Today at a press conference in Maryland, Hillary Clinton told a reporter she felt comfortable commenting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership while not commenting on Keystone because she never worked on TPP:
Clinton’s decision to re-write history on her work on trade, as well as her excuse to take no position on the Keystone pipeline, provide more evidence that she will say or do anything to get elected.
Senator Russ Feingold, member of the United States Senate for the 103rd, 104th, 105th, 106th, 107th, 108th, 109th, 110th, and 111th United States Congresses, would prefer voters not refer to him as “Senator” for fear that his association with the Senate and Washington, DC could give the impression he’s too much of a DC insider and derail his plans to return… to Washington, DC.
The Washington Free Beacon and Milwaukee Journal Sentinelreported on the video clip, which depicted Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairwoman Martha Laning instructing a group of individuals to call Senator Feingold “Russ.”
“Never call him ‘Senator Feingold.’ We are to call him ‘Russ,‘” she said. “They want us to say ‘Russ’ because the last campaign — it was all about ’16 years, 16 years, 16 years, he’s there too long.’ And so they want to say, ‘He’s just one of us.’ We want to go back to Russ being Russ.”
It’s a minor point, but Feingold served three full terms in the Senate, meaning he was in D.C. for 18 years, not 16.
Laning continued, “Second one is we never want to say ‘go back’ to the Senate. We just want to say ‘electing’ him to the Senate. They want to totally get away from all that.”
And according to the Journal Sentinel, Senator Feingold’s campaign isn’t happy about the leaked video:
An insider close to Feingold made it clear that the ex-senator’s team is none too pleased with the video or Laning, who was elected to the top Dem post in June.
“This is no time for on-the-job training,” said the source, who asked not to be named because he’s not authorized to speak for the campaign. “I’m pretty certain they don’t want Martha Laning to use the words ‘Russ Feingold’ ever again.”
Perhaps the Senator should submit a formal resolution to the Wisconsin Democrats to cease and desist this behavior, unbecoming of a United States Senate campaign?
These new claims also contradict Clinton’s position as Secretary of State, when she said the U.S. will “claim what is ours” with regards to Arctic oil and gas fields and said that we would pursue new Arctic oil and gas reserves “in a smart, sustainable way.”
Clinton’s flip-flop on drilling in the Arctic is just another example that she will say or do anything to get elected president.
After dodging a press question in Iowa yesterday about whether she supported approval of the Keystone pipeline, today in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton again refused to answer a simple question of “yes or no” as to whether she would approve Keystone.
Last night, The New York Times reported that two inspectors general have asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into whether classified government information was mishandled because of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. The request comes after an assessment sent last month to the State Department and intelligence agencies that Clinton’s private email account contained “hundreds of potentially classified emails.” More from the Times:
“It is not clear if any of the information in the emails was marked as classified by the State Department when Mrs. Clinton sent or received them. But since her use of a private email account for official State Department business was revealed in March, she has repeatedly said that she had no classified information on the account. The initial revelation has been an issue in the early stages of her presidential campaign. …
At issue are thousands of pages of State Department emails from Mrs. Clinton’s private account. Mrs. Clinton has said she used the account because it was more convenient, but it also shielded her correspondence from congressional and Freedom of Information Act requests. She faced sharp criticism after her use of the account became public, and subsequently said she would ask the State Department to release her emails.”
It’s now crystal clear that Clinton’s claims from months ago about emailing classified materials – claims which she and her campaign maintain to this day – were simply false.
On America’s Newsroom, Ed Henry outlined several recent struggles facing the Clinton campaign.
In a recent interview with USA Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said “it’s conceivable” that the AFL-CIO won’t endorse a candidate for President in 2016. Ed Henry said about Trumka’s remarks, “It is a shot across the bow…. they’re upset that she just won’t take a firm position on this Pacific trade deal. And the reason is she kind of wants to have it both ways.”
A new Quinnipiac poll released this morning shows Americans do not find Hillary Clinton to be honest and trustworthy, or particularly likeable, either.
“American voters say 53 – 39 percent that Clinton is not honest and trustworthy…”
Digging into the numbers further, 47 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of Clinton, while 45 percent hold favorable views. Additionally, voters are split on whether they think Clinton cares about their needs and problems.
