Hidden Messages: What Happens on the Way to Vegas

In the run-up to tomorrow night's debate, Hillary tweeted about her merits this evening in a cryptic kind of way. Similarly, a supporter we all know spoke to progressives about Hillary's liberal creds without mentioning names other than Hillary's. Time to clutch. We are about to go into third gear, but that does not imply a free-for-all. Hillary is the leader and will establish the game plan. We can be certain that will focus on policy and plans and not personally on opponents.

“One of the merits is I am a woman.” pic.twitter.com/v3W8c6sASU

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 12, 2015

Without Saying His Name, Top Clinton Ally Makes The Case Against Sanders

Ahead of the first Democratic debate, David Brock casts Clinton as the party’s “real progressive” with “real plans that work” in a speech delivered in San Francisco.

posted on Oct. 12, 2015, at 3:23 p.m.

Ruby Cramer

BuzzFeed News Reporter

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For six months, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has approached the nomination along two distinct, nearly opposite tracks: with an operation focused on the Democratic primary — and a message built to contrast almost exclusively with Republicans. At her town halls and rallies, Clinton only rarely mentions her Democratic opponents and compares her policies with theirs. Her focus remains on the other party.
But on the eve of the first Democratic debate, one of the candidate’s most trusted defenders, linked formally to the campaign through a coordinated super PAC, is set to sharply outline the case to progressives for Clinton — and against Sen. Bernie Sanders.
David Brock, the conservative-turned-liberal who has become a central player in the frontrunner’s campaign, will deliver a speech on Monday in San Francisco that casts Clinton as a lifelong progressive with the best platform, rooted in achievable proposals and decades of service to the Democratic Party at every level.
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His arguments remind me a lot of my own in 2008.  I have always thought of these statements more as points in her favor rather than criticisms of anyone else.  That said, I think I can safely predict that the fact that I admit to having used these arguments in 2008 is going to generate angry responses from some quarters.  Such is the burden borne by Hillary supporters who did not suddenly wake up to her in 2015 and have known her foci, goals, and objectives for decades. Got my flak jacket on.