Correct The Record Wednesday October 29, 2014 Afternoon Roundup

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*​**Correct The Record Wednesday October 29, 2014 Afternoon Roundup:* *Tweets:* *Correct The Record* @CorrectRecord: In @NationalJournal <https://twitter.com/nationaljournal> @SenGillibrand <https://twitter.com/SenGillibrand> says @HillaryClinton <https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton> is "the strongest candidate the Democrats could field." http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/kirsten-gillibrand-it-s-vital-that-a-woman-becomes-president-in-2016-20141028 … <http://t.co/zOXLmm38Cf> [10/28/14, 5:42 p.m. EDT <https://twitter.com/CorrectRecord/status/527213764479700992>] *Correct The Record* @CorrectRecord: .@SenGillibrand <https://twitter.com/SenGillibrand>: "I am very hopeful that [ @HillaryClinton <https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton>] will decide to run." http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/kirsten-gillibrand-it-s-vital-that-a-woman-becomes-president-in-2016-20141028 … <http://t.co/Kd5EBbQK0H> [10/28/14, 5:40 p.m. EDT <https://twitter.com/CorrectRecord/status/527213339932626944>] *Correct The Record* @CorrectRecord: .@HillaryClinton <https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton> launched Connect 2022 to make energy more economically viable throughout our hemisphere #HRC365 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/HRC365?src=hash> http://correctrecord.org/hillary-clinton-fueling-americas-energy-future/ … <http://t.co/aPIqKGj3yR> [10/28/14, 3:31 p.m. EDT <https://twitter.com/CorrectRecord/status/527180760482988033>] *Headlines:* *MSNBC: “Why Hillary Clinton attracts so many early attacks” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-has-gaffe-problem-the-target-her-back?cid=eml_mda_20141029>* "Every presidential candidate will face manufactured controversy, but usually not before the previous election has concluded. Republicans are understandably calculating that Clinton will be her party’s next nominee, so they’re getting a jump-start on 2016’s battles in 2014." *Washington Post blog: Post Politics: “Battle of the former secretaries of state” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/10/29/battle-of-the-former-secretaries-of-state/>* “The [Sec. Condoleezza Rice- Joni Ernst] endorsement comes the same day Rep. Bruce Braley, Ernst's Democratic opponent, is planning to campaign with another former secretary of state: Hillary Clinton.” *The Daily Beast: “What Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff Can Teach Hillary Clinton” <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/29/what-brazil-s-dilma-rousseff-can-teach-hillary-clinton.html>* [Subtitle:] "Rousseff won reelection as Brazil’s president because she championed economic policies that protected and advanced the economic security of women and children, not investors and markets" *The Hill blog: Briefing Room: “Commerce Sec responds to Clinton: ‘Yes, private sector creates jobs’” <http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/222170-commerce-sec-responds-to-clinton-yes-private-sector-creates>* “Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker offered a counterpoint to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s remarks on jobs last week.” *The Hill: “Iowa not ready to crown Hillary” <http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/222185-iowa-not-ready-to-crown-hillary>* “Many Democrats in the first-in-the-nation caucus state who rejected Hillary Clinton seven years ago say they’re keeping their options open and aren’t quite ready to crown the former secretary of state in 2016.” *Huffington Post: “Rand Paul Mocks Hillary Clinton Over Jobs Remark” <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/29/rand-paul-hillary-clinton-jobs_n_6067732.html>* “Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wasted no time turning a Hillary Clinton remark about jobs into a laugh line on the campaign trail.” *CBS Los Angeles: “Bill Clinton To Rally For Democrats At Oxnard College” <http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/10/29/bill-clinton-to-rally-democratic-voters-in-oxnard/>* “Clinton will be on hand at Oxnard College to help bolster support for Democrats in three local races: Rep. Raul Ruiz of Palm Desert, Rep. Julia Brownley of Westlake Village, and Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar, who is running for the 31st Congressional District seat in San Bernardino County.” *Articles:* *MSNBC: “Why Hillary Clinton attracts so many early attacks” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-has-gaffe-problem-the-target-her-back?cid=eml_mda_20141029>* By Alex Seitz-Wald October 29, 2014 7:25 a.m. EDT Hillary Clinton has a gaffe problem. But it’s not her words, it’s the target on her back. The former secretary of state is as prone to putting her foot in her mouth as any other prominent political figure. But unlike any other potential 2016 presidential contender, the other party’s entire rhetorical arsenal is already pointed at her, before she even has a campaign. This week, 745 days before her name might appear on a general election ballot, the GOP demonstrated its firepower. On Friday, while campaigning for Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Clinton tripped over her tongue by saying business don’t create jobs. “Don’t let anybody tell you it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs,” Clinton said, contradicting what she has written in several books and in her decades of public service. By Monday, the gaffe had mushroomed into a full-blown political controversy the likes of which haven’t been seen since 2012’s infamous “you didn’t build that.” Clinton meant to say that tax breaks for corporations and businesses don’t create jobs, as she later explained. But Republicans saw the remark as revealing Clinton’s inner leftist (she was campaigning with Warren, after all) or at least as an attempt to pander to the base. Talk of the gaffe dominated conservative blogs and broadcasts, as outside groups piled on. Rush Limbaugh said Clinton was part of a “marauding band aiming at every private sector business they can get their hands on.” Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, declared Clinton to be bad at politics and “not ready for primetime.” Wall Streeters reportedly quivered (never mind that Republicans’ previous attacks had focused on Clinton’s wealth and coziness with big money elites). Every presidential candidate will face manufactured controversy, but usually not before the previous election has concluded. Republicans are understandably calculating that Clinton will be her party’s next nominee, so they’re getting a jump-start on 2016’s battles in 2014. There are already teams of partisan researchers poring over every word she says, and several super PACs committed exclusively to derailing her expected-candidacy – not to mention plenty of reporters eager for a story. Clinton has already been chased by a Republican squirrel, Photoshopped using a walker and made several gaffes that will be filed away to haunt her later. For the next two years, Clinton will have to endure the kind of pressure and scrutiny typically reserved for the homestretch of a presidential campaign. Anything less than perfect will be a seen as a failure for her. That raises the price of gaffes, and makes taking risks more dangerous. While the book tour for her memoir, “Hard Choices,” was rife with missteps, its notable that her ventures on the campaign trail for Democrats has been mostly flawless – untilFriday. Still, it’s nothing new for Clinton, who has spent the past 30 years in the public eye, and often at the center of controversy. But it’s that high profile that attracts the early attacks. *Washington Post blog: Post Politics: “Battle of the former secretaries of state” <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/10/29/battle-of-the-former-secretaries-of-state/>* By Sean Sullivan October 29, 2014, 9:31 a.m. EDT Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice endorsed Republican Joni Ernst's bid for U.S. Senate in IowaWednesday, making a rare entree into campaign politics. “Joni Ernst has dedicated her life to the service of others, bravely leading troops in Iraq and safely bringing them home to Iowa. Now Iowans have an opportunity to make her the first female combat veteran to ever serve in the U.S. Senate," Rice said in a statement distributed by Ernst's campaign. The endorsement comes the same day Rep. Bruce Braley, Ernst's Democratic opponent, is planning to campaign with another former secretary of state: Hillary Clinton. Ernst and Braley are in a close race, polls show. The outcome in Iowa could decide which party controls the Senate in 2015. As The Post's Philip Rucker noted on Twitter, this is rare show of direct candidate support from Rice. The only ad she has cut for a Senate candidate is the one she did for Dan Sullivan (R) in Alaska. Sullivan is a former State Department official. *The Daily Beast: “What Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff Can Teach Hillary Clinton” <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/29/what-brazil-s-dilma-rousseff-can-teach-hillary-clinton.html>* By Heather Arnet October 29, 2014 [Subtitle:] Rousseff won reelection as Brazil’s president because she championed economic policies that protected and advanced the economic security of women and children, not investors and markets On Sunday, Dilma Rousseff won re-election to continue her service as president of the fifth largest country in the world. As Brazil’s first female president fought for re-election one thing was clear, the economy would be the focus of the race. As Americans head into November’s mid-term elections and prepare to begin a new presidential campaign cycle, it would be wise to look to Brazil to see the impact that economic divides and gender can have on elections. Ronald Reagan famously coined the phrase, “Are you better off now then you were four years ago?” For millions of Brazilians the answer is a resounding yes. But from the coverage of the Brazilian presidential race in the U.S. and European media you could easily have had the impression that Brazil was teetering on the edge of economic collapse. How could an economy, which resulted in lifting 40 million people out of poverty and into the middle class, and with historically low unemployment figures,be considered a troubled economy? It all depends on whose economic interests define your perspective. Last year, while filming the documentary “Madame Presidenta: Why Not U.S.?” I interviewed Lilian, a single mother living in a Rio de Janeiro favela. Because of Brazil’s economic subsidy program for low-income mothers and families (Bolsa Familia), Lilian was able to have a steady income. For the first time her children reliably received healthcare and consistently went to school. Lilian and her friend opened a small business, and Lilian’s face glowed with pride as she told me about her daughter, who was going to college to become a psychologist. Lilian said all of these things were nearly impossible to even dream about just a decade earlier. As other nations fell into recession and declared strict austerity measures, cutting social services, education, healthcare, and government jobs, Brazil invested in all of these. In addition to expanding Brazil’s economic subsidy program, Rousseff also led efforts to successfully pass legislation mandating that income from national oil and energy reserves be reinvested in expanding education and healthcare opportunities for the poor. But investing in the people of Brazil meant that there were less profits for international investors. The one percent in Brazil and the one percent internationally were still making profits on their Brazilian holdings, because the Brazilian economy was still growing. But they were not making enough profits, as the rate of growth had slowed as Brazil invested in the welfare of its own people. And so the elites demanded that it was time for change. It was striking to see that nearly all media coverage of this year’s Brazilian presidential election focused on how the “markets” and “investors” were strongly behind Rousseff’s fiscal conservative competitor Aecio Neves. And how investor confidence would fall drastically each time Rousseff rose in the polls. These same articles would cite in the sixth or seventh paragraph that while it was true that tens of millions of families were lifted out of poverty by Rousseff and her party’s economic policies, broad national growth and inflation had suffered under Rousseff. What the articles failed to mention was that it is only the extremely rich who were not benefiting from these policies. And so how is it that Rousseff still managed to eek out a win, when both media coverage and investors strongly were against her? Because in Brazil, voting is mandatory. When the poor have equitable access to voting, they have the ability to vote to support their own economic interests. And in Brazil, like in most countries, women make up the majority of those voters. U.S. and European media attempted to position Maria Silva (who was Dilma’s closest competitor going into the first round of the election) as a “change” candidate. But Silva fell in the polls once it became clear that as an evangelical she had pledged to roll back gay rights, family planning and birth control access which Dilma’s party had expanded. In Brazil these are not considered “social” issues. The people of Brazil recognize these as core economic issues. Increased access to affordable birth control has strengthened the economic security of communities. Increased access to reproductive healthcare has resulted in better maternal and infant health outcomes. Increased rights for members of the LGBTQ community have resulted in more physical and economic security for these families. The millions of people who have benefited from these policies were not looking to elect a “change” candidate to strip these rights away. Gender received little mention in coverage of the Brazilian presidential election when the top two candidates were women. But with Silva out of the race gender politics reappeared. In fact much of the rhetoric around Aecio Neves positioned him as a patriarch who could control Brazil’s economy and redirect it from Rousseff’s maternal welfare state. During the last presidential debate, Neves went so far to refer to Rousseff as “flighty.” The backlash from female voters was felt immediately in the polls. Female voters quickly criticized Neves for using sexist language to attack a woman who once was a Marxist guerilla who had been arrested and tortured for her commitment to democracy and an economist who had served as a cabinet minister and as Brazil’s first female president. It seems Brazilian voters could abide most of the mud slinging that occurred at the debates, but chauvinism was where they drew the line. As we approach 2016, and as Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, and others consider running to become this country’s first female president, each of these women would be wise to take a page out of Rousseff’s playbook. Already Warren has been leading the charge against economic inequity. Her biting criticism of the banking industry and market conditions, which support the interests of the very rich at the expense of the nation’s most vulnerable, have been receiving standing ovations wherever she goes. If Hillary Clinton is eyeing another attempt at the presidency she needs to develop an economic agenda that incorporates these themes and responds to this call to arms with a detailed plan for action. As outspoken as Warren has been as a champion for the middle class, Clinton has been a consistent champion for women’s economic and physical security. Her 1995 speech in Beijing, when she declared, “Women’s rights are human rights” became the guiding mantra of the U.S. State Department during her tenure. For the first time, the State Department created an office focused on women’s international rights. By now it is common knowledge that as Secretary of State, Clinton visited more countries and met with more heads of state then any previous Secretary of State. But what is less known, and which Clinton herself should amplify, is that in each of these countries she demanded to meet with women’s movement leaders and to make women’s economic and physical security an item for discussion in every diplomatic agenda. Women – candidates, pundits, PACs, and voters – are poised to have a tremendous impact in the results of this year’s mid-term elections. If this country is on the verge of electing its first female president, the economic interests of women and their families should take center stage. Dilma Rousseff was not elected or re-elected because she was a woman. But to win she needed women to strongly support her. To earn their votes she championed economic policies that protected and advanced the economic security of women and children, not investors and markets. Women have been the majority of the U.S. voting base for some time. But now it is time for them to put their interests in the forefront for the sake of the nation. *The Hill blog: Briefing Room: “Commerce Sec responds to Clinton: ‘Yes, private sector creates jobs’” <http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/222170-commerce-sec-responds-to-clinton-yes-private-sector-creates>* By Julian Hattem October 29, 2014, 9:28 a.m. EDT Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker offered a counterpoint to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s remarks on jobs last week. “Yes, the private sector creates jobs,” Pritzker said on Wednesday at the Washington Ideas Forum. “Our job is to set the conditions so the private sector can create jobs,” she added, explaining the role of the Commerce Department. “What we’re focused on and what we’re working on is making sure there’s good infrastructure in this country, making sure there’s a skilled workforce in this country, making sure there’s a good environment for investment.” Pritzker’s comment came after a question prompted by Clinton’s remarks at a political rally in Massachusetts on Friday, in which she said: “Don’t let anybody tell you that, you know, it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.” Clinton walked back the comment this week, saying she “short-handed” the point about limiting outsourcing and tax breaks for major corporations. But conservative pundits quickly pounced on the remarks, calling it a blatant attempt to appeal to backers of populist Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said that the comments were a sign that Clinton is “not really good at politics.” *The Hill: “Iowa not ready to crown Hillary” <http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/222185-iowa-not-ready-to-crown-hillary>* By Scott Wong October 29, 2014, 10:34 a.m. EDT CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Will they ever love Hillary here? Many Democrats in the first-in-the-nation caucus state who rejected Hillary Clinton seven years ago say they’re keeping their options open and aren’t quite ready to crown the former secretary of state in 2016. Sure, there are plenty of Iowans eager to send the Clintons back to the White House. And for months, Ready for Hillary, the outside group backing a Clinton run, has been on the ground in the Hawkeye State, hiring staff, recruiting volunteers and building excitement for what’s seen as her inevitable candidacy. Polls suggest she’s the clear favorite. But as Clinton returns to Iowa Wednesday for the second time in two months – this time to stump with Democratic Senate hopeful Bruce Braley – Democrats throughout the state say they’re still sizing up the field of possible candidates. “New blood” is a popular refrain. Several said they hope to draft another woman, Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator and favorite of progressives, into the race. And two-term Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s recent visits to the state have caught the attention of some grassroots activists. “I’ve yet to make up my mind and I don’t like the idea of political dynasties,” Tom O’Donnell, 55, a former science reporter and editor, said at a Braley rally near Des Moines before heading out with his wife and son to canvass neighborhoods. “Largely, she’s ahead on name recognition and her good record as secretary of state,” he said. “But O’Malley has been here and worked hard for candidates I’ve liked and that automatically makes me want to know more about him.” Candice Jakes, 25, a Texas native who now lives in Iowa, attended a rally this week with Vice President Biden and Braley in the Quad Cities area. But she said she doesn’t fall in either the Biden or Hillary camps. “I like Hillary, but I’m keeping an open mind and see what people have to say in case a particular candidate impressed me,” said Jakes, who described herself as a moderate Democrat. “I don’t have a favorite yet at all.” Clinton is the latest in a parade of presidential aspirants who have descended on Iowa this week to boost House and Senate candidates in Tuesday’s midterm election, from Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to Biden. The former first lady will rally with Braley, a current congressman, at a union hall here in Cedar Rapids before the duo head to a second event in Davenport. Then, Bill Clinton comes to nearby Waterloo on Saturday to headline Braley’s annual Bruce, Blues & BBQ fundraiser. The Clintons were last in Iowa in September for retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin’s final steak fry. It was the first time Hillary Clinton had set foot in the state since January 2008, when she finished a humiliating third place in the Iowa caucuses behind Barack Obama and another one of her Senate colleagues, John Edwards of North Carolina. Months before her horrible finish, Clinton's campaign staffers had clashed over whether she should pull out of Iowa given her poor poll numbers. Clinton’s deputy campaign manager, in a memo that was leaked to The New York Times, argued that those valuable days on campaign trail and millions of dollars would be better spent in other early primary states like New Hampshire. In his successful 1992 race, Bill Clinton had skipped the state, ceding it to Harkin, the popular Iowa senator who was running against him in the primary. But Hillary stayed – and lost big. This time, no one is suggesting Clinton should skip Iowa and decamp to more favorable territory. She’s dominating in the polls: A recent Bloomberg News/Des Moines Register survey of Iowa caucus-goers showed Clinton with 53 percent; Warren was a distant second with 10 percent. And many Democrats simply blanked when asked whom they might back as an alternative to Clinton. “I think she needs to come back,” said Karen Schulte, 57, who was taking in the World Series game Tuesday night with her husband, Steve, at The Irish Democrat, a Cedar Rapids bar and grill adorned with Kennedy, Carter and FDR campaign posters, a black and white photo of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley at the ’68 Democratic convention, and a yellowing newspaper front page from the day after Nixon resigned. “I think there were positive things about Hillary,” she added. “I would be fine with Hillary, but I think that competition is good. I mean Obama came from basically nowhere. So did Bill Clinton. But they proved themselves. I would entertain Hillary, but if the Democrats can show up with someone that’s equally knowledgeable on world affairs, we need to have that.” The conversation also centered on politics at the bar at Jethro's BBQ 'n Bacon Bacon in West Des Moines, where a couple and their two friends could be overheard discussing a new show playing on an overhead flatscreen TV: “Madam Secretary.” “It’s based on Hillary Clinton,” one said. All four backed Obama over Clinton during the 2008 primary. And a man in the group, who would only give his name as Don, said he was still bothered by some of Bill Clinton’s racially tinged attacks on Obama before the South Carolina primary six years ago. “I lost something for her based on some things that they did in that election against Obama,” said Don, who’s lived with his wife in Des Moines for the past 30 years. “I would like to see younger Democratic blood, new blood,” though he added that he would get behind her candidacy if the GOP puts up a strong candidate. But other Obama ’08 backers are already committing to Clinton. Paul Milton, 62, who is African American, said he voted for Obama last time because he wanted to see the first black president. Now he wants to help put the first woman in the White House. “Hillary is my lady. I’m kinda rootin’ for her,” Milton, who retired from a traffic-lights manufacturing company, said as he waited to see Biden and Braley at a minor league ballpark in Davenport. “Joe is cool but I want to see a lady up here for a change. I want to see change.” *Huffington Post: “Rand Paul Mocks Hillary Clinton Over Jobs Remark” <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/29/rand-paul-hillary-clinton-jobs_n_6067732.html>* By Igor Bobic October 29, 2014, 10:46 a.m. EDT Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wasted no time turning a Hillary Clinton remark about jobs into a laugh line on the campaign trail. Republicans seized on the remark last week when, in a speech denouncing "trickle down" economics, the former secretary of state said, "Don't let anybody tell you that it's corporations and businesses that create jobs." Three days later, however, Clinton was back on the trail to take another stab at an argument popularized by progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). "Let me be absolutely clear about what I've been saying for a couple of decades: Our economy grows when businesses and entrepreneurs create good-paying jobs here in an America where workers and families are empowered to build from the bottom up and the middle out -- not when we hand out tax breaks for corporations that outsource jobs or stash their profits overseas," she said. But one quote was enough for Paul, who, like Clinton, has been making moves toward a future presidential run. Addressing supporters of vulnerable Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) in Wichita on Tuesday, the Kentucky Republican likened the remark to President Barack Obama's "You didn't build that" comment that Republicans eventually turned into a theme at the 2012 presidential nominating convention. Like Clinton, Obama was laying out the progressive case that businesses owe some of their success to the efforts of government. "The president says, you didn't build that, it just sort of happened," Paul said, according to BuzzFeed. "The plane just sort of came into being because it was a public road and a public library." "Hillary Clinton comes up and she says, 'Businesses don't create jobs.' Anybody here think businesses don't create jobs?" Paul added. "I'm here today to endorse Pat Roberts and [Kansas Gov.] Sam Brownback, because you know what? They know that businesses do create jobs, and I hope you know that too." Paul again tested the attack at another Roberts campaign stop in Overland Park, telling an adoring crowd, "Hillary Clinton says, 'Well, businesses don't create jobs.' Anybody believe that?" This isn't the first time Paul has turned his sights on Clinton. He rarely delivers a speech without turning her record on the Benghazi terror attacks, Libya, Iraq or climate change into a punch line. But it could be the opening salvo of a future line of attack -- one that failed for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012 -- should Clinton decide to run for president. *CBS Los Angeles: “Bill Clinton To Rally For Democrats At Oxnard College” <http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/10/29/bill-clinton-to-rally-democratic-voters-in-oxnard/>* [No Writer Mentioned] October 29, 2014, 8:40 a.m. EDT Former President Bill Clinton was set to urge Democratic voters to head to the voting booth next week at a rallyWednesday in Oxnard. Clinton will be on hand at Oxnard College to help bolster support for Democrats in three local races: Rep. Raul Ruiz of Palm Desert, Rep. Julia Brownley of Westlake Village, and Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar, who is running for the 31st Congressional District seat in San Bernardino County. At the “Get Out The Vote” rally, Clinton is expected to address the importance of voting for “advocates of the middle class like Brownley, Ruiz, and Aguilar.” His visit comes after House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, stopped by the district to stump for Ruiz’s Republican challenger, Assemblyman Brian Nestande. Former Secretary of State and potential 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was in the Southland last week for a Democratic fundraiser in Brentwood.