On the Road with Hillary Clinton in Louisiana: Baton Rouge

Among the 48 contiguous states, probably is none has a recent history as battered and a future as invested positions of candidates for 2016 as Louisiana.  Whatever route the Keystone pipeline might take if it is approved, the end point is not in question.  It is the gulf.
Katrina and the BP gusher have taken their tolls there.  Recovery is incomplete.  There is no time like the present for Hillary Clinton to take her message to a beleagured state anxious about its future under any new administration.
She held a grassroots organizing meeting in Baton Rouge today and will be spending the week on the subject of the Affordable Care Act and how it can be strengthened.

Hillary Clinton on repealing Obamacare: 'Not on my watch'

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (CNN)Hillary Clinton previewed her fixes to the Affordable Care Act on Monday, telling an audience in Louisiana that while the law it working, there is still more than needs to be done to improve it.

Attaching herself to one of President Barack Obama's signature legislative achievements, Clinton used an organizing event in Baton Rouge -- her first in the state as a candidate -- to slam Republican attempts to repeal the law.

"All of the Republicans candidates for president are determined to get rid of the Affordable Care," she said. "I will tell you, I am not going to let them rip away the progress we made, I am not going to let them tear up that law, kick 16 million people off health coverage and force this country to start the health care debate all over again. Not on my watch."

Clinton plans to use the coming week -- and a series of events in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Des Moines, Iowa -- to outline what she feels is working in Obamacare, and more notably, what isn't.

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton waves during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton takes a photo with a supporter during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton poses for a photo with a supporter after speaking to a grassroots organizing meeting at the Louisiana Leadership Institute in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 21, 2015. REUTERS/Lee Celano

A supporter waves a sign for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton while Clinton speaks to a grassroots organizing meeting at the Louisiana Leadership Institute in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 21, 2015. REUTERS/Lee Celano

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton accompanied by Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., speaks during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton greets supporters during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton accompanied by Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., waves to supporters during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton greets supporters during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)