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*​**Correct The Record Wednesday January 28, 2015 Afternoon Roundup:* *Tweets:* *Correct The Record* @CorrectRecord: Latinos would overwhelmingly support @HillaryClinton <https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton> in 2016 "and rightfully so," says@RepLindaSanchez <https://twitter.com/RepLindaSanchez> http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_27403446/linda-sanchez-latinos-will-support-hillary-clinton … <http://t.co/CHvfdYtNkn> [1/28/15 *Correct The Record* @CorrectRecord: .@HillaryClinton <https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton>'s work for children in need "is an important example," Ann Lewis writes in@LDNews <https://twitter.com/LDNews> http://www.ldnews.com/opinion/ci_27405337/childrens-issues-close-hillary-clintons-heart … <http://t.co/3NxhkFDKTI> [1/28/15, 10:52 a.m. EST <https://twitter.com/CorrectRecord/status/560465374282383360>] *Correct The Record* @CorrectRecord: Ann Lewis in @LDNews <https://twitter.com/LDNews>: @HillaryClinton <https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton>'s work to help orphans & kids in foster care "has made a real difference" http://www.ldnews.com/opinion/ci_27405337/childrens-issues-close-hillary-clintons-heart … <http://t.co/dpZcylLPNL> [1/28/15, 10:29 a.m. EST <https://twitter.com/CorrectRecord/status/560459545261400064>] *Headlines:* *CNN: “Game on: Romney team points to Hillary over wealth” <http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/28/politics/romney-clinton-wealth/index.html>* “Correct the Record, the pro-Clinton communications and research PAC, pushed back against Romney's response Wednesday. ‘While Mitt Romney tries in vain to reinvent himself as a friend to those who are struggling, Hillary Clinton is continuing her life-long work to lift up the middle class and level the playing field for all Americans,’ said Adrienne Elrod, communications director for the group, said in an email to CNN.” *San Jose Mercury News opinion: Rep. Linda Sanchez: “Latinos will support Hillary Clinton” <http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_27403446/linda-sanchez-latinos-will-support-hillary-clinton>* “Latinos have made it clear that they would strongly support Hillary Clinton should she run for president.” *Patriot-News opinion: Ann Lewis: “An unnoticed part of Hillary Clinton's record -- her work for foster kids” <http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2015/01/an_unnoticed_part_of_hillary_c.html#incart_river>* "From working at the Children's Defense Fund right after law school to her efforts to expand early learning for children today, Hillary Clinton has worked throughout her adult life – in and out of public office – to improve the lives of children. Her work on behalf of orphans and foster care children is not an exception, but an important example." *New York Times: “Hillary Clinton vs. Elizabeth Warren Could Be a Dream Match, for Republicans” <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/us/politics/hillary-clinton-vs-elizabeth-warren-could-be-a-dream-match-for-republicans.html?_r=0>* “Ms. Warren represents Republicans’ best hope for an expensive, prolonged battle for the Democratic nomination, weakening Mrs. Clinton along the way, political operatives on both sides say.” *CNN: “CNN exclusive: Snapchat Interview with Senator Rand Paul” <http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/28/politics/rand-paul-snaphat-interview/>* "CNN interviewed possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul over ... you guessed it ... the popular disappearing messaging app, Snapchat." *Bloomberg: “DCCC Names Lieutenants in Push to Kickstart 2016 Turnaround” <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-01-28/dccc-names-lieutenants-in-push-to-kickstart-2016-turnaround>* “Pelosi, reelected as the party's House leader in November, has been insisting to colleagues that 2016 holds brighter election prospects. Much of her optimism centers on the notion that voter turnout among women and minorities will be boosted by a potential presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton.” *Washington Post blog: Style: “Sherrod Brown: Why aren’t progressives begging him to run for president?” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sherrod-brown-why-arent-progressives-begging-him-to-run-for-president/2015/01/28/f8378d9c-a63c-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html>* “…Timing could not be better for a candidate with a populist economic agenda to challenge Hillary Rodham Clinton and her close ties to Wall Street.” *The Hill blog: In The Know: “‘Wonder Woman’ actress: Hillary can have my Lasso of Truth” <http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/230955-wonder-woman-actress-hillary-can-have-my-lasso-of-truth>* “Lynda Carter isn’t just offering Hillary Clinton an early endorsement; the ‘Wonder Woman’ actress says the former secretary of State can even claim the Lasso of Truth as her own.” *Articles:* *CNN: “Game on: Romney team points to Hillary over wealth” <http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/28/politics/romney-clinton-wealth/index.html>* By Ashley Killough January 28, 2015, 10:35 a.m. EST As Mitt Romney heads to the nation's poorest state Wednesday, his political team is fighting back against perceptions that his wealth could be a political liability if he runs for president again, arguing that Hillary Clinton is no model for modest living, either. "It's going to be hard for Hillary Clinton to make Mitt Romney's wealth a fruitful line of attack, with her multi-million dollar mansions in Georgetown and Chappaqua and her jet-setting lifestyle of the rich and famous," a Romney aide said Wednesday in a comment to reporters. A new report in the Boston Globe details how Romney purchased or built two new homes after the 2012 Republican presidential nominee's election loss. The former private equity CEO, whose wealth became an overriding theme for Democratic attacks, has a total of four homes: a mansion in La Jolla, California; a ski chalet in Park City, Utah; a large home in Salt Lake City; and a lake house on Lake , New Hampshire. The home in La Jolla, complete with a car elevator, has been undergoing renovations to make it bigger since 2012, and according the Globe, is now being shown to potential buys by a broker. Correct the Record, the pro-Clinton communications and research PAC, pushed back against Romney's response Wednesday. "While Mitt Romney tries in vain to reinvent himself as a friend to those who are struggling, Hillary Clinton is continuing her life-long work to lift up the middle class and level the playing field for all Americans," said Adrienne Elrod, communications director for the group, said in an email to CNN. Romney speaks Wednesday night at Mississippi State University in Starkville, where he's set to talk about challenges facing the country and the world. His remarks will be followed by a moderated question and answer session. While the appearance was announced back in December, weeks before he told donors he was seriously considering a third presidential run, political observers are closely monitoring his every statement as he's thought to make a decision within the next week and a half. If he runs again, he's likely to make anti-poverty policy a key part of his message, the former Massachusetts governor suggested in remarks to the Republican National Committee's winter meeting in San Diego. Romney was constantly playing defense against multi-million dollar Democratic campaigns that pilloried his corporate background and painted him as out of touch. He also sought to overcome a string of gaffes―i.e. "I like being able to fire people" and "I have some great friends who are NASCAR team owners"―that Democrats quickly used as fuel for their fire against the then-GOP nominee. A spokesman for Clinton did not immediately return a request for comment. The former secretary of state, widely seen as the Democratic frontrunner if she runs for president, has fought her own battle against accusations of being out of touch, in part because of her six-figure speaking fees and because of comments she made last summer in which she argued that her family was "dead broke" after leaving the White House. *San Jose Mercury News opinion: Rep. Linda Sanchez: “Latinos will support Hillary Clinton” <http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_27403446/linda-sanchez-latinos-will-support-hillary-clinton>* By Rep. Linda Sanchez January 28, 2015, 10:00 a.m. PST Immigration reform will once again be a key issue in the 2016 presidential election, according to a poll released by Latino Decisions. Eighty-nine percent of Latino voters expressed support for President Obama's executive order on immigration and a majority want to continue or extend Obama's actions in 2017. More than 80 percent of Latino voters polled said they would support Hillary Clinton if she says she would renew Obama's immigration actions in 2017. This shows the overwhelming support Hillary would receive from Latino voters if she were to run for president in 2016 — and rightfully so. Hillary Clinton has been a champion for immigrants and refugees throughout her career. Her support for sensible immigration reform reflects the views of a majority of Americans. Her commitment to keeping families together gives children the best chance for a successful future and remains true to the values that make this country great. But it is not just immigration reform that has the Latino community excited about a potential Hillary Clinton candidacy. Latinos have a vested interest in many issues that Hillary Clinton has championed during her decades in public service. From the economy and the environment, to health and education reform, she has been a strong and consistent ally to Latinos. Income mobility, access to affordable and quality healthcare, and the ability to receive a quality education are issues crucial to Latinos, and will be at the forefront of their minds when voting in 2016. While in the Senate, Hillary Clinton consistently advocated raising the minimum wage and fought to make higher education accessible by working to make it more affordable. As First Lady, Hillary was an early champion for health reform, working to ensure quality, accessible, affordable health care at a time when two-thirds of Latinos did not have coverage. Lower income Latino communities are more affected by pollution and Latinos are three times more likely to die from asthma than other racial groups. As Secretary of State, Hillary recognized the impact pollution has on our communities and worked to create clean, renewable and sustainable energy programs to improve air quality and our environment. Americans deserve to have confidence that their elected officials will support and fight for them, but Latinos have too often been left to fend for themselves. Hillary Clinton's support on immigration reform represents an important step forward. Unfortunately, the Republican agenda is forcing us to continue to fight an up-hill battle. While Democrats are helping to give all families a fighting chance, Republicans have stood in the way. We need a presidential candidate who recognizes the many issue areas that Latino voters care about and one who continues to work to support and create opportunity in the Latino community. Latinos have made it clear that they would strongly support Hillary Clinton should she run for president. Her vision creates opportunity and financial security at a time when too many families worry about their future. This is the kind of leader we need. *Patriot-News opinion: Ann Lewis: “An unnoticed part of Hillary Clinton's record -- her work for foster kids” <http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2015/01/an_unnoticed_part_of_hillary_c.html#incart_river>* By Ann F. Lewis January 28, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. EDT What do Hillary Clinton, former Republican Whip Tom DeLay, and the founder of Wendy's have in common? Hint: It isn't politics. This unusual coalition worked together to make a better life for children in orphanages and foster care; work that has made a real difference for tens of thousands of young people. Orphans and foster care children are not exactly a high-powered political group in Washington. There were no lobbyists calling on their behalf, no one demanding Hillary take this on. I was working in the White House at the time, so I got to watch up close – but otherwise I might never have known! So why did she do it? Because Hillary believed it was the right thing to do. From working at the Children's Defense Fund right after law school to her efforts to expand early learning for children today, Hillary Clinton has worked throughout her adult life – in and out of public office – to improve the lives of children. Her work on behalf of orphans and foster care children is not an exception, but an important example. Orphans and foster care children are not exactly a high-powered political group in Washington. As First Lady, Hillary made adoption and foster care one of her priorities. She worked across the partisan aisle, with two unlikely partners: former Republican Minority Whip Tom Delay of Texas and business leader Dave Thomas of Wendy's, a lifelong Republican. Together, they held events at the White House to raise awareness, and built support for legislation that would encourage adoptions, provide more aid for foster families, and help foster children find permanent, safe, loving homes. The first piece of legislation was the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, which provided support and services for adoptive families, and increased foster adoptions by 64 percent by 2002. It's no wonder the Washington Post called the law "the most significant change in federal child-protection policy in almost two decades." The second piece of legislation, the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, was focused on children who "age out" of the foster care system when they turn 18. Too often, these children leave their foster home with only a green plastic bag of their belongings – and too little hope. The purpose of this legislation was to make the transition easier for these kids and to give them, as President Clinton said, "the tools they need to make the most of their lives." Access to healthcare, education, housing assistance, and counseling services are just some of the tools this law provided to give these kids the chance they deserve. Hillary introduced legislation in the Senate to help interested adults learn more about adoption. She was also a member of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption and partnered with Democrats and Republicans alike to remove barriers to adoption and support the adoption of children in foster care. At the State Department, Secretary Clinton brought the issue to the world stage. She appointed the first ever special advisor on international children's issues and worked with other countries to improve foster care programs worldwide. Adoption and foster care are not likely to be an issue in any political campaign. They aren't hot button issues or ones that gather big headlines; but they're important to Hillary Clinton. That is what her life has been about: building coalitions, working with partners, doing whatever it takes to make a real difference on issues that make a real difference in people's lives –beginning with the very youngest among us. That's the Hillary Clinton I know. *New York Times: “Hillary Clinton vs. Elizabeth Warren Could Be a Dream Match, for Republicans” <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/us/politics/hillary-clinton-vs-elizabeth-warren-could-be-a-dream-match-for-republicans.html?_r=0>* By Amy Chozick January 28, 2015 They have called Senator Elizabeth Warren “an extremely attractive candidate” in the 2016 presidential campaign. They have said that she is the “hottest commodity” in the Democratic Party and that she has demonstrated the “passion and intensity” that Hillary Rodham Clinton lacks. Those glowing compliments are not from the liberal activists who are trying to persuade Ms. Warren to challenge Mrs. Clinton, who is expected to be the party’s leading contender in 2016. They come from conservatives who are eager to drum up a contentious Democratic primary and who see Ms. Warren, a first-term senator from Massachusetts, as best positioned to weaken, and potentially defeat, Mrs. Clinton. On cable television and in private strategy sessions, conservatives are steadily stoking the flames of a movement to recruit Ms. Warren, who has said she will not run but whose anti-Wall Street economic message resonates with the liberal base of the Democratic Party. “Please give us Elizabeth Warren. Please, God, let us have Elizabeth Warren,” said Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas who is considering a presidential bid. “I respect her because she has the courage to speak her convictions,” Mr. Huckabee said on Fox News. Former Representative Michele Bachmann, a Tea Party Republican from Minnesota, told CNN that Ms. Warren would be “an extremely attractive candidate.” Mrs. Bachmann also said that if she were Mrs. Clinton, she would be “extremely concerned.” The tactic says much about the 2016 landscape for Republicans. A crowded field of people who say they are considering running for president — including Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts — has emerged. That means the party is expecting a bruising ideological battle for the nomination. Mrs. Clinton, a former secretary of state and 2008 presidential candidate, could emerge from the primary season relatively unscathed. Other Democrats — including Senator Jim Webb of Virginia, former Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland and Senator Bernard Sanders, independent of Vermont — may also run, but at this early stage none is expected to have the funding or political apparatus to pose a serious threat to Mrs. Clinton. An easy path to the nomination would allow Mrs. Clinton to potentially enter a general election with more funding than the Republican nominee, who would have had to spend heavily to beat a wide field of competitors. Ms. Warren represents Republicans’ best hope for an expensive, prolonged battle for the Democratic nomination, weakening Mrs. Clinton along the way, political operatives on both sides say. That desire appears to trump the fact that Ms. Warren’s views about taxation, regulation and the role of government are so at odds with Republican tenets. “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own,” she famously said in 2011. Ms. Warren told Fortune magazine this month that she would not run to succeed President Obama, but that has not stopped speculation. “Elizabeth Warren says, ‘I’m not running, I don’t want to be president,’ ” the radio host Rush Limbaugh said recently. “Translation: ‘I can’t wait and I am running. But I’m just not going to admit it right now.’ ” Republicans said Ms. Warren would deliver a perfect “trifecta” in diminishing Mrs. Clinton. She attracts young, liberal supporters who view Mrs. Clinton as too centrist. A Warren candidacy would take away a central theme expected of Mrs. Clinton’s campaign — that it is time to elect a female president. And Ms. Warren’s presence in the primary season could push Mrs. Clinton to adopt liberal positions that might turn off independents in a general election. It first became apparent that Ms. Warren could be an effective tool in moving Mrs. Clinton off message when the two appeared at a joint rally in October for Martha Coakley, the Democratic nominee for governor of Massachusetts. In her speech, Mrs. Clinton tried to channel some of Ms. Warren’s populist zeal, but flubbed a variation of the senator’s controversial line about the roots of success. “Don’t let anybody tell you that, you know, it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs,” Mrs. Clinton said. She later said she had misspoken and was referring to certain tax policies that stifle job creation, but Republicans had already pounced, portraying the comment as evidence that Mrs. Clinton was pandering to liberal voters. “You could just see it gets in Secretary Clinton’s head when she has to compare herself vis-à-vis Senator Warren,” said Tim Miller, executive director of America Rising, a conservative “super PAC.” He added, “From that perspective, a food fight could be good.” R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., editor in chief of The American Spectator and a longtime critic of Mrs. Clinton and her husband, said her comment in Massachusetts could help inform younger voters about how she shifts opinions based on what is popular. “She pulled a line from Obama and Elizabeth Warren to try to make a very au courant crony-capitalist or socialist statement,” Mr. Tyrrell said. At the same time, a groundswell of support for Ms. Warren among liberal activists has aided Republicans’ behind-the-scenes efforts. In December, the liberal group MoveOn.org said it would spend $1 million on a campaign to draft Ms. Warren into the 2016 race. MoveOn.org and Democracy for America jointly run a website called “Run Warren Run,” which has signed up more than 245,000 supporters. The groups plan to host “Run Warren Run” house parties this weekend in 100 locations across the country. Liberals cheered Ms. Warren this month after Antonio Weiss, a Wall Street banker whom Mr. Obama had picked as a Treasury Department official, eliciting vehement objections from Ms. Warren, asked Mr. Obama to rescind his nomination. Ms. Warren is still largely unknown even in Iowa, where the draft-Warren movement has focused its efforts. In of likely Democratic caucus goers conducted in early October by The Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics, 44 percent said they had a favorable opinion of the Massachusetts senator, compared with 76 percent for Mrs. Clinton. While many Republicans are engaging in mischief as they promote Ms. Warren, some of her populist positions resonate across the political aisle. During debates over the Wall Street bailout, Ms. Warren and Representative Darrell Issa, Republican of California, often agreed on objections to parts of the Troubled Asset Relief Program and in their criticism of former Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner. “It was almost like the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” Kurt Bardella, a former spokesman for Mr. Issa, said. The tendency for Republicans to align with Ms. Warren is particularly strong among those who emphasize libertarianism. Brian Darling, a senior aide to Mr. Paul, said he would like to see a 2016 general election between Ms. Warren and the Kentucky senator to hear the fresh ideas that the matchup might yield. “She hates Wall Street for a very different reason than libertarians,” Mr. Darling said. “Yet they both would agree that the bailouts of Wall Street were a gaming of the system.” Tucker Carlson, a libertarian political pundit, said Ms. Warren has an authenticity that resonates with both sides. “She has this spark of genuine ideological fervor, and I mean that as a compliment,” he said. “It’s not just pure opportunism.” Ms. Warren, of course, has given the anti-Clinton movement plenty of fodder. She frequently says that income inequality is due, in part, to the economic and trade policies of President Bill Clinton. In her 2003 book, “The Two-Income Trap,” written with her daughter, Amelia Warren Tyagi, Ms. Warren accused Mrs. Clinton of snapping at her staff and of shifting her position on bankruptcy legislation when she became a New York senator in order to appease her Wall Street donors. “As New York’s newest senator, however, it seems that Hillary Clinton could not afford such a principled position,” Ms. Warren wrote. Republicans could not have said it better themselves. *CNN: “CNN exclusive: Snapchat Interview with Senator Rand Paul” <http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/28/politics/rand-paul-snaphat-interview/>* By Ashley Codianni January 28, 2015, 11:32 a.m. EST CNN interviewed possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul over ... you guessed it ... the popular disappearing messaging app, Snapchat. Paul, who has been cultivating an audience on the platform for the last year, spoke candidly in what is the first ever official Snapchat interview with a U.S. lawmaker. While other reporters have snapped with the Senator, like our very own Peter Hamby, this type of full interview is a first. In an exchange we made sure didn't vanish after just three seconds, Paul dished out zingers on former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as drones. When asked about whether drones should be made illegal or banned, the senator said, "Drones should only be used according to the Constitution." "But if they fly over my house, they better beware because I've got a shotgun," he added with a little smirk. We also discussed potential 2016 Democratic opponent, Clinton, and recent reports she receives $200,000 per speaking appearance. "I guess she can pay her chauffeur well now." Burn. Naturally, we had to ask about 2016. So, in the most Snapchat appropriate possible, we sent him this: [VIDEO] To which he laughed and replied, "Maybe," adding that the fence needs to be better guarded. *Bloomberg: “DCCC Names Lieutenants in Push to Kickstart 2016 Turnaround” <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-01-28/dccc-names-lieutenants-in-push-to-kickstart-2016-turnaround>* By Billy House January 28, 2015, 12:11 p.m. EST [Subtitle:] The effort comes as Republicans hold the largest one-party majority in the chamber in 70 years. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is turning to long-time, trusted allies to help kickstart her party's effort to rebound in 2016 from last fall's election setbacks. As Democrats gather later Wednesday for a closed-door strategy retreat in Philadelphia through Friday, newly appointed Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Ben Ray Luján says Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn of South Carolina will serve as his top two lieutenants. Van Hollen, the current top Democrat on the Budget Committee and himself a former DCCC chairman, will be the committee's national finance chair. Van Hollen is a highly visible figure nationally and is often mentioned by fellow Democrats as a potential successor to Pelosi. His own tenure as DCCC chair was not a glorious one, though, ending after the tea-party wave election of 2010 handed the House majority back to Republicans. Clyburn, the highest-ranking African American in Congress, will be the DCCC's national voter mobilization chair. Luján, of New Mexico, was named DCCC chair by Pelosi in November. The new team takes over the party's political arm after defeats in the Nov. 4 elections saw Democratic House seats go from 201 to 188. Republicans now hold the largest one-party majority in the chamber in 70 years. Pelosi, reelected as the party's House leader in November, has been insisting to colleagues that 2016 holds brighter election prospects. Much of her optimism centers on the notion that voter turnout among women and minorities will be boosted by a potential presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton. Luján said he is committed to more direct House member involvement in the DCCC's efforts this election cycle. Along with the news that Van Hollen and Clyburn will help him lead the party's political arm, Luján also announced a list of other members who will play roles. He said: · Representatives Don Beyer of Virginia, Richard Neal of Massachusetts, and Terri Sewell of Alabama will as members of the DCCC's “Business Council.” · Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota will serve on a “New Americas Council.” · Representative Xavier Becerra of California, Dan Kildee of Michigan, Derek Kilmer of Washington, and Gwen Moore of Wisconsin, will serve on a “Tribal Engagement and Active Members Program” team. · Representatives Bobby Scott of Virginia and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin will serve on the “Labor Council.” · Representatives Lois Frankel of Florida and Debbie Dingell of Michigan will be the “Women Lead” co-chairs. · Representative Jared Polis of Colorado will be the LGBT Council. · Representative Adam Smith of Washington will serve on the “Defense Council.” And the freshman class liaison will be Representative Ted Lieu of California. · Working with Clyburn in voter-mobilization efforts will be Representatives Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, Lieu, and Michelle Lujan Grishman of New Mexico. Meanwhile, Representative Steve Israel of New York, the DCCC's chairman over the last two terms, was earlier announced as the head of a newly created Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. The idea is for that unit to help come up with a winning message for the next election. “Our leadership team’s wealth of experience and diversity showcases the best of what Democrats have to offer, and their combined expertise will help lead us to a successful 2016 cycle,” said Luján in a statement. “Democrats are already on offense drawing a contrast on middle class economics and building on our state-of-the-art voter outreach, and will continue to fight against Republicans’ flawed priorities.” The retreat events starting Wednesday will also feature internal discussions on such hot-button issues as President Barack Obama's request for fast-track trade authority. Many Democrats oppose it, and the president is drawing some Republican support. Democrats also will discuss a proposal to term-limit members' roles in the party's top seats on congressional committees. *Washington Post blog: Style: “Sherrod Brown: Why aren’t progressives begging him to run for president?” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sherrod-brown-why-arent-progressives-begging-him-to-run-for-president/2015/01/28/f8378d9c-a63c-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html>* By Ben Terris January 28, 2015, 11:57 a.m. EST He’s an unabashed progressive with just enough blue collar appeal to win a swing state like Ohio. He’s the highest ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, with a megaphone to go after Wall Street and four decades of public service under his belt. He’s an affable guy, appealing but not too slick, with smiling eyes and a good head of hair and sassy, media-friendly feminist wife. And he was preaching economic mobility years before it became the central tenet of the nascent 2016 campaign. By almost any standard, Sen. Sherrod Brown, 62, a former Eagle Scout with a voice like Tom Waits, is the kind of pol who should at this very moment be making the rounds of the Sunday shows, growling to packed audiences in Iowa and all the while insisting to major media outlets that he is not currently considering running for president at this time. Or at least you’d expect a bunch of liberal activists to be mounting a Draft Sherrod campaign. No? “Huh, I really had not thought about it until this phone call,” said Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. That, of course, is because all the attention has been heaped onto another, fresher-faced member of the Senate: the progressive rock star from Massachusetts, Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Just last week, Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo hosted a party at Al Pacino’s daughter’s house urging New York artists to urge Warren to run. Brown may have been Elizabeth Warren before Elizabeth Warren was cool, but there’s scant evidence that the Ruffalos of this world even know who he is. “I don’t see it as a competition,” Brown said in an interview from his Senate office. “I’m always looking for allies, so was thrilled when she ran and am thrilled to have her in the Senate.” But why, Senator, why do you think people are so into Warren when you have been around saying the same stuff for years? Does it not sting a little? “I don’t play games about it,” he said. “I don’t say ‘I’m not running now.’ I don’t know what it is. I know you don’t believe this, but I don’t really think about it all that much.” Truth of the matter is, everyone does believe him. That’s why some progressives feel like Brown may be forfeiting a chance to have a bigger impact this election cycle. “Yeah, it’s a bit of a missed opportunity,” said Charles Chamberlain, the executive director of Democracy for America, a group that pledged $250,000 to the draft-Warren movement. “We need more progressives running and building power. To an extent, taking himself out of the running and off of the national stage is a missed opportunity.” As it stands, progressives may find themselves more than a little bummed out by the upcoming primary campaign. Warren keeps saying no; and neither Martin O’Malley, the banjo-playing former governor of Maryland, nor Bernie Sanders, the Brooklynite-turned-Socialist-mayor-turned-Independent-senator from Vermont, seems to be gaining much traction. And yet the timing could not be better for a candidate with a populist economic agenda to challenge Hillary Rodham Clinton and her close ties to Wall Street: Both Democrats and Republicans seem to have decided that this election will focus primarily on the plight of the middle class. “Yeah, and the Republicans really mean it,” Brown said sarcastically. “You know you’re on the record,” warned his communications director sitting beside him. “That’s fine,” he said. “He can’t print: ‘ “They really mean it,” Brown said sarcastically.’ ” But instead of offering himself up, Brown, who has campaigned on that very issue for years, said he has “zero interest” in running for higher office. “I don’t think you can do your job well in the Senate if you’re looking over your shoulder wanting to be president,” he said. He may be a fan of Warren and Sanders, but he isn’t above taking minor potshots at their headline-grabbing ways — pointing out, for example, that it’s much easier to be a progressive in Massachusetts and Vermont than in his home state of Ohio. Asked if Brown should run for president, Warren would not take the bait. “Sherrod really has been a great leader for years,” she said. “He has been true on core issues that matter to hardworking families.” Back during Obama’s first term, Brown was an advocate for a bigger stimulus package, a proponent for the reenactment of the Glass-Steagall Act, a critic of “fair trade” and its impact on manufacturing jobs back home. Recently he was one of the first Democrats to go on the offense to fight for more Social Security benefits. When Sen. Al Franken decided to run for Senate, he sought advice from Brown on how to run as a progressive in a purple state. Brown said he understands that the press attention that comes with a presidential run can be good for getting a message out, but it can also have a negative effect on building credibility with his colleagues. Former staffers of his also note that he lacks both an ability to make sound bites and the desire to climb the ladder of success necessary to be an enthralling national candidate. Most descriptions of him include the adjective “rumpled” to describe the attire that accompanies his unruly hair. His wife, Pulitzer-winning newspaper columnist Connie Schultz, has gotten so fed up with his habit of digging raggedy old socks out of the garbage that she tweeted a picture of him wearing them for the world to see. Which brings us to the Connie factor. Since they wed in 2004, the writer has mined their marriage for material and doesn’t hesitate to draw punchlines from their pillow talk. When she attended a 2008 speech he gave in Denver, a stranger beside her snarked about Brown’s raspy voice sounding like nails on chalkboard. “Well, I love his voice,” she remembered telling him, without revealing her connection. “I especially love it when he rolls over in the middle of the night and says I love you baby.” The man scurried off. But while he may go home to a journalist, Brown is not one for sucking up to the media: He spent the first chunk of an interview trashing the Boston Red Sox (even though his e-mail address begins with DamnYankees) and the second chunk deriding the “corporate masters” of The Washington Post editorial board. Then, there’s the fact that — how to put this? — he’s an older white guy. Post columnist George Will wrote that if the senator’s name were “Sharon” Brown, he would be a grass-roots favorite, and there is something to that. “People are not clamoring partly because there are a lot of positive overlaps with Warren,” said Chamberlain of DFA. “But she has something which he doesn’t, which is the ability to break the glass ceiling.” As far as a life story, it’s not the stuff of inspirational biopics. Brown grew up in Mansfield, Ohio, the son of a family doctor. He joined the Boy Scouts. He went to Yale. He got elected to the state legislature the year he graduated. “That he didn’t grow up poor is something of a chip on his shoulder,” said one of his former staffers. On his first date with Schultz, Brown wore a community college sweatshirt and gave her two pages of his favorite quotations. The one she says should be on his gravestone is from George Bernard Shaw: “I want to be thoroughly used up when I die.” After stints as Ohio’s secretary of state and more than a decade in the House of Representatives, Brown became the first Democrat in 14 years to win an Ohio Senate seat in 2006. By 2012 he had become one of the biggest targets for Republicans — but despite $40 million being spent against him he won. And did so maintaining his progressive message. “There’s a part of Sherrod that worries, always worries, that he isn’t measuring up,” Schultz said in a phone interview. “If there’s anything that keeps him going, that’s probably it.” And if there’s a path to the history books for Brown, he sees it through the Senate, more Ted Kennedy than Barack Obama. He will spend the next couple of years bucking the administration on trade deals — and if Democrats win back the Senate in 2016, expect fireworks from him as the chair of the Banking Committee. But, perhaps there’s hope for progressives. If Clinton gets the nomination and wants to allay the Warren wing of the party, maybe she can pick the progressive senator from a state she will need to win? “I have zero interest in being vice president,” Brown said. At least he knows how to speak like a potential VP pick. *The Hill blog: In The Know: “‘Wonder Woman’ actress: Hillary can have my Lasso of Truth” <http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/230955-wonder-woman-actress-hillary-can-have-my-lasso-of-truth>* By Judy Kurtz January 28, 2015, 1:00 p.m. EST Lynda Carter isn’t just offering Hillary Clinton an early endorsement; the “Wonder Woman” actress says the former secretary of State can even claim the Lasso of Truth as her own. Carter, who famously donned a patriotic leotard and golden belt as the superheroine on the 1970s TV show, told ITK recently she’s rooting for Clinton in 2016. “Hillary has my endorsement for all of her life and mine,” Carter said of Clinton, who has not formally thrown her Amazonian tiara into the ring. Then, the onetime TV crime-fighter dropped the bombshell that she’d even give up one tool from her character’s magical arsenal, too. “She can have my Lasso of Truth,” Carter, 63, said with a smile. The fictional weapon was “formed from Aphrodite’s girdle and forced whomever was bound with it to obey the commands of whomever held the other end,” according to a fan website. But it’s not just Clinton who Carter says she admires: “The women who are in Congress are the ones that float my boat,” the Washington-area resident said. “Look at other countries who have suppressed women — they’re a mess!” she exclaimed, before quickly adding, “We’re a mess too sometimes — but we need more women in politics, on whatever side you’re on. We just need the complexity and fire that women have.”