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Hillary Clinton
President of the United States
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic


New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton had expressed interest in the 2008 United States presidential race[1] since at least October 2002, drawing media speculation on whether or not she would become a candidate.[2] No woman has ever been nominated by a major party to run for President in the history of U.S. presidential elections.

On January 20, 2007, she announced that she was forming an exploratory committee and filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission. Subsequently she began heavy fundraising and campaigning activities. For several months Clinton led opinion polls among Democratic candidates by substantial margins, until Senator Barack Obama pulled close to or even with her. Since then, Clinton had regained her lead and is winning many polls by double digits. As of May 24 2007, a CBS News/NY Times poll shows Clinton with 46% support, compared with Obama at 24%, and Edwards at 14%.[citation needed]

Pre-announcement events

From the year 2004 to 2006

Starting after the 2004 US presidential election, Clinton was, due to her established national image that made her a possible candidate in the 2008 presidential election, a popular and controversial topic among media pundits, bloggers, and the public at large. For example, in July 2005 the magazine Washington Monthly ran two side-by-side articles, one suggesting that she could win the presidency and one that she could not.[3][4] Early on in the election race she has been included in opinion polls, where she was often listed in first place among possible Democractic candidates.

Starting in 2004, Clinton began what some saw as a movement to the political center by supporting health care reform with Contract with America architect and former adversary Newt Gingrich.[5] The alignment represents a reconciliation with the past, for it was Gingrich who helped defeat Clinton's health care plan in the early 1990s. Clinton's January 2005 speech on abortion was viewed by some as part of her alleged move to the center. Liberal media watchdog Media Matters has offered evidence that Clinton's positions have remained consistent with her past.[6][7] In January 2005, the conservative Washington Times reported that Clinton was positioning herself as a centrist;[8] others cited her Senate voting record as proof that was not the case.[9]

Pre-announcement events in 2006

In January 2006, the moderate-liberal magazine The New Republic attempted to debunk the "myth" that Senator Clinton's popularity in traditionally Republican regions of upstate New York was unprecedented, arguing both that the region was not as conservative as was often assumed in the national media and that her approval ratings there were comparable to those of other prominent Democrats. The article challenged the assumption that Sen. Clinton's appeal in upstate New York would be the harbinger of her ability to attract support from moderates and conservatives nationwide, setting off a debate throughout the blogosphere as to her presidential prospects.[10]

In February 2006, the The White House Project website named Hillary Rodham Clinton one of its "8 in '08", a group of eight female politicians who could possibly run and/or be elected president in 2008. Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said that he's pulling for Clinton to win the White House: "I'd be very pleased if Hillary Clinton would become the next American president".[11]

Announcement of candidacy

Clinton announced the formation of her exploratory committee on 20 January, 2007, with a post on her website.[12] In a statement on her campaign website, she left no doubt that she had decided to run: "I'm in. And I'm in to win."[13] She has filed the official paperwork for an exploratory committee.[14]

A "formal" announcement of her actual candidacy may or may not come later, as some 2008 presidential candidates are foregoing that step.[15]

Fundraising

Main article: Fundraising for the 2008 presidential election

Methods and goals

In January 2007 Clinton announced that she would forgo public financing for both the primary and general elections due to the spending limits imposed when accepting the federal money.[16] She had $14 million left from her 2006 Senate race, which put her in a good starting position compared to other Democratic candidates. Clinton insiders said the senator's goal is to raise at least $60 million in 2007.[17] Longtime Democratic political and finance leader Terry McAuliffe is Clinton's campaign chair; notable fundraisers such as Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Steven Rattner have signed on to her campaign.[18] "Bundlers" who collect more than $100,000 for her campaign become known as "HillRaisers".[19]

Results

On April 1, 2007, Clinton announced she had raised $26 million during the preceding three months, along with an additional transfer of $10 million from her Senate campaign account to her presidential account. [20] This dwarfed the previous record for the comparable quarter, which was $9 million by Al Gore in 1999.[21] However, Barack Obama raised nearly as much as Clinton, showing that he was a formidable competitor.[citation needed]

For the second quarter of 2007, Clinton raised about $27 million, less than Obama's newly set records for the quarter of $32.5 million in donations from 258,000 contributors, but more than all other candidates.[22]

The Norman Hsu affair

Norman Hsu was a businessman with a background in the apparel industry. By 2007 he was a prominent fundraiser for the Clinton campaign, having achieved HillRaiser status, having co-hosted a $1 million fundraiser at wealthy Democratic Party supporter Ron Burkle's Beverly Hills estate,[23] and having been scheduled to co-host a major gala fundraising event featuring music legend Quincy Jones.[24]

On August 28, 2007, The Wall Street Journal reported that Hsu may have engaged in improper actions during the collection of "bundled" campaign contribution.[23] The Clinton campaign rose to Hsu's defense, saying "Norman Hsu is a longtime and generous supporter of the Democratic party and its candidates, including Senator Clinton. During Mr. Hsu's many years of active participation in the political process, there has been no question about his integrity or his commitment to playing by the rules, and we have absolutely no reason to call his contributions into question."[23]

The next day, on August 29, The Los Angeles Times reported that Hsu was a long-time fugitive, having failed to appear for sentencing in a 1992 fraud conviction.[25][26] The Clinton campaign reversed course, saying it would give to charity the $23,000 it had received in individual contributions directly from Hsu,[27] saying, "In light of the information regarding Mr. Hsu's outstanding warrant in California, we will be giving his contribution to charity."[28] The campaign said it did not plan to give away funds that Hsu had collected from other donors.[28]

Although Hsu had donated to other Democratic candidates as well, scrutiny was focused on the Clinton campaign, with mainstream press reports asking why the Clinton campaign had been unable to take steps to discover Hsu's past,[29] and speculating that opponents would liken developments to the 1996 Bill Clinton-Al Gore Chinese fundraising controversy.[24] Some bastions of the conservative media took a harsher tact, with WorldNetDaily founder Joseph Farah stating baldly that Hillary Clinton should be arrested by the FBI.[30] Clinton said the Hsu revelations were “a big surprise to everybody.” She added that, “When you have as many contributors as I’m fortunate enough to have, we do the very best job we can based on the information available to us to make appropriate vetting decisions.”[31]

On September 5, Hsu failed to appear for a court hearing and suddenly became a fugitive again.[32] The Clinton campaign said, “We believe that Mr. Hsu, like any individual who has obligations before the court, should be meeting them, and he should do so now.”[32] Hsu was recaptured less than 48 hours later.

By September 10, newspaper reports indicated that authorities were looking into the legitimacy of an investment pool that Hsu had been running at the time of his large-scale contributing.[33] Moreover, Irvine, California businessman Jack Cassidy said he had, as early as June 2007, tried to warn authorities and the Clinton campaign that Hsu was running an illicit enterprise, and that both officials and the Clinton campaign had been non-responsive.[33] A California Democratic Party query at the time in June was responded to by the Clinton campaign's western finance director: "I can tell you with 100 certainty that Norman Hsu is NOT involved in a ponzi scheme. He is COMPLETELY legit."[34]

Later on September 10, the Clinton campaign announced it would return the full $850,000 in donations that Hsu had raised from others: "In light of recent events and allegations that Mr. Norman Hsu engaged in an illegal investment scheme, we have decided out of an abundance of caution to return the money he raised for our campaign. An estimated 260 donors this week will receive refunds totaling approximately $850,000 from the campaign."[35]

Other irregularities

In March of 2007 a Pakastani immigrant named Abdul Rehman Jinnah was indicted by a grand jury for violating federal election laws. The charges stem from $30,000 in illegal contributions to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Hillary Clinton’s campaign has denied any knowledge of Jinnah’s scheme. [36]

Endorsements

See also: Congressional endorsements for the 2008 presidential election

Senator Clinton has received many endorsements for her candidacy, including well over 100 from national and top state-level political figures. Many mayors and local politicians, lower state government officials, and other political individuals have endorsed her candidacy.

In addition, Clinton has received the endorsements of these organizations:

She also has numerous celebrity endorsements and support for her campaign including those from actors Candice Bergen, Chevy Chase, Michael Douglas and Christine Lahti, singers Barry Manilow, Madonna, Janet Jackson, American Idol finalist Katharine McPhee, singer Melissa Etheridge actress and comedian Caroline Rhea, singer Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, film producers Bruce Cohen[38] and Barbra Streisand, actress Victoria Rowell, novelist Anne Rice, actress Lynda Carter,actress Elizabeth Taylor,models Christie Brinkley and Marla Maples, talk show hosts Rosie O’Donnell and Jerry Springer, publisher Hugh Hefner,[39] music producer Quincy Jones,Music Executive Clarence Avant, music producer and Founder of Motown Records Berry Gordy, NBA legend and business entrepreneur Magic Johnson, transgender evangelist Sister Paula Nielsen[40], and poet Maya Angelou.[41] Other entertainment figures who have spoken out in favor of Clinton's candidacy include porn actress Jenna Jameson,[42] tennis great Billie Jean King, owner of the NBA Charlotte Bobcats and founder of BET Robert L. Johnson, former CEO of the Discovery Channel Judith McHale, and film director Steven Spielberg.[43]

Opposition

Opposition from non-candidates

The Clinton campaign has encountered a variety of criticisms directed against her candidacy.

  • On May 29, 2007, The New York Times Magazine published an article by former and current Times reporters Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta, Jr., detailing inconsistencies and what they saw as dishonest aspects of Senator Clinton's public representations and underlying motives regarding her vote to authorize the Iraq War. The article was adapted from their book Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton, which was published the following week. [44]
  • Former Bill Clinton fundraiser and ally David Geffen spoke out against Hillary Clinton in an interview with Maureen Dowd, stating that Clinton had no trouble lying and was overproduced and overscripted.[47] The Clinton campaign responded that Barack Obama should return Geffen's money because Geffen's comments reflected negatively on him.[citation needed]
  • Hundreds of thousands of users have expressed their opposition to Clinton's candidacy on social networking website Facebook by joining the political group "Stop Hillary Clinton: (One Million Strong AGAINST Hillary)".[48] It has become one of the largest groups on the website with over 380,000 members as of August 2007.[citation needed]
  • In an interview posted in June 2007, former presidential candidate Ralph Nader said that he may run again because he feared 2008's candidates were not good enough. He offered praise for a few candidates, but said of Clinton: "She is a political coward. She goes around pandering to powerful interest groups on the one hand and flattering general audiences on the other. She doesn't even have the minimal political fortitude of her husband."[49] Nader had earlier written in February 2007, "If Hillary Clinton is nominated in 2008 by the Democrats to run for president, they will support her. They will support her even though she is a corporate Democrat who opposes us on the war in Iraq, on real universal health insurance, on the swollen, wasteful military and corporate welfare budget, on a national living wage -- on many of the issues we care about."[50] At that time, Nader said that he would be more likely to enter the race if Clinton won the Democratic nomination.[citation needed]
  • Filmmaker Michael Moore includes Clinton in his film Sicko, about the state of the American healthcare system. In the film, Moore says that Clinton is the Senate's second-highest recipient of campaign donations from the health care industry. He said that Clinton friend Harvey Weinstein, whose company provided financing for the film, asked him to remove the scene but Moore refused.[51] Moore said that he had donated to Clinton's first Senate campaign but has since become disillusioned with her.[52]
  • On July 25, 2007, political commentator Bill O'Reilly interviewed Clinton Campaign Communications Director Howard Wolfson. O'Reilly criticized Clinton for attending the Yearly Kos convention (put on by the Daily Kos website). After his criticism, Clinton remarked that O'Reilly should "stop smearing grassroot progressives." O'Reilly's objection was to what he saw as obscene posts on the website, some even about the Senator herself. Wolfson responded by alleging the entire community should not be criticized for the actions of a few, citing some questionable and hateful posts on O'Reilly's own site. O'Reilly responded back, saying all such posts are removed immediately upon discovery yet the Kos' website allows them to remain. O'Reilly's contention is that Clinton is trying to curry favor with radical elements on the left and suggested she should distance herself from what he calls hate speech. [53]

    "Now if anyone should be distancing herself from hatred, it is Senator Clinton, who has experienced it firsthand for years. She is making a terrible mistake trying to court the radical left, which despises her. Come election time, independent voters will remember that if the far left ever comes to power in this country, you can kiss the USA as you know it good bye."[54]

Opposition from candidates

John McCain opposes Clinton's pork barrel projects

Clinton's fellow Senator, Republican presidential candidate John McCain, spoke against the (defense-related) pork barrel spending Clinton had added to the defense bill and vowed to remove $150 million of the earmarks. McCain, who had no earmarks for the year, said he would "eliminate these earmarks and pork-barrel spending projects, which the Pentagon had no request for and had no need for... We can't do this earmarking and pork-barreling if we ever are going to be careful and serious stewards of the taxpayers' dollars." Clinton had placed the second-most earmarks of any Senator into the 2008 defense spending bill.[55] Taxpayers for Common Sense reported that Clinton had placed $2.2 billion worth of earmark spending into spending bills from 2002 to 2006.[55]

Obama campaign circulates memo on Clinton's ties to India

In June 2007, opponent Barack Obama's campaign circulated a memo called "Hillary Clinton (D-Punjabs)’s Personal Financial and Political Ties to India", alleging that Clinton's close financial ties to India precluded her from representing what is best for the American people. Obama mentioned Clinton's support of outsourcing to India, which she mentioned in a February speech to Indian supporters: "Outsourcing will continue. We are not in favor of putting up fences." Clinton has also been a supporter for more H1-B visas, which many Indians benefit from. The memo says the Clintons have "reaped significant financial rewards from their relationship with the Indian community".[56] After the memo, Indian-Americans gathered in New York at a fundraiser to give Clinton $2 million for her campaign.[57] Obama subsequently disavowed the memo sent by a staff member, saying it was "unnecessarily caustic" and a "dumb mistake".[58]

Mike Gravel: "Why Hillary Scares Me"

In June 2007, fellow Democratic candidate and former Senator Mike Gravel wrote a piece for the Huffington Post in which he accused Clinton of doing many of the same things she has harshly criticized the Bush administration for. Gravel said that Clinton sometimes has blamed Bush and Republicans for their conduct of the war, but other times has blamed the Iraqis themselves, and has never said that her own vote supporting the war was an error.[59]

Gender

Although Clinton is the 25th woman to run for U.S. president,[60] she is the first female candidate with a real chance of winning the nomination of a major party, and the presidential election. As such, remarks surrounding her gender and appearance have come to the fore.

In March 2006, high-voltage actress Sharon Stone expressed her doubt about Clinton's presidential chances, saying "Hillary still has sexual power, and I don't think people will accept that. It's too threatening." [61] On a similar note, on August 9, 2006, the sculpture The Presidential Bust of Hillary Rodham Clinton: The First Woman President of the United States of America[62] was unveiled at the Museum of Sex in New York and attracted attention for its named focus; sculptor Daniel Edwards hopes it will spark discussion about sex, politics and celebrity.[63]

In October 2006, Clinton's then-New York Senate race opponent, John Spencer, was reported to have commented on how much better Clinton looked now compared to in the 1970s, and speculated that she had cosmetic surgery. [64] [65] On the other hand, syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin never mentions her name without appending a sneering "Her Thighness" to it.[66]

In her Senate career, Senator Clinton is often seen wearing a suit. However, twice in 2006, Clinton was criticized by National Review Online editor Kathryn Jean Lopez for showing cleavage while speaking in the Senate. [67][68] Lopez implored Clinton to be more modest. The Washington Post revisited this question based on a new incident in July 2007,[69] which provoked a widespread round of media self-criticism about whether it was a legitimate topic or not;[70] the Clinton campaign then used claimed outrage at the reporting for fundraising purposes.[71]

Polling

Main articles: General Election Polling and Democratic Primary Polling

In all opinion polls conducted in 2007, the major opponents Clinton faced were Senators Barack Obama and John Edwards. All opinion polls in April 2007 showed Clinton as the Democractic frontrunner, however with different margins: Obama has been listed in third place nationwide with 17% and John Edwards in second place with 19% behind Clinton with 41% [72] according to an Angus-Reid poll, whereas Clinton has been listed in first place with 34% and Obama in second place with 29%, ahead of Edwards with only 15% in a Rasmussen-Reports poll [73] By May 2007, polls were showing the race even tighter, with Rasmussen Reports showing Obama pulling ahead of Clinton 32% to 30%.[74] But on May 24, 2007, a CBS News/NY Times poll showed Clinton, with 46%, 22 points ahead of Obama, with 24%, and 32 points ahead of Edwards, with 14%.

On May 4, 2007, a Gallup Poll report showed that since the beginning of the year, her favorable-unfavorable ratio had declined from 58% favorable, 40% unfavorable to 45% favorable, 52% unfavorable.[75]

In June 2007, a Mason-Dixon poll of probable primary voters in the early primary state South Carolina found that Obama led 34% to Clinton's 25%. However, throughout the course of the first six months of the 2008 campaign, Clinton has kept, on average, a double digit lead over her nearest rival, Obama. In July and early August some polls showed Clinton with a 20%+ lead. However, after comments hinting lobbyists would influence her, and Obama has pulled back to within 13. [76]

First Six State Democratic Primaries and Caucuses

Iowa

[77] See also [1][2]

Michigan

[78] See also [3][4]

New Hampshire

[79] See also [5][6]

Nevada

[80] See also [7][8]

Florida

[81] See also [9][10]

South Carolina

[82] See also [11][12]

Hypothetical Presidential Matchups

Clinton v. Thompson

[83] See also [13]

Clinton v. McCain

File:2008 Polling HC JM.jpg[84] See also [14]

Clinton v. Romney

File:2008 Polling HC MR.jpg[85] See also [15]

Clinton v. Giuliani

File:2008 Polling HC RG.jpg[86] See also [16]

Campaign developments

Speech patterns

While speaking from the pulpit of the First Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama on March 4, 2007, as part of ceremonies honoring the anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965, Clinton adopted a broad Southern Drawl during parts of her talk and used speech patterns common to the Southern United States.[87] The native Chicagoan's normal speech is devoid of this accent. Defenders of Clinton pointed out that the most commonly circulated audio and video clips of her "Southern" speech focused a segment in which she was reciting the lyrics of a James Cleveland hymn and trying to reproduce its original cadences.[88] However, on April 20, 2007, while speaking her own words to the annual convention of the National Action Network, she once again temporarily adopted this accent.[89]

Clinton's defenders also pointed out that she may have adopted a southern accent because she lived in the Southern United States for 17 years.[90]

On April 27, 2007, while speaking at a Greenville, South Carolina campaign event, Clinton said that she had split her life among three parts of the country and that her sometimes-Southern accent was a virtue. She joked, "I think America is ready for a multilingual president."[91]

First debate

On April 26, 2007, she appeared with seven other Democratic candidates at the first debate of the campaign, held at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina and broadcast on MSNBC. She defended her initial Senate vote to approve the U.S. role in the Iraq War, but wanted to focus on what to do now, saying “If this president does not get us out of Iraq, when I’m president I will.”[92]

Threat

On May 4, 2007, a Louisiana State University student was arrested and held on charges of planning an attack against Clinton during a Baton Rouge appearance.[93]

Campaign song

In June 2007, Clinton spoofed the much-talked-about closing scene of "Made in America", the series finale of The Sopranos, with the subject being the voting for her campaign song. The parody shows her entering a diner to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'", followed by Bill entering but not getting the onion rings he really wants, while daughter Chelsea is unable to parallel park her car. Sopranos cast member Vince Curatola also appears in the skit, mimicking "Man in Members Only" but with his signature Johnny Sack malevolent glare. The screen then goes black.[94]

The campaign song selected was Céline Dion's "You and I", which garnered political criticism from Republicans for being "outsourced" to a Canadian singer; the song was written initially for use in an Air Canada commercial.[95]

Viral videos

Besides the Sopranos spoof, other popular viral videos played a role in the campaign. In March 2007, "Hillary 1984" spliced footage of Clinton into the legendary "1984" Apple Computers television commercial, ending with a plug for Barack Obama's candidacy. In June 2007 Obama was the beneficiary of the very popular "I Got a Crush on Obama" music video, as an attractive young woman suggestively sang his praises. In July 2007 singer and actress Taryn Southern wrote and performed in an answer music video, "Hott4Hill", that earned national media attention for its sexually ambiguous declaration of support for Hillary Clinton's presidential bid.[96] In all three cases, the videos were created and produced independently of the Obama and Clinton campaigns.

First campaign trip with Bill

In early July 2007, Bill Clinton had his most visible presence yet on the campaign, when he campaigned jointly with Hillary Clinton for several days in Iowa.[97] Political watchers said his appearance was both to bolster Clinton's slow start in Iowa organizing[97] and to combat attention from rival Barack Obama's record-setting second-quarter fundraising.[98] The campaign went to lengths to keep Hillary Clinton as top-billed in appearances.[98]

Later debates

Following the July 12, 2007 Democratic candidates debate at an NAACP convention, a live microphone caught Clinton discussing in private with third-in-the-polls fellow candidate John Edwards how to get future debates limited to fewer candidates: "We've got to cut the number . . . They're not serious."[99]

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External links

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