Hayley Burns (national)( week of: 25-29 February 2008)

Clinton Touts Economic Plan in Hopes of Saving Presidential Bid
Summary:
ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Hillary Rodham Clinton spent almost three hours Wednesday trying to persuade a college gym full of Ohioans that her detailed plans to revive the failing economy can also resuscitate her dwindling campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. “Obviously, the economy is the No. 1 issue in the country, and it’s unbelievably important here in Ohio,” said Clinton. “I think, absent any intervening circumstances, the economy will be the domestic driver with all the related issues like health care and energy costs and home foreclosures.” The former first lady said voters in key swing states are beginning to focus on “the big questions,” such as bedrock economic issues, that she said would drive both the remaining Democratic nomination contests and the fall general election.

Opinion:
Well I think it’s a good idea for Hillary to campaign heavily in large states like Ohio ad Texas. Her focus on such a detailed plan is also a good idea because she is her primary opponent Obama, is constantly talking about change, but rarely goes into detail about how this so called change.


It’s the Campaign, Stupid: Clinton Ground Game Under Fire

Summary:
The political team that famously used the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid” to vault to victory in 1992 could be in need of a new mantra 15 years later: It’s the campaign, stupid. Hillary Clinton has slipped from “inevitable” front-runner to second fiddle over the past two months, and political observers have chimed in with their take on what went wrong: No plan for after Super Tuesday. A poor caucus strategy. Her husband. Leon Panetta, former White House chief of staff to Bill Clinton, is the latest Clinton loyalist to come out and criticize the campaign. And he suggests the problem was all of the above. “It seems to me like they rolled the dice on Super Tuesday, thinking that would end it,” Panetta told The New York Observer. “And when it didn’t end it, they didn’t have a plan. And when it came to the caucus states, they did have a plan — which was to ignore them. I think those were serious mistakes.”

Opinion:
This is so funny… and true. The Clinton Campaign has not approached the other primaries like they did for Super Tuesday. It seems to me that they let themselves side into second, without even a fight, now they are trying to gain round from behind. Dumb.