Hillary: I’m An Outsider and Different From Obama Because I’m a Woman
The memo, which Lizza published for the first time in its entirety on Tuesday, states that polling at the time showed voters were looking for a president who “can unite the country and restore our sense of common objective”, and the campaign team agreed that “Barack Obama is change”.
“I’ve been with Bill and Hillary Clinton 23 years, and Joe Biden understands that’s where my ultimate loyalty is”, said Sperling, who also served as National Economic Council director under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1996.
BDemocratic Presidential Candidates from Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio on February 26, 2008.
Sperling told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that from what he gathered before leaving the administration, he believed Biden would not run if Hillary Clinton did.
President Barrack Obama has stated during his 60 minutes CBS interview on Sunday that Hillary Clinton’s mails do not pose national security problems for America. Nonetheless, Clinton on Tues. leaned heavily in to what she referred to as an “obvious” distinction between her & almost all of presidential candidates, typically turning analysis & political questions back towards gender.
“HRC is driven by politics, not conviction”, the memo reads.
The Chief Strategist of the Obama election campaign David Axelrod confirmed the authenticity of the memo last night to CNN before the start of the Democratic Debate. “From the war, to NAFTA, to Social Security, to her choice of baseball teams, Clinton is consistently dodging and changing positions to satisfy the politics of the moment”, the memo says.