Hillary’s First Day
January 27th, 2007 at 07:28pm Geraldine
Hillary Clinton had a wonderful first day in Iowa today but is she ready for the next stage? Estimates of her crowd at East High School in Des Moines range from 1500 to nearly 3000. She got an introduction from Leonard Boswell and has had an interview with David Yepsen that’s as close to a puff piece as Yepsen writes. So what’s next for Hillary?
Although this is a good first step, she still faces major challenges in Iowa winning the support of many caucusgoers, such as Poweshiek County Democrats Co-Chair Don Smith. Smith gives voice to two of the major concerns about Hillary among caucusgoers. Those are the belief that she can’t win a general election and that she has been what Smith describes as “weak on the war issue” or too hawkish on Iraq. Although she addressed both of those issues today, it’s too soon to tell if she’s made any headway.
Finally, Hillary, along with the rest of the Democratic contenders, faces one more new challenge. Bill Richardson has a new anti-Iraq war, celebrity supporter. It’s not Bruce Springsteen, Ben Affleck, or Alec Baldwin, it’s Toby Keith. Keith is an interesting supporter for a Democratic candidate to have, although he’ll probably be viewed as a little weak on the war issue too.
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2 Comments Add your own
1. desmoinesdem | January 27th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Well, I would hope she got a good crowd. I got a robocall and at least two e-mail reminders about Hillary’s event at East High. Then Friday morning, while walking the dog during drive-time, I heard a radio ad for Hillary (on the oldies station) promoting that event at East. They clearly pulled out all the stops to get a huge crowd.
Is Hillary going to pay for robocalls and drive-time radio ads to promote every event she does in Iowa? She’s probably got the money to do it, but I don’t see it netting her a lot of votes.
2. Iowa Progress » Oba&hellip | January 27th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
[…] Hillary Clinton has been drawing a lot of positive press coverage from her speech in Des Moines today, Barack Obama’s early life has been recieving quite a bit […]
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