Hillary Clinton is not familiar. She is revolutionary. Not radical, but revolutionary: the distinction is crucial. She is one of America’s greatest modern creations. Her decades in our public life must not blind us to the fact that she represents new realities and possibilities. Indeed, those same decades have conferred upon her what newness usually lacks: judgment, and even wisdom.
Women who advocate for other women are often pigeonholed and pushed to the margins. That hasn’t happened to Hillary, because when she’s standing up for the rights of women and girls, she is speaking not only of gender but also of justice and liberty.
As Hillary has always made clear, these values are universal, and fulfilling them is a practical and moral pursuit. She is a realist with a conscience and an idealist who is comfortable with the exercise of power.
This helps explain why she has been so effective, even in this golden age of polarization. Hillary knows how to draw opponents out of their fighting corners and forge solutions on common ground. She practices the politics of reconciliation and reason. Which, not coincidentally, is also the politics of progress.
It matters, of course, that Hillary is a woman. But what matters more is what kind of woman she is.
And she wrote this about Elizabeth Warren:
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It was always going to take a special kind of leader to pick up Ted Kennedy’s mantle as senior Senator from Massachusetts—champion of working families and scourge of special interests. Elizabeth Warren never lets us forget that the work of taming Wall Street’s irresponsible risk taking and reforming our financial system is far from finished. And she never hesitates to hold powerful people’s feet to the fire: bankers, lobbyists, senior government officials and, yes, even presidential aspirants.
Elizabeth Warren’s journey from janitor’s daughter to Harvard professor to public watchdog to U.S. Senator has been driven by an unflagging determination to level the playing field for hardworking American families like the one she grew up with in Oklahoma. She fights so hard for others to share in the American Dream because she lived it herself.
Jeb Bush made it too:
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Call him Jeb, please. Because his last name is, well, complicated. John Ellis Bush has been busy this spring working boardrooms for cash and backyard patios for grassroots support while introducing himself to voters across the country. The buttoned-up former governor of Florida hopes to attract a new, more diverse generation of voters to a party that has lost the popular vote in five of the past six presidential elections.
In Tallahassee, Bush developed a reputation as one of the most conservative governors in the country, leading the charge on education reform, pro-life legislation and tax cuts. Now he’s looking to follow his father and brother to the White House on a platform of reaffirming the “right to rise” into the middle class. His administration was among the most tech-forward of his era, and the prolifically emailing pol is plotting to embrace new tools to engage voters in a conversation.
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His course is clear, but his path is hardly unobstructed. And so Bush is hiring staff and raising money as he looks to run a “joyful” campaign in a crowded field. It is his first race in 13 years. His fundraising network and his name will take him far; whether it can take him the distance is far from clear. For now, however, he is the Republican to watch.
And Rand Paul wrote an entry:
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Charles and David Koch are well known for their business success, their generous philanthropic efforts and for their focus on innovation in management. Some also know them for their activism in the political realm. All of these are important contributions to society. What is underappreciated is their passion for freedom and their commitment to ideas. Unlike many crony capitalists who troll the halls of Congress looking for favors, the Kochs have consistently lobbied against special-interest politics.
For decades they have funded institutes that promote ideas, not politics, such as Cato and the Mercatus Center. They have always stood for freedom, equality and opportunity. Consistent with their love of liberty, they have become prominent advocates for criminal-justice reform. The Koch brothers’ investment in freedom-loving think tanks will carry on for generations, reminding all of us that ideas and convictions ultimately trump all else.
Hillary Clinton has a new position on same-sex marriage
By Dan Merica, CNN
Updated 6:51 AM ET, Thu April 16, 2015
Clinton's low-key start to her campaign
Clinton's low-key start to her campaign 02:52
Washington (CNN)As recently as a year ago, Hillary Clinton was sparring with a public radio host about her position on same-sex marriage, defending her past reticence to discuss the issue and falling well short of full-throated support. Now, in a markedly new position, Clinton is offering just that, calling gay marriage a right afforded by the Constitution.
"Hillary Clinton supports marriage equality and hopes the Supreme Court will come down on the side of same-sex couples being guaranteed that constitutional right," said Adrienne Elrod, a Clinton spokeswoman, in a statement.
"Unlike many crony capitalists who troll the halls of Congress looking for favors, the Kochs have consistently lobbied against special-interest politics."
"The Koch brothers’ investment in freedom-loving think tanks will carry on for generations, reminding all of us that ideas and convictions ultimately trump all else. "
The amount of ass-licking.
Consistently bribing Republicans to attack climate change, because environmental protection can be a threat to the expansion of Koch Industries is not special-interest politics?
Huckabee his expected to announce is candidacy on May 5. Mind you, this is the man who Said Sandy and those 20 children that where killed was a work of God because we irradicated prayer from school.
I will be voting in 2016, and, um...is this supposed to be a difficult process? Because, I mean...the confirmed GOP candidates, so far, are Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Ted Cruz.
I will be voting in 2016, and, um...is this supposed to be a difficult process? Because, I mean...the confirmed GOP candidates, so far, are Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Ted Cruz.
