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*​**Correct The Record Thursday October 23, 2014 Morning Roundup:* *Headlines:* *US News: Hillary Clinton on the Campaign Trail <http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/ken-walshs-washington/2014/10/23/hillary-clinton-on-the-campaign-trail>* “When Clinton started doing more campaign-like events earlier this year, she seemed rusty and off her game. Now she is showing considerable skill on the stump, and she is putting it to good use in urging support for Democratic candidates across the country.” *CNN: Hillary Clinton is returning to Iowa <http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/22/politics/hillary-clinton-iowa-october-29/index.html>* “Hillary Clinton is headed back to Iowa on October 29, according to a Democratic source with knowledge of the trip.” *CNN: Rand Paul to lay out four-pronged platform on foreign policy <http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/23/politics/rand-paul-foreign-policy/>* “It's also expected that Paul will take aim at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a frequent target of his in speeches on the campaign and fundraising trail, especially when it comes to the 2012 terrorist attack against the U.S. compound in Benghazi.” *Huffington Post: Paul Krugman: How About A Clinton-Warren Ticket Instead Of A Matchup? <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren_n_6030868.html>* “Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has an interesting vision of the 2016 Democratic presidential ticket: Hillary Clinton for president and Sen. Elizabeth Warren ‘looking over her shoulder so she doesn't stray too far.’" *Associated Press, via The Fresno Bee: Clinton renews ties in state she lost in '08 <http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/10/23/4193859/clinton-renews-ties-in-state-she.html>* “Hillary Rodham Clinton is on her way to Minnesota to give a late boost to Democrats on this fall's ballot and renew ties that could help her in a possible presidential bid.” *MLive: Bill Clinton targets Koch brothers, lauds Democrats' 'great experiment' in Flint speech <http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/10/former_president_bill_clinton_2.html>* “Stabenow also took the opportunity to make what appeared to be a plug for a 2016 presidential run by Clinton's wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.” *National Journal: Elizabeth Warren, Then: 'I Am Not Running For President.' Now: 'I Don't Think So.'On the delicate parsing of campaign speech. <http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-then-i-am-not-running-for-president-now-i-don-t-think-so-20141023>* “In a new interview with People, Sen. Elizabeth Warren openly shifted her tone when asked about her presidential ambitions.” *USA Today: The model for 'Madam Secretary?' It's not Hillary <http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/10/22/capital-download-tea-leoni-tim-daley-madame-secretary/17682579/>* “Téa Leoni had a model in mind when she shaped the role of Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord in the new CBS series Madam Secretary. It wasn't Hillary Rodham Clinton.” *Articles:* *US News: Hillary Clinton on the Campaign Trail <http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/ken-walshs-washington/2014/10/23/hillary-clinton-on-the-campaign-trail>* By Kenneth T. Walsh October 23, 2014 7:19 a.m. EDT [Subtitle:] Potential 2016 presidential candidate campaigns on behalf of fellow Democrats. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is doing everything possible to pave the way for a presidential run in 2016 short of actually announcing her candidacy, and fellow Democrats mostly like what they see. When Clinton started doing more campaign-like events earlier this year, she seemed rusty and off her game. Now she is showing considerable skill on the stump, and she is putting it to good use in urging support for Democratic candidates across the country. She made an enthusiastic pitch for women's votes in Colorado this week, arguing that Democrats are pushing for pay equality and making other efforts to help women while Republicans are blocking such moves. And she said Democrats have Middle America's interests at heart. "We need votes for people who believe in you, who worry about you and do everything in their power to give you and your families opportunities," she told a Democratic crowd in Aurora, Colorado. A senior Democratic strategist who has advised his party's congressional candidates for decades says Clinton is easing concerns that she is too much a part of the past. "She is defining herself as a contemporary figure," he said. "At this point, I'm sure more people feel they would be going forward with Hillary than backward with Hillary." And she is proving that she is not solely an adjunct of her husband, former President Bill Clinton, the strategist said, adding: "She is showing that she is her own person." Republicans, however, see her as too liberal and burdened with heavy baggage, partly from her husband's presidency when she stood by him during the Monica Lewinsky sex-and-lies scandal. She also has baggage from Barack Obama's presidency, during which she was secretary of state. GOP strategists say she has been tarnished by what they consider Obama's weak foreign policy. Clinton will travel back to Iowa on Oct. 29, according to CNN, for her second visit in about a month. She is expected to campaign again for Iowa Democrats including Bruce Braley, the party's nominee for the Senate who is in a close race with Republican nominee Joni Ernst. But there are other implications to her visit. Iowa will be the first state to hold presidential nominating caucuses in 2016, so Clinton's every step in the state is closely scrutinized to assess her appeal and whether she actually intends to run for the White House. She leads in the polls for the Democratic nomination but says she hasn't decided whether to run. Democrats of all stripes seem eager for her to enter the race. Liberals remain suspicious of her views on national security and they consider her too hawkish about using American power abroad. But many liberals have been reluctant to criticize Clinton because they believe she has a good chance to maintain the Democratic party's control of the White House and they don't want to undermine her. Also, many liberals don't see realistic alternatives to Hillary Clinton at this time. Centrist Democrats like her because they think she would not be a left-wing zealot and would push a Democratic agenda in Congress more effectively and pragmatically than President Obama. Clinton has traveled extensively on behalf of Democratic candidates this year, unlike Obama who has not been invited to appear with some major Democratic candidates in conservative states (even though he has been featured at many private fundraisers for his party across the country). In the past several weeks, Clinton has traveled to California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Democratic operatives who are close to Clinton say she will be actively campaigning right through the midterm election on Nov. 4. Clinton, the former first lady and senator from New York ran for president in 2008 and lost the nomination to Obama. Early in that campaign cycle, she was the prohibitive favorite among Democrats, as she is now, but her campaign fizzled. So there is always the chance for an upset. But for now, Hillary Clinton is soaring, and she appears to be enjoying the ride. *CNN: Hillary Clinton is returning to Iowa <http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/22/politics/hillary-clinton-iowa-october-29/index.html>* By Dan Merica October 22, 2014 Washington (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton is headed back to Iowa on October 29, according to a Democratic source with knowledge of the trip. The former first lady's visit comes just a little more than a month since she returned to Iowa after a six year hiatus. Clinton stumped for Bruce Braley, Iowa's Democratic Senate nominee, and other Iowa Democrats at the 37th annual - and final - Harkin Steak Fry in September. She had last visited the state in 2008. Braley is currently locked in a tight race to succeed Harkin in the Senate with Republican Joni Ernst. A number of big name Democrats have come to Iowa to help Braley. Vice President Joe Biden will stump for the Senate hopeful at an event in Davenport on Monday and first lady Michelle Obama stumped for him earlier this week. Any visit Clinton makes to Iowa - the crucially important first-in-the-nation caucus state - is immediately seen through the lens of 2016 politics given that the former first lady is widely seen as the Democratic frontrunner for president and has admitted that she is considering a run. Clinton's October visit to stump for Democrats in Iowa comes near the end of her prolonged push for Democrats across the country. Clinton has headlined political events in California, Colorado, Michigan, Kentucky, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Florida in the last month. And is expected to return to New Hampshire and Georgia by election day. While all of these events have been for Democrats seeking to win in November, the campaigning is also a way for Clinton to satisfy Democrats who expect their potential future presidential nominee to help the party in the years before the run. By election day, Clinton is expected to visit over 15 states in her midterm push. *CNN: Rand Paul to lay out four-pronged platform on foreign policy <http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/23/politics/rand-paul-foreign-policy/>* By Ashley Killough October 23, 2014 (CNN) -- For the first time since facing an onslaught of criticism this year over his foreign policy views, Sen. Rand Paul will spell out his comprehensive national security platform Thursday in remarks that his office bills as a major foreign policy speech. The Kentucky Republican, who's aggressively laying groundwork for a potential presidential campaign, is set to deliver his address in New York at the Center for the National Interest, a think-tank founded by former President Richard Nixon. In a four-pronged framework Paul will attempt to cement himself as a "conservative realist," according to his spokesman, and address critics that characterize his views as isolationist. Paul has tried to defend his traditionally non-interventionist positions in interviews and high-profile Senate floor speeches this year, as well as a speech early last year at the Heritage Foundation. But he aims to approach his speech Thursday from the perspective of a major, would-be U.S. leader, rather than a lawmaker, according to his spokesman. In four points, he'll outline how and when he would advocate for the use of force if the U.S. or U.S. interests are threatened, and he'll underscore his widely-known position that a U.S. president should seek authorization from Congress before taking military action. He's also set to talk at length about maintaining diplomatic relationships abroad, as well as discuss his views on sanctions—a topic he has not thoroughly elaborated on in the past. And finally, he'll reiterate a stance he has consistently taken--that the country's debt is one of its biggest national security threats. The first-term senator will disparage President Obama's handling of international affairs in his speech—not unfamiliar territory for Paul, who has repeatedly slammed the president for not coming to Congress before using force abroad. It's also expected that Paul will take aim at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a frequent target of his in speeches on the campaign and fundraising trail, especially when it comes to the 2012 terrorist attack against the U.S. compound in Benghazi. His speech comes as he attempts to further distance himself from the more libertarian views trumpeted by his father, three-time presidential candidate and former congressman Ron Paul. Elected with a wave of tea party support in 2010, Rand Paul has more sought to broaden his appeal to establishment Republicans and even Democrats as he eyes the presidency. The attention has attracted finely tuned scrutiny to his views and past statements on foreign policy, as Paul has been known to break with his own party and lean towards staying out of foreign entanglements. (Last month he slammed hawkish lawmakers for being "barnacled enablers" that have "never met a war they didn't like.") He was widely panned this year when he evolved in his opinion about the crisis in Ukraine, as well as the threat of ISIS in the Middle East, as both situations continued to worsen. On ISIS, for example, he penned an opinion piece earlier this summer openly questioning the value of launching air strikes against militants in Iraq. But not long after the beheading of American James Foley, Paul became supportive of a U.S.-lead air campaign against the terrorist organization—a change that critics made sure to highlight as a massive flip-flop but what Paul reluctantly admitted as a change in views based on the situation at hand, the "realist" side of his worldview. *Huffington Post: Paul Krugman: How About A Clinton-Warren Ticket Instead Of A Matchup? <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren_n_6030868.html>* By Amber Ferguson October 22, 2014 7:08 p.m. EDT Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has an interesting vision of the 2016 Democratic presidential ticket: Hillary Clinton for president and Sen. Elizabeth Warren “looking over her shoulder so she doesn't stray too far." Speaking on HuffPost Live Wednesday about Clinton’s domestic policy, Krugman said, “When she talks now, she sounds substantially to the left of the old Hillary Clinton.” “If she becomes president and then turns ... [and] runs back to the right, that’s going to be a problem. ... I guess part of one's hope, if she becomes president, [is that] she will in fact feel some need to avoid alienating the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party, which is for all practical purposes led by Elizabeth Warren right now,” Krugman said. As for a presidential bid from the Democratic senator from Massachusetts, he said it “would be an interesting thing” but predicted it would be unsuccessful. Warren has pushed back on rumors that she might go for the White House, telling ABC’s David Muir in April that she's "not running for president" but thinks "Hillary Clinton is terrific." Watch the full interview here <http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/paul-krugman-rolling-stone-in-defense-of-obama-/5438288c78c90a2f33000eee> . *Associated Press, via The Fresno Bee: Clinton renews ties in state she lost in '08 <http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/10/23/4193859/clinton-renews-ties-in-state-she.html>* [No author mentioned] October 23, 2014 ST. PAUL, MINN. — Hillary Rodham Clinton is on her way to Minnesota to give a late boost to Democrats on this fall's ballot and renew ties that could help her in a possible presidential bid. The former U.S. secretary of state, senator and first lady was headlining a rally Thursday at Macalester College and later holding a fundraiser for Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton. Her appearance was geared toward energizing voters about to decide the re-election fates of Dayton and first-term Democratic Sen. Al Franken. Dayton was a vocal Clinton backer when she sought the party's presidential nomination in 2008 and says he'd be in her corner if she runs in 2016. In the prior campaign, Clinton lost Minnesota's caucuses to now-President Barack Obama. *MLive: Bill Clinton targets Koch brothers, lauds Democrats' 'great experiment' in Flint speech <http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/10/former_president_bill_clinton_2.html>* By Gary Ridley October 22, 2014 5:00 p.m. EDT FLINT, MI -- The Koch brothers and out-of-state interest groups were in the crosshairs of former President Bill Clinton as he stopped in downtown Flint to stump for Democratic candidates. "When someone who is trying to sell you something has a strategy designed to stop you from thinking, they don't have your best interest at heart," Clinton said Wednesday, Oct. 22, during a roughly 30-minute speech at the Riverfront Banquet Center. Clinton accused the Kochs and other interest groups of pumping millions of dollars in negative ads into Michigan to drive a wedge into the electorate and stop voters from thinking for themselves. "Wherever people treat each other right, wherever they recognize their special individuality but embrace our common humanity, wherever people have open and honest disagreements for the purpose of reaching the best decision and they work together, good things are happening," Clinton said. Clinton was in Flint to campaign for Democratic candidates in the upcoming November election, particularly gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer and U.S. Senate candidate Gary Peters. Peters and Schauer shared the stage with Clinton during his speech. U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, who hosted the event, and Vanessa Guerra, Democratic candidate for the state's 95th District House seat, also shared the stage with Clinton. Democratic Party leaders have been vocal about rallying voters to the polls for the Nov. 4 election and Wednesday'sspeech was the most recent in a series of events aimed to increase voter turnout. Clinton, who has made multiple other campaign stops around the country this election season, called his party's drive to recruit more voters to the polls a "great experiment." Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Lon Johnson has implemented methods used by the successful President Barack Obama campaigns of 2008 and 2012 to try and draw out Democratic voters, but Republicans -- whose candidates tend to perform better in mid-term elections -- have countered by using technology to try to connect with more voters. A recent poll shows Schauer trailing Republican Gov. Rick Snyder by eight points, but Schauer supporters told MLive the numbers were "dead wrong." Recent polls show Peters has opened a double-digit lead over Republican challenger Terri Lynn Land. "I'm not happy about what's going on in this campaign and I see what's going on in Washington and all this gridlock and all this crazy stuff and I think, 'I know why that happened,'" Clinton said. "It happened because a different America shows up in the mid-term elections than shows up in the presidential elections." Clinton said his message could also be beneficial to his Republican counterparts. "If I'm right it would be good for our Republican friends, too, because we don't need a one-party country," Clinton said. "We need an ongoing debate and they would not be able to be taken over by their extremists and say all these kind of crazy things that are going on." A long line of other prominent Democratic lawmakers and candidates, including current U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin, echoed Clinton's claims as they took the stage. Stabenow also took the opportunity to make what appeared to be a plug for a 2016 presidential run by Clinton's wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "I kind of like the sound of another Clinton presidency," Stabenow said to a chorus of cheers. Roughly 1,000 people were expected to attend the speech and Clinton spoke to a conference room full of mostly partisan supporters. "I thought that it was great," Ron Panter said of Clinton's speech. Panter, of Flushing, said he is a typical Democratic voter but respected Clinton's message of politicians working together in Washington. However, Genesee County's Republican leadership said Clinton's message isn't what the hard-hit Flint and Genesee County community needs. "I noticed everyone in the MLive pictures online are standing line to get into this event look like they're really dressed nice and haven't been hurt by this failing economy; unlike if you go a couple blocks over to the rest of Flint where our residents are suffering greatly," said Tammy Allen, chairwoman of the Genesee County GOP. "Bill Clinton used his star power to steady Obama's re-election in 2012 when he was losing to Mitt Romney," Allen added. "Clinton said then, that Obama had four years and needed another four to turn things around. Clinton was wrong then -- and he's wrong now." *National Journal: Elizabeth Warren, Then: 'I Am Not Running For President.' Now: 'I Don't Think So.'On the delicate parsing of campaign speech. <http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-then-i-am-not-running-for-president-now-i-don-t-think-so-20141023>* By Emma Roller October 23, 2014 [Subtitle:]On the delicate parsing of campaign speech. Trying to read into politicians' language is often an exercise in futility—like trying to divine postmodern critical theory from Amelia Bedelia. But in a new interview with People, Sen. Elizabeth Warren openly shifted her tone when asked about her presidential ambitions. For the past year (at least), Warren has repeated the same line to every reporter who asked about any larger ambitions she might have: "I am not running for president." "No, I am not running for president," Warren told Katie Couric in September. "It is absolutely critical right now that we focus on the 2014 elections." Now, however, she's injecting more room for change into her response. "I don't think so," she told People when asked if she's interested in running. "If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open." Some political groups, like Ready For Warren, are already set to throw those doors open and embrace her, no matter how hesitant Warren may be to walk through them. 2016 forecasters are already projecting Warren could be a more progressive alternative to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries. The People interview, which doesn't go online in full until Friday, also gives a brief window into the relationship between the two women. "We have talked," Warren told the magazine. "It's not much more than that. Not much more." It's not the first time Warren has suggested some distance with Clinton. In her interview with Couric in September, Warren was asked if she thinks Clinton is "too cozy" with Wall Street. "I worry a lot about the relationship between all of them—regulators, government, and Wall Street," Warren said. Asked about Clinton, again, specifically, Warren said, "Well, I worry across the board." And both Warren and Clinton have upped their national profiles in recent months. Warren, like Clinton, has become a regular campaign surrogate in 2014—though Clinton didn't start campaigning in earnest until after Labor Day. For now, both women are content to campaign for other Democrats. *USA Today: The model for 'Madam Secretary?' It's not Hillary <http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/10/22/capital-download-tea-leoni-tim-daley-madame-secretary/17682579/>* By Susan Page October 22, 2014 3:22 p.m. EDT BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Téa Leoni had a model in mind when she shaped the role of Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord in the new CBS series Madam Secretary. It wasn't Hillary Rodham Clinton. "Truthfully, I didn't really go for a politician," Leoni says. "Elizabeth McCord is not a lifetime politician and not ambitious. I think more about the women, particularly the women who raised me — my grandmother and my mother. They were much more influential. But no one in my family has blond hair, so I'll give that one to Hillary." In an interview with USA TODAY, Leoni and co-star Tim Daly say the story of a woman raising children, nurturing her marriage and negotiating the workplace makes the show "relatable" to viewers, even if her workday happens to include winning the release of American hostages and saving nuclear negotiations with Iran. "Her circumstance may be larger, a more powerful job, whatever, but this is still a working mother," she says. Daly says his character — husband and religion professor Henry McCord — could be "an even more influential role model than the character of Elizabeth, because I think it's time that men kind of embrace and get over the fact that they're going to be married to women who are powerful or make more money or who have more notoriety. ... "They ought to have enough confidence to be able to say, 'Go, honey, this is awesome,' and not be threatened by the fact that their spouse is doing it." Like Bill Clinton does in all-but-openly urging his wife to run for president in 2016? "Yes," he says. To which Leoni interjects, "You did not model yourself on Bill Clinton." "Oh, no," he agrees with a drawl. Leoni and Daly sat down with Capital Download, a weekly video newsmaker series, on the set of the Brooklyn studio where the series is filmed. During a break in the filming of episode 11, they plop in leather-like chairs around a long table in the faux White House Situation Room, a presidential seal on the wall behind them. She picks up the microphone wires draped on the chair and holds them up to her chest as though they were attached to a defibrillator. "Clear! Clear!" she shouts to no one in particular. When Daly struggles to get his microphone threaded underneath his navy sweater and attached to the collar, she takes over. "This is not a guy thing," she declares. "I don't mean to be sexist, but it's not." Leoni says she likes playing "a fish out of water" — that is, not exactly a secretary of State in the mold of Henry Kissinger or Colin Powell. "There's a fantasy aspect to these roles, the idea of coming into one of the most powerful positions on Earth and having a go at it, with thinking outside the box and not going maybe the way it's traditionally meant to be done." It is, she adds, a job that suits a women's strengths. "I do think as women we could be lauded a little bit more strongly for our inherent diplomatic skills." Besides their acting careers, both Leoni and Daly have a history of engagement in public affairs. Daly is president of the Creative Coalition, an arts advocacy group. Leoni's grandmother, Helenka Pantaleoni, served as president of the UNICEF U.S. Fund for decades; Leoni now sits on the group's board of directors. And they're not oblivious to the draw of D.C: They've already accepted invitations for next spring's White House Correspondents Association Dinner from CBS News veteran Bob Schieffer ("I have a real crush happening there," she says of the host of Face the Nation) and Madeleine Albright. Who really was secretary of State. *Calendar:* *Sec. Clinton's upcoming appearances as reported online. Not an official schedule.* · October 23 – MN: Sec. Clinton fundraises for Gov. Mark Dayton (AP <http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/279621542.html>) · October 23 – MN: Sec. Clinton campaigns for Gov. Mark Dayton ( Star-Tribune <http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/279621542.html>) · October 24 – RI: Sec. Clinton campaigns for Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Gina Raimondo (Politico <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/hillary-clinton-gina-raimondo-rhode-island-elections-111750.html> ) · October 24 – Mass.: Sec. Clinton campaigns for Mass. gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley (CNN <https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/522906865332944896>) · October 24 – NE: Sec. Clinton campaigns for ME gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud (PressHerald <http://www.pressherald.com/2014/10/19/hillary-clinton-to-stump-for-michaud-in-maine/> ) · October 25 – NC: Sec. Clinton campaigns for Sen. Kay Hagan (AP <http://abc11.com/politics/hillary-rodham-clinton-to-campaign-for-hagan/356139/> ) · October 29 – IA: Sec. Clinton campaigns for Iowa Democrats (CNN <http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/22/politics/hillary-clinton-iowa-october-29/index.html> ) · October 30 – Washington, DC: Sec. Clinton speaks at the launch of The International Council on Women’s Business Leadership (CNN <https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/522470101749342208>) · 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/>)