would go, 'Holy smokes, it's Bush!" The surge on Twitter and in the news started on Sunday when George P. Bush, the oldest of Jeb's three children and a Republican candidate for Texas land commissioner, told ABC's Jon Karl that it was "more than likely" his father would run. It was a change in tone from a month earlier when the son said he wouldn't endorse his father in a Republican primary. Later on Sunday came an interview with Jeb Bush Jr, Bush's youngest child, who told Peter Baker, the premier chronicler of all things W., that the Bush family is "geared up." "Everyone I know is sitting on ready," said Mike Harrell, a Tallahassee lobbyist and longtime friend of Bush. "There is definitely a growing optimism.” Bush's political stock also may have been helped by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's performance on Wednesday, when he berated a heckler at an event commemorating the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. Christie and Bush, if both decided to run, likely would compete for support among the party's traditional pro-business supporters. Bush tried to tamp down expectations, telling MSNBC's Kasie Hunt on Wednesday that his son, George P. Bush, "didn't talk to me." “When you have kids you’ll probably have the same frustration, you love them to death and they have their own opinions. But I’ll make up my mind just as I’ve said at the end of the year,” Bush said. “Same as I’ve always said, there’s nothing new here.” One thing that was new: a fundraising letter from Bush to Iowans asking for donations to his nonprofit group, the Foundation for Excellence in Education. Some recipients of the letter told The Des Moines Register that it was the first they've heard from Bush, raising speculation that he was courting voters in a state that holds the nation's first presidential nominating contest. Brian Ballard, the chief Florida fundraiser for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign and John McCain's effort in 2008, said comments from the family have "caused a stir" in Bush's home state and put the Republican establishment there on notice for a potential campaign. "I'm not going to do anything, nor do I think any person who knows Jeb would do anything, until he's made his mind up," said Ballard, also a lobbyist in Tallahassee. "We're all going to give him the full time to make that decision." But while Bush's friends in Florida wait for a decision, other Republican contenders aren't willing to sit around. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, who is weighing his own presidential bid, told CNBC on Thursday that if the party runs a moderate candidate, then "Hillary Clinton will be president." "I like Jeb. I'm a fan of Jeb Bush's," Cruz said. "I'm going to let him decide if he's running first and let the primary voters make a decision. But I will say this. We need to learn from history. We need to look to history and what works and what doesn’t. And the one thing is clear is that if Republicans run another candidate in the mold of a Bob Dole or a John McCain or a Mitt Romney—and let me be clear: all three of those are good, honorable men; they’re decent men; they’re patriots—but if we run another candidate in the mold of a Bob Dole or a John McCain or a Mitt Romney, we will end up with the same result." Bush appeared to be sharpening his own elbows, too. At a guest lecture Tuesday at Vanderbilt University he criticized President Barack Obama's handling of the Ebola crisis as "very incompetent" and panned his foreign policy as lacking clear "guiding principles." On Thursday in Colorado, where he campaigned with Republican Senate nominee Cory Gardner, Bush took a swipe at Clinton, saying her comment earlier in the week that businesses don't create jobs was "breathtaking." Clinton, who is considering a Democratic presidential campaign, said later that she "short-handed" the statement. Bush will be back on the campaign trail this weekend, stumping for Governor Rick Scott on Sunday and then on Monday for the rest of the Republican statewide slate in Florida, where Bush was governor from 1999 to 2006. He'll be in Austin, Texas, on Election Day to watch returns come in on his son's race. "I don't know if he would be barnstorming across the country if he wasn't seriously considering it," Martinez said. "It's not accidental."