I haven't seen this diaried, so if this is a repeat, sorry.
I know there is not a great love of Hillary here at DKos, and I am not her largest supporter for Prez (Feingold!). However, she said a few words today that rung very true to me, and I am hoping this type of "balls-to-the-wall" proseltyzing is what we are about to see from the Dem leadership. Put plain and simple: We need it!
See below for some gems today from... yes... Hillary!
AP Article from Yahoo
"It's the American dream, stupid," said the former first lady in a riff on her husband's successful 1992 campaign mantra -- "It's the economy, stupid."
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"They're not taking care of America. They're bankrupting our country and failing to address the problems," the New York senator said, citing skyrocketing gas, college and health care costs and lamenting a GOP "failure to provide Americans with economic security."
THIS is what I like to see a leading Dem senator saying. I've always seen her as someone who is very cautious before taking a leap like this, so she must smell Repug blood in the water. I say - more power to her!
"Once again America needs to work for everyone not just the privileged and the powerful," Clinton said, adding that Democrats can be the "change agent" this fall by winning control of the House and Senate from Republicans.
"Democrats know we must stop passing on debt to our children and start doing what's best for our country and our children," she said in a speech to moderates attending the annual meeting of the Democratic Leadership Council, a centrist think tank best known for helping her husband win the White House in 1992.
She unveiled the "American Dream Initiative," a package of economic proposals aimed at strengthening the middle class and helping the poor work their way out of poverty
I know what most think of the DLC, but let's take a step back from that. She took a platform today and came out swinging - finally. I sincerely hope she keeps this up, and that the even more cautious and cowardly Dems out there begin to start swinging on their own - with the same message.
And now for the Repug response:
"Only liberal Democrats like Hillary Clinton could attack an economy that has produced 5.4 million jobs in the last three years, grew 5.6 percent in the first quarter of this year, increased payroll employment in 47 states, and is the envy of the industrialized world," said Danny Diaz, an RNC spokesman.
I certainly hope the Dems have made comebacks this Repug crap. Only the Repugs could take the "American Dream" - something we all want - and thrash it in a PR statement like that.
COME ON DEMS!
If nothing else, just record what she said and play it at your press announcements and debates and stop the cowardly crap.