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Clinton 'Comfortable' Under Fire
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Two months to the day before voters Iowa's caucuses start culling the field
of presidential candidates, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton says she's "real
comfortable" with the heat she's taking from rivals for the party's
nomination.
"With two months left, 60 days left until the caucuses, things are going to
get a little hotter," Clinton said at a town hall meeting at farm museum.
"Obviously the campaign is going to get heated up and speeded up."
She quoted former President Harry Truman's dictum that "If you can't stand
the heat get out of the kitchen.
"I feel real comfortable in the kitchen," said Clinton, saying she wouldn't
let the increased level of heat she's getting from rivals knock her off
message.
"I want to stay focused on what I want to do as president," said Clinton.
"It's going to be exciting, it's going to be a very fast ride. It's never
started earlier, it's never been more intense."
There was no relief from that intensity for the New York senator on
Saturday, as her two chief rivals for the Democratic nomination continued
their criticism. Campaigning in Spartanburg, S.C., Illinois Sen. Barack
Obama accused Clinton with running a textbook campaign based on political
calculation, rather than a candid explanation of her policy positions.
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who attended a fundraiser for a
South Carolina state Senate candidate, charged Clinton with engaging in
"doubletalk."
Clinton, meanwhile, vowed to step up the pace of her campaign for Iowa's
caucuses in the closing weeks. Polls have shown her building a small lead in
the state, but it is among the toughest states for her among the early tests
of strength.
"We're going to be covering a lot of ground," said Clinton. "We need to have
even more people involved."
Clinton was opening a four-day campaign swing in the state where precinct
caucuses are scheduled to launch the presidential nominating season on Jan.
3.
On Sunday, Clinton will collect the endorsement of former Vice President
Walter Mondale at an event in Clinton, Iowa. Mondale won the state's
precinct caucuses in 1984 on his way to winning the Democratic nomination
before losing to President Reagan. He is still remembered fondly by many
Iowa Democrats.
During her campaign swing, Clinton is also scheduled to formally collect the
endorsement of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, which was announced earlier in the week. The union, which
represents more than 20,000 state workers and is tightly organized, is an
important force in Iowa Democratic policies.
The theme of her swing is a focus on developing clean energy alternatives
and rural development efforts, to be fleshed out in a speech on Monday. She
used a farm museum about 60 miles southeast of Des Moines as a backdrop to
tout her ties to rural sections of the nation and her commitment to
bolstering the economy there.
"We can be more creative about how to grow the economy in rural areas," said
Clinton. "We need a whole strategy on rural economic development."
Two key aspects of that policy will be bolstering the production and use of
alternative fuels, and spreading access to high-speed Internet services in
rural sections of the nation.
"I want to connect America so you can live here and be connected to the
world by high-speed Internet access."
Clinton said one aspect of her clean energy policy would be modeled on some
rural sections of Iowa where production of alternative energy sources like
ethanol has been used to boost the local economy, creating new jobs to
produce that fuel as well as increasing the price farmers are paid for corn.
"We can create millions of good jobs if we do this right," said Clinton.
"Look at what's happening in rural Iowa. It could happen all over rural
America if we do this right."
Clinton 'Comfortable' Under Fire
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Two months to the day before voters Iowa's caucuses start culling the field
of presidential candidates, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton says she's "real
comfortable" with the heat she's taking from rivals for the party's
nomination.
"With two months left, 60 days left until the caucuses, things are going to
get a little hotter," Clinton said at a town hall meeting at farm museum.
"Obviously the campaign is going to get heated up and speeded up."
She quoted former President Harry Truman's dictum that "If you can't stand
the heat get out of the kitchen.
"I feel real comfortable in the kitchen," said Clinton, saying she wouldn't
let the increased level of heat she's getting from rivals knock her off
message.
"I want to stay focused on what I want to do as president," said Clinton.
"It's going to be exciting, it's going to be a very fast ride. It's never
started earlier, it's never been more intense."
There was no relief from that intensity for the New York senator on
Saturday, as her two chief rivals for the Democratic nomination continued
their criticism. Campaigning in Spartanburg, S.C., Illinois Sen. Barack
Obama accused Clinton with running a textbook campaign based on political
calculation, rather than a candid explanation of her policy positions.
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who attended a fundraiser for a
South Carolina state Senate candidate, charged Clinton with engaging in
"doubletalk."
Clinton, meanwhile, vowed to step up the pace of her campaign for Iowa's
caucuses in the closing weeks. Polls have shown her building a small lead in
the state, but it is among the toughest states for her among the early tests
of strength.
"We're going to be covering a lot of ground," said Clinton. "We need to have
even more people involved."
Clinton was opening a four-day campaign swing in the state where precinct
caucuses are scheduled to launch the presidential nominating season on Jan.
3.
On Sunday, Clinton will collect the endorsement of former Vice President
Walter Mondale at an event in Clinton, Iowa. Mondale won the state's
precinct caucuses in 1984 on his way to winning the Democratic nomination
before losing to President Reagan. He is still remembered fondly by many
Iowa Democrats.
During her campaign swing, Clinton is also scheduled to formally collect the
endorsement of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, which was announced earlier in the week. The union, which
represents more than 20,000 state workers and is tightly organized, is an
important force in Iowa Democratic policies.
The theme of her swing is a focus on developing clean energy alternatives
and rural development efforts, to be fleshed out in a speech on Monday. She
used a farm museum about 60 miles southeast of Des Moines as a backdrop to
tout her ties to rural sections of the nation and her commitment to
bolstering the economy there.
"We can be more creative about how to grow the economy in rural areas," said
Clinton. "We need a whole strategy on rural economic development."
Two key aspects of that policy will be bolstering the production and use of
alternative fuels, and spreading access to high-speed Internet services in
rural sections of the nation.
"I want to connect America so you can live here and be connected to the
world by high-speed Internet access."
Clinton said one aspect of her clean energy policy would be modeled on some
rural sections of Iowa where production of alternative energy sources like
ethanol has been used to boost the local economy, creating new jobs to
produce that fuel as well as increasing the price farmers are paid for corn.
"We can create millions of good jobs if we do this right," said Clinton.
"Look at what's happening in rural Iowa. It could happen all over rural
America if we do this right."
