​Correct The Record Saturday September 13, 2014 Roundup

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*​**Correct The Record Saturday September 13, 2014 Roundup:* *Headlines:* *CNN: “GOP reminds Iowa of Clinton's past failure in state ahead of her return” <http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/12/politics/rnc-clinton-iowa/index.html>* “‘While Republicans continue to bicker, Hillary Clinton is focused on celebrating her good friend and former colleague, Sen. Harkin, and on helping candidates in Iowa get elected in 2014 who share in the Democrats' vision for the future,’ said Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for Correct the Record, an outside communications group defending Clinton.” *New York Times: “Clinton Silent on 2016 Bid as Campaign-Style Actions Begin to Speak Volumes” <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/us/clinton-silent-on-2016-bid-as-campaign-style-actions-begin-to-speak-volumes.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSumSmallMedia&module=third-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=3&assetType=nyt_now&gwh=B0BE91833C6D4F3F31BEF6CD61B249CD>* “Hillary Rodham Clinton has said publicly that she will decide early next year whether she will undertake a second campaign for the presidency. But inside the Clinton operation, the groundwork is already quietly being laid for a candidacy.” *BuzzFeed: “This Is How The Clinton Campaign Begins” <http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/this-is-how-the-clinton-campaign-begins#2wk3999>* “Let’s just get this out of the way now: She’s running.” *MSNBC: “Hillary Clinton’s politically perfect day” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clintons-politically-perfect-day>* “The former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential candidate is having something of an ideal day Friday in New York City – taking center stage on several events at which she’ll pay tribute to the late literary legend Maya Angelou, attend a philanthropic event for women and girls, and then help rake in big money for the Democratic Party.” *NBC News: “Ready, But Wary: Iowa Democrats Weigh Giving Clinton a Second Chance” <http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/ready-wary-iowa-democrats-weigh-giving-clinton-second-chance-n202211>* “In interviews this week with 15 major organizers, elected officials and activists in Iowa who helped power Obama’s upset victory in the 2008 caucuses, they described Obama’s early campaign as a political dream come true… But when the conversation turned to Clinton, who is visiting Iowa for retiring Senator Tom Harkin’s famous ‘steak fry’ on Sunday, the activists sounded more like political pundits” *CNN: “The final steak fry: Honoring Harkin with a large helping of politics” <http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/12/politics/harkin-steak-fry-clinton/index.html?hpt=po_c2>* “[Sec. Clinton's Midwest co-chair during her 2008 campaign Jerry] Crawford added, ‘If people leave the steak fry thinking Bill and Hillary Clinton were very genuine, they will be the big winners.’” *Associated Press: “Hillary Clinton Among Speakers at Angelou Memorial” <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ANGELOU_MEMORIAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>* “Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison were among those sharing memories of the late author and Renaissance woman artist Friday at The Riverside Church in Manhattan, a few blocks west of a Harlem town house that Angelou owned in recent years.” *ABC News blog: The Note: “Hillary Clinton’s Tribute to ‘Extraordinary’ Writer Maya Angelou” <http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/09/hillary-clintons-tribute-to-extraordinary-writer-maya-angelou/>* “Clinton, who is mulling another stab at the presidency in 2016, recalled a few lines of the poem Angelou penned in support of Clinton during her 2008 campaign.” *Associated Press: “Clinton Wants More Done to Halt Kidnappings” <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/clinton-wants-more-done-halt-kidnappings>* “Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday urged the United Nations to come up with a more robust strategy to combat the growing use of kidnappings of girls and women as a war tactic across the globe.” *Politico: “Hillary Clinton to raise cash for N.Y., N.J. reps” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-new-york-fundraiser-110902.html?hp=r4>* “Hillary Clinton will headline a third fundraiser with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, this one to raise money for specific candidates from her home state of New York.” *Mother Jones: “Hillary Clinton: Strong Parental Leave Laws Are Great. Here’s Why You Can’t Have Them.” <http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/09/hillary-clinton-praises-japans-paid-leave-laws>* “If she wants to run for president again, anchoring her campaign on getting the US in line with the international consensus of letting workers take a bit of paid time off to take care of newborns or a sick loved one seems like a no-brainer.” *Center for Public Integrity: “'Ready for Warren' to change name” <http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/12/15521/ready-warren-change-name?utm_campaign=syndication&utm_source=yahoo-news&utm_medium=continue-reading-link>* “‘Ready for Warren PAC’ will amend its registration paperwork and officially become the ‘Ready for Warren Presidential Draft Campaign,’ super PAC treasurer Erica Sagrans today told the Center for Public Integrity.” *Daily Beast: “2016 Overachiever Martin O’Malley Now Has 11 Staffers Working in Iowa” <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/12/2016-overachiever-martin-o-malley-now-has-11-staffers-working-in-iowa.html?via=desktop&source=twitter>* “Martin O’Malley’s incipient presidential campaign already has 11 staffers on the ground in Iowa, working to elect Democrats and build valuable connections for 2016.” *Articles:* *CNN: “GOP reminds Iowa of Clinton's past failure in state ahead of her return” <http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/12/politics/rnc-clinton-iowa/index.html>* By Dan Merica September 12, 2014 The last time Hillary Clinton was in Iowa, she was limping away from a disappointing third-place finish in the 2008 Iowa caucuses. Republicans would like that memory of Clinton to stay. The Republican National Committee is starting a concerted effort Friday to remind their supporters and reporters who will be covering Clinton in Iowa that the Hawkeye State has not always been friendly to the former secretary of state and first lady. "As we have seen with her nose dive in the polls, the more Hillary turns to politics the less Americans like her," RNC spokesman Kirsten Kukowski said in a statement. "It's awkward considering she's headed back to Iowa, the scene of her most stinging defeat." Clinton will return to Iowa on Sunday for the politically important Harkin Steak Fry, put on by longtime Sen. Tom Harkin. Thousands of guests expect to listen to her speak, flip steaks and honor Harkin, the liberal senator who is retiring after 2014. The event is the biggest foray Clinton has made into politics since leaving the State Department in 2013. The steak fry is widely considered a must-stop for Democrats considering a run at the presidency. Organizers are expecting upward of 5,000 people and more than 150 journalists to attend. Hillary Clinton to decide on 2016 run around end of year Clinton supporters push back against the idea that there are bad memories for her in Iowa. "While Republicans continue to bicker, Hillary Clinton is focused on celebrating her good friend and former colleague, Sen. Harkin, and on helping candidates in Iowa get elected in 2014 who share in the Democrats' vision for the future," said Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for Correct the Record, an outside communications group defending Clinton. But the RNC doesn't want Clinton to have a free weekend in Iowa. The group will be sending lawmakers and Republican surrogates a research document Friday that lays out part of Clinton's history in Iowa. Titled "Hillary's Hawkeye Return," the document focuses on Clinton's 2008 Iowa campaign. During that hard-fought presidential caucus, Clinton finished a disappointing third behind then-Sens. Barack Obama and John Edwards, with 29% of the vote. Obama won the caucus with 37.6%. In addition to the talking points and research document, the RNC will release a Web video on Friday called "#AwkwardInIowa." "Hillary Clinton is headed to Iowa for the first time since 2008," reads the on-screen text atop clips of negative news coverage of the night Clinton lost. "Bad memories for Hillary." Despite Republican hopes, Clinton's favorability in Iowa has rebounded since 2008. A new CNN/ORC poll finds that 53% of all registered Democrats contacted in Iowa said they would support Clinton if the 2016 caucuses were held today. That number far outpaces Vice President Joe Biden's 15%. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts got 7% in the poll, and 5% would pick Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont. *New York Times: “Clinton Silent on 2016 Bid as Campaign-Style Actions Begin to Speak Volumes” <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/us/clinton-silent-on-2016-bid-as-campaign-style-actions-begin-to-speak-volumes.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSumSmallMedia&module=third-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=3&assetType=nyt_now&gwh=B0BE91833C6D4F3F31BEF6CD61B249CD>* By Amy Chozick September 12, 2014 She is building stamina through tough new workouts with a personal trainer and yoga. She is talking about how to address income inequality without alienating corporate America. And she is reviewing who’s who in the Democratic Party in Iowa, a crucial early voting state in the presidential cycle. Hillary Rodham Clinton has said publicly that she will decide early next year whether she will undertake a second campaign for the presidency. But inside the Clinton operation, the groundwork is already quietly being laid for a candidacy. On Sunday, Mrs. Clinton will appear at the 37th annual Iowa steak fry hosted by Senator Tom Harkin; it will be her most overtly political appearance since resigning as secretary of state in February of last year. Meanwhile, the largest Democratic fund-raising group, Priorities USA, which helped get President Obama elected, recently rebranded itself as a vehicle to help Mrs. Clinton. Publicly, the group says it is focused on raising money for Democrats for this fall’s congressional elections, but privately, Priorities has already started reaching out to donors to secure 2016 commitments for Mrs. Clinton. “It’s very obvious what’s she going to do,” said Sue Dvorsky, a former chairwoman of the Iowa Democratic Party. “Clearly she’s going to run.” Of course, the former first lady can always decide to take a pass on a campaign. Before the 2004 presidential election, former Vice President Al Gore crisscrossed the country to promote his books, delivered speeches and even poked fun at himself on “Saturday Night Live,” leading to assumptions that he would seek to unseat President George W. Bush. But in December 2002, Mr. Gore declared that he would not run. But Mr. Gore did not have a groundswell of support within the Democratic Party and had run into potential problems raising money. (There was no “Ready for Al” group signing up supporters.) And, back then, the Democratic Party had a larger field of other viable candidates including Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts and Senator John Edwards of North Carolina. The signs pointing to Mrs. Clinton running are big and small. Lately, when supporters wish her good luck in the 2016 presidential campaign, she responds with a simple “Thank you,” rather than explain that there is no campaign and that she has not yet decided whether she will run, as she did previously. Priorities has held informational meetings with donors like Bernard L. Schwartz, a New York investor, and J. B. Pritzker, a Chicago-based philanthropist, to discuss a 2016 strategy and how much money will be needed to take on Republican super PACs. At the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, an intense period of fund-raising is underway, which is widely seen as an effort to build up the family’s charitable operation now, because a presidential campaign would soon interfere with philanthropic activities. A foundation fund-raiser the Clintons threw in the Hamptons in August cost as much as $50,000 per couple to attend. Last month, Chelsea Clinton resigned from NBC News after less than three years as a special correspondent. In a Facebook message, Ms. Clinton said she stepped down “to continue focusing on my work at the Clinton Foundation” and as she and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, expect their first child. But she would have likely had to step back from that job should her mother embark on a presidential campaign. These days Mrs. Clinton’s mind seems to drift to Iowa, as she has been casually asking friends about who’s who in the state’s Democratic Party, said two people who could discuss private conversations only anonymously. On Sunday, Mrs. Clinton will make her first trip back to Iowa since early 2008, when she came in third in the heated Democratic caucus behind Mr. Obama, then a senator from Illinois, and Mr. Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton will both attend the steak fry, a fund-raiser in Indianola known as a must-stop for potential presidential candidates. It has long been an opportunity for presidential candidates “to get out there and dip your toe in the water and introduce yourself to a lot of active Democrats,” said Scott M. Brennan, chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party. (He added that the Clintons were attending to help Democrats in 2014 and to pay tribute to Mr. Harkin, who is retiring from the Senate.) Back in New York and Washington, Mrs. Clinton has a packed schedule this month to raise money for Democratic candidates; she headlined a reception Friday to benefit the Democratic Governors Association that cost $10,000 to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton are not slowing down on delivering paid speeches, at around $200,000 each. A presidential campaign would limit those opportunities to make money. Mrs. Clinton is getting in better physical shape, a necessity for any potential candidate who faces the rigors of the campaign trail. Friends said she has more energy and has also been practicing yoga. A spokesman for Mrs. Clinton dismissed any suggestion that the former secretary of state is preparing to run. “You caught us,” said Nick Merrill, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton. “These are all definitive signs of a person” who is “simply living their life.” Mrs. Clinton spent August in the Hamptons, a working vacation that gave her plenty of time to interact with donors without the glare of the news media. Liz Robbins, a Washington lobbyist with a home in East Hampton; the investor Dan Neidich and his wife, Brooke Garber Neidich, an arts executive; the hedge fund manager Richard C. Perry and his wife, Lisa Perry, a fashion designer; and Susie Tompkins Buell, a San Francisco-based entrepreneur, are among the friends and donors who hosted events for the Clintons. Amid the small talk, Mrs. Clinton would offer telltale signs that she intends to run, said several people who crossed paths with the former first lady on the shores of Long Island. She would pose political questions and field thoughts on policy, asking, for example, Wall Street executives and business leaders what they thought of Mr. Obama’s efforts to eliminate inversions. Continue reading the main storyContinue reading the main story Mrs. Clinton has a small personal staff that she recently relocated to New York to be closer to her office at the Clinton Foundation. Several aides who worked on Mrs. Clinton’s 2008 campaign, and hope to work for her again, often discuss logistics like where a campaign headquarters would be located, with New York State and Little Rock, Ark., floated as options. Fledgling efforts to develop a message are quietly taking place, said the people close to Mrs. Clinton. Without discussing her 2016 plans, she has talked to friends and donors in business about how to tackle income inequality without alienating businesses or castigating the wealthy. That message would likely be less populist and more pro-growth, less about inversions and more about corporate tax reform, less about raising the minimum wage and more long-term job creation, said two people with firsthand knowledge of the discussions. (A person close to Mrs. Clinton said that she often seeks advice from people in various fields, and that those conversations have nothing to do with planning a campaign.) Until Mrs. Clinton officially declares, she is having some fun with the breathless speculation. In an online birthday message to Mr. Clinton, she discusses a possible birthday gift with Kevin Spacey, in character as the scheming President Francis Underwood on the Netflix drama “House of Cards.” Mr. Spacey proposes an elephant, like the ones Mrs. Clinton works to save at the Clinton Foundation. “I told you,” she responds, “this is a very personal decision that I will make when I’m ready.” *BuzzFeed: “This Is How The Clinton Campaign Begins” <http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/this-is-how-the-clinton-campaign-begins#2wk3999>* By Ben Smith September 12, 2014, 10:54 p.m. EDT [Subtitle:] Actually, it’s been going on for years. Let’s just get this out of the way now: She’s running. Hillary Clinton, who will be spending Sunday at an Iowa greasefest, has not announced her second candidacy for president. She hasn’t, in fact, done much since she left Foggy Bottom; she hasn’t done much politics since the Summer of 2008. And so the obsessive observers of her career and of American presidential politics have not had an occasion to declare the obvious. After all, what has changed, other than the passage of time? But asking what has changed is not quite the right question to ask of a Clinton campaign. That’s because campaigning has been the Clintons’ default mode since at least the late 1980s. And their campaign by now is not the typical, tiny pre-campaign organization of a married couple and a couple of trusted advisers. It is a vast apparatus of relationships and obligations, promises and chits, that has been moving steadily forward. It began when she stood on a stage with her old rival Barack Obama in a place called Unity, New Hampshire, in June of 2008, and swore her allegiance to the Democratic nominee and, less noticeably, to her own ability to fight another day. This is a road that leads straight to this weekend’s stop, Senator Tom Harkin’s famous steak fry. This isn’t the first time a Clinton campaign began with this steady march from inaction to inevitability. In fact, I wrote the same words that top this column 10 years ago, about the same woman. Then I was a local politics reporter and got a bit of mileage out of a New York Observer piece in a genre I’ve always liked: stating the obvious, forcefully. It was outrageously premature, but even then I’d been covering the junior senator from New York long enough to have the clear sense that this wasn’t exactly about covering one woman’s decision, more about an apparatus that, switched on, was chugging away. “Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has a re-election campaign in front of her in 2006, but as far as many around her are concerned, the train has already departed for a destination two years farther out-the Presidency. “‘She is going to focus on going for Senate and getting that out of the way, but the eye is always on the prize,’ a former aide to Mrs. Clinton told The Observer.” I reached back out this month to the usual suspects I quoted in that piece — organizer Harold Ickes, a couple anonymice, and strategist Howard Wolfson to ask if I should write it again. “Seems reasonable,” replied Wolfson, who now works for Mike Bloomberg. (That was an improvement on his 2004 reply: “You can say, ‘Wolfson would not discuss ‘08.’”) Today’s Clinton campaign, like the one back then, is a tractor trailer moving down the highway, one whose driver — Hillary — can exert some control over its direction and speed, but whose stopping distance is measured in miles, and who can barely control the thing at all once it’s rolling downhill. So the question isn’t what she’s done to run; it’s whether she’s made any effort to hit the brakes, or whether anything has fallen unexpectedly across her path. Since leaving the State Department last February, Clinton has focused primarily on making money. She’s on the speaking circuit, which while occasionally embarrassing is obviously a much cleaner and less compromising way to cash in than the rainmaking roles — “advising,” “consulting,” “lobbying” — where non-celebrity politicians make their bread. She’s written an innocuous book, come out on the correct side of various major issues — from Syria to Ferguson — once the dust had settled and the politics were clear; and rested up a bit. Her husband has been uncharacteristically low-profile, her daughter has left a job that threatened to become an embarrassing instance of patronage. Clinton hasn’t done anything much, that is. Certainly nothing even the most obsessive readers of tea leaves would interpret as a decisive move. But then that is the weird thing about the Clinton campaign. The campaign is the default. The tractor trailer has now proceeded rather far down the highway. It’s moving at a constant speed, not doing anything much to attract attention. But all the exits have passed, and all that’s left are those runaway truck ramps, not the sort of place Clintons historically wind up. *MSNBC: “Hillary Clinton’s politically perfect day” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clintons-politically-perfect-day>* By Aliyah Frumin September 12, 2014, 4:48 p.m. EDT After a rocky book tour, it looks like Hillary Clinton’s early stumbles are behind her – at least for a day. The former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential candidate is having something of an ideal day Friday in New York City – taking center stage on several events at which she’ll pay tribute to the late literary legend Maya Angelou, attend a philanthropic event for women and girls, and then help rake in big money for the Democratic Party. The events, in a state where Clinton served as a U.S. senator, provide substantial opportunity for her. It’s the chance – in front of thousands – to memorialize Angelou, who endorsed her over then-Sen. Barack Obama in 2008. She will also highlight her desire to promote the welfare of women (an issue near and dear to her) and to prove she has fundraising prowess and can make an impact ahead of the 2014 elections. Clinton began Friday at a packed Riverside Church on the Upper West Side, speaking at a memorial service for Angelou. The Clintons have had a longtime, close relationship with Angelou, whom they share Arkansas roots with. In 1993, Angelou recited a poem at Bill Clinton’s inauguration. In the 2008 election cycle, Angelou starred in several radio ads and online videos for Hillary Clinton. At the memorial service, Clinton declared Angelou, who died in May of natural causes at the age of 86, a “walking, talking, work of art.” She also quoted a poem Angelou wrote for Clinton praising her 2008 presidential campaign. “Her words made a nation’s heart soar. And when I ran for president, which I did a few years ago, her encouragement meant so much to me. She wrote a poem about me running,” Clinton reminded the audience. “There is a world of difference between being a woman and being an old female,” Clinton said, quoting Angelou’s poem about herself. “If you’re born a girl, grow up, and live long enough, you can become an old female. But to become a woman is a serious matter.” The former first lady remained in the Big Apple after the service, holding an event in the afternoon that was billed as a “conversation” with Clinton as part of the Women and Girls Rising conference at the Ford Foundation. The Q&A kicked off with Clinton talking about her famous 1995 speech at the Beijing women’s conference where she famously declared “Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” After the conference, Clinton is scheduled to attend a fundraiser, closed to the press, for the Democratic Governors Association. Clinton’s weekend will be busy, too. On Sunday, she’ll be at the political heavyweight state of Iowa for Sen. Tom Harkin’s famous steak fry, considered a rite of passage for Democrats considering running for the Oval Office. It’s Clinton’s first visit there since her disappointing third place finish in the 2008 caucuses. Vice President Joe Biden will be right on her heels. On Wednesday, Biden – who has not ruled out a run for the nation’s highest office himself – will be in Des Moines for a kick off event for “Nuns on the Bus.” Hillary Clinton said earlier this month that she’ll likely make a decision on whether to run for president by early next year. *NBC News: “Ready, But Wary: Iowa Democrats Weigh Giving Clinton a Second Chance” <http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/ready-wary-iowa-democrats-weigh-giving-clinton-second-chance-n202211>* By Perry Bacon Jr. September 12, 2014 Iowa Democrats are ready for Hillary – for now. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes her first major visit to the early-voting state this weekend, but her huge lead in the polls here obscures a certain lack of passion for her potential presidential candidacy among some key party activists. Democrats here don’t rule out the possibility of falling in love with another candidate – as they did with Barack Obama in 2008 -- and backing that person over Clinton again. “I’m just not excited about her,” said Diane Pickle, an accountant who was an Obama precinct captain in 2008. “I admire her. I think she’s a wonderful person.” In interviews this week with 15 major organizers, elected officials and activists in Iowa who helped power Obama’s upset victory in the 2008 caucuses, they described Obama’s early campaign as a political dream come true. His speeches were inspiring, his charisma unparalleled, his supporters a perfect mix of young and old, liberal and moderate. “Barack blew me away,” says Tom Miller, Iowa’s longtime attorney general, who was one of the highest-ranking Democrats here to endorse Obama in 2008 and remains a strong supporter. But when the conversation turned to Clinton, who is visiting Iowa for retiring Senator Tom Harkin’s famous “steak fry” on Sunday, the activists sounded more like political pundits. Nearly all of these activists said no other potential candidate is as experienced or qualified as the former secretary of state and first lady. Foreign policy would be a key theme of the 2016 campaign, they noted, right in her wheelhouse. And Clinton is electable, several said. “I have a hard time viewing it (2008) as a vote against her, as opposed to it was time for something new and giving that a try,” said Phil Roeder, a public relations professional who was a precinct captain and organizer for Obama in 2008. He added, “Looking ahead to 2016, some of the things that have been weaknesses of Hillary Clinton might be strengths of her today, particularly in terms of her experience. With the things happening around the globe, being secretary of state will be a big plus.” These 15 activists, part of a 164-member “Iowa State Leadership Committee” that Obama’s campaign formed in September 2007, are not necessarily representative of all Iowa Democrats. Many of them are deeply involved in politics and had one-on-one meetings with Obama and Clinton in 2007. Nearly all are perennial attendees at the steak fry. But activists like these are important, because they are the kind of people who helped Obama out-organize Clinton during his first campaign. Clinton finished third in the Iowa caucuses in 2008. Despite their hesitance, these activists’ comments now should largely comfort the former first lady. Eight of the 15 said they are likely to support Clinton if she runs, and only one activist said she was adamantly opposed to Clinton. Most of them said their decision to back Obama in 2008 was a vote in favor of him, not because of any antipathy toward his rival. “It was a difficult one, because I had always been impressed by Hillary Clinton,” said Jacqueline Easley, a health care administrator here, referring to the choice in 2008. Easley said she is excited to vote for Clinton this time. Still, a few of these activists have some lingering frustration with Clinton. Tom Hockensmith, a county supervisor in Des Moines, said he introduced former President Clinton at an event in 2007 that both Clintons attended. He sought a short meeting with Hillary Clinton afterward, but her staff told him she didn’t have time. A few days later, Obama talked to him one-on-one for 15 minutes. He committed to Obama soon after. “I want to have an opportunity to visit with her,” he said when asked if he would back Clinton in 2016. “People need to reach out and ask” for your support. Abby Kennedy, who helped organize young professionals in 2008 for Obama, said the recent controversy about Clinton’s criticism of the president’s foreign policy views reminded her about what she did not like about the former secretary of state. “I don’t trust the sincerity of all of the things she says, she can be pretty opportunistic,” said Kennedy. “Frankly, I’ve been an Obama supporter from the very beginning and I understand that she needs to create some distance from the administration, but that’s not really making friends with me.” Obama, to these activists, was a special kind of candidate, and they don’t see another person like him among the potential alternatives to Clinton. Some of the activists struggled to even name other candidates, except for Vice President Joe Biden, who several praised but only 1 of the 15 said they wanted to vote for over Clinton. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has impressed a handful of these activists, but others were unfamiliar with both him and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has also made several trips to Iowa and suggested he will run for the Democratic nomination “Joe Biden, he did horrible last time, and I don’t there’s any evidence he would do better. O’Malley has been here, and he hasn’t lit a fire in anybody,” said Frank Chiodo, a former state representative here who organized some of Obama’s events in the state in 2008. Som Baccam, a nurse who did outreach to Des Moines Haitian and Pacific-Islander communities in 2008 for Obama, replied “who?” when a reporter asked her about Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who some liberal groups are urging to start a presidential campaign. Warren, who has repeatedly said she does not want to run, does have some enthusiastic supporters among these activists. Three of them said they would be inclined to back her over Clinton if she entered the race. “She’s (Warren) direct, she handles issues well, I think she could be a good leader,” said Sharon Malheiro, a Des Moines lawyer who hosted fundraisers for Obama and helped lead his outreach to Iowa’s LGBT community. “At some point, between the Bushes and the Clintons, do we ever get away from that?” The activists’ relative unfamiliarity with the potential candidates, Miller said, is in part because of what he dubbed the Hillary Clinton effect. Potential Democratic candidates, wary of Clinton’s huge lead, are not meeting key Iowa activists as often as they did in the run-up to the 2008 primaries. Miller himself, whose endorsement was highly sought in the 2008 cycle, said none of the potential candidates have requested personal meetings with him, although he has talked with O’Malley at Iowa Democratic events. Another advantage for Clinton is that so far no issue seems to have galvanized Democrats in Iowa and raised the potential of someone running to Clinton’s right or left, as Obama did by emphasizing his opposition to the Iraq War in 2008. When asked what the most important issue the next president should confront, the answers from these activists were extremely varied. A handful mentioned foreign policy, with the rise of ISIS in the news this week. Others talked about immigration. The economic populism and anti-Wall Street message of Warren was not high on these activists’ minds. “I don’t think there’s a particular issue that people are yearning for at this point,” said Miller, who said he is leaning “heavily” towards Clinton. Rose Vasquez, a retired attorney and a leader in Des Moines Latino community, was the strongest dissenter among the former Obama supporters and suggested she was very unlikely to back Clinton in the caucuses. “They can point to Hillary and say she is supportive of a lot of equal rights and fair wage issues, but I have always sort of lumped them (the Clintons) with business interests more so than grassroots interests,” she said. Vasquez though acknowledges that at least right now, a lot of her friends don’t share her negative view on Clinton. “I’m looking. I keep thinking, ‘am I the only one looking?” she said. “I say to people, ‘why not Joe Biden?” On the other hand, a few of these 15 were very strongly supportive of Clinton. “I’m definitely rooting for Hillary this time. I’m excited she’s coming to the steak fry,” said Christopher Diebel, who works in public relations and was a precinct captain 2008 for Obama. “We elected a black president. Now it’s time for a woman.” *CNN: “The final steak fry: Honoring Harkin with a large helping of politics” <http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/12/politics/harkin-steak-fry-clinton/index.html?hpt=po_c2>* By Dan Merica September 13, 2014, 8:42 a.m. EDT When Tom Harkin supporters Joan and Gray Kiernan decided to throw the congressional candidate a fundraiser in 1972, they charged $2 for the ticket, picked up the costs for the steak, salad and baked potatoes and gave the funds raised to Harkin's campaign. Reported attendance: 20 people. Forty-two years, 37 steak fries and countless pounds of beef later, the event that started as a small fundraiser for a little-known congressional candidate has turned into the most important political event in Iowa and a must-stop for Democrats thinking about a run for the presidency. Harkin himself declared his candidacy for president at the event in 1991, putting the event on the presidential map. Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton came to Iowa the next year to address 5,000 excited Iowa supporters at the most attended event to date. In 2006, then-Sen. Barack Obama spoke at the steak fry, delivering a speech that helped catapult him into presidential contention. Obama was back in 2007, joined by Hillary Clinton and other Democratic contenders vying for the presidency. More than 15,000 people attended the 2007 event. Clinton went on to finish a disappointing third in 2008, a finish that was an early sign of things to come for her first presidential run. But she will be back this year for the final installment of the steak fry; Harkin is retiring from the Senate next year. Bill and Hillary Clinton are headlining Sunday's event, raising the specter that the former first lady and secretary of state will consider running for president in 2016. Clinton has admitted she is considering a run and this weekend will be the first time she visits Iowa -- the critically important first-in-the-nation caucus state -- in six years. Republicans are hoping to remind Iowans of that failure, but with 2016 hopes anew, Clinton's most ardent supporters are starting to organize in Iowa. Ready for Hillary, a super PAC urging Clinton to run for president and staffed by some of her former aides, has been running phone banks in Iowa and Washington, D.C., urging Democrats to buy tickets and attend the event. The group has also purchased a billboard in Des Moines, plans to bus supporters from local colleges to the event and will hand out lawn signs and free T-shirts. "Ready for Hillary and our supporters look forward to honoring Sen. Tom Harkin's legacy and continuing our work to support Iowa Democrats in 2014," the group said in an email to supporters, making no mention of Clinton's possible 2016 bid. "I think it is fair to say that this last steak fry was going to be an iconic event no matter what," said Jerry Crawford, who served as Hillary Clinton's Midwest co-chair during her 2008 campaign. "But now with Bill and Hillary Clinton both there, it probably becomes the more important event in Iowa Democratic party history." Crawford added, "If people leave the steak fry thinking Bill and Hillary Clinton were very genuine, they will be the big winners." Hillary Clinton is currently leaps and bounds ahead of other possible 2016 challengers. A CNN/ORC poll out Friday found that Clinton 53% of all registered Democrats contacted in Iowa said they would support Hillary Clinton if the 2016 caucuses were held today. That is more than triple the amount of support that any of her other would-be competitors would receive. Organizers anticipate 5,000 people will attend the steak fry but say they are planning for more in case the weather is "gorgeous." A ticket to the event costs $30, and the proceeds will be split evenly between Harkin's PAC and the state party. More than 200 journalists have requested credentials to cover the event. "It will be a Tom Harkin weekend," said Teresa Vilmain, Clinton's state director in 2008 and a longtime Iowa operative. Held on an idyllic farm in Indianola, 30 minutes south of Des Moines, the event is part fundraiser, part pep rally, part barbecue. Nothing at the event is actually fried; the steaks are grilled. And while jokes have been made -- "My only advice to you is don't eat the steak, get the chicken," said one Democratic operative, who requested anonymity to freely discuss the quality of the food -- the event has been more about raising funds for the state party and Harkin. Iowa Democrats this year have close races up and down the ticket, including for Harkin's seat in the Senate, where Democrat Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst are in a dead heat, according to a recent CNN/ORC poll. State Democratic Party Chair Scott Brennan said he expects -- and hopes -- the focus of the event will be on rallying the base ahead of November's elections. Brennan echoed the idea that Clinton won't address 2016 -- "You never know," he added as a caveat -- but noted that Clinton's attendance will still help if she chooses to run. "Whether it is raining or cold or hot, it is just the fact that people show up," Brennan said. "These are the people who knock on doors, make phone calls. These are the people who work. It is important because you get a chance to connect with these core activists." With the steak fry going away, there will be a noticeable gap in the Iowa political calendar every fall. Though many strategists argue that it is impossible to replace the steak fry given its reputation and history, some have pointed to Senate candidate Braley's annual "Bruce, Blue and BBQ" event that happens every fall. "That would be a logical successor," said Brennan. *Associated Press: “Hillary Clinton Among Speakers at Angelou Memorial” <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ANGELOU_MEMORIAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>* By Hillel Italie September 12, 2014, 3:18 p.m. EDT It was New York's turn to say goodbye to Maya Angelou. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison were among those sharing memories of the late author and Renaissance woman artist Friday at The Riverside Church in Manhattan, a few blocks west of a Harlem town house that Angelou owned in recent years. From a stage brightened by beds of white roses, it was a chance for friends and family members to pay tribute before hundreds of attendees and for the city itself to claim at least part of her legacy. Angelou, who died May 28 at age 86, had lived off and on in New York in the 1950s and `60s and visited often even after she moved to North Carolina, her primary residence over the latter half of her life. As a New Yorker, she appeared in numerous stage productions, was a member of the Harlem Writers Guild and directed the New York office of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. New York was the "center of her universe," said Howard Dodson Jr., director emeritus of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, to which Angelou donated her papers. From the city, she "radiated out to the world" and the world responded in kind. The program was organized by the Schomburg Center, The Riverside Church and Angelou's longtime publisher, Random House. In June, Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, was a featured speaker at a memorial held at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, where Angelou taught for 30 years. Hillary Clinton recalled on Friday that Angelou had encouraged her husband to run for president back in the early 1990s. She made no reference to a possible campaign for herself in 2016, but noted that Angelou had been supportive of her run in 2008, when then-Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York was defeated in the Democratic primary by Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton said she first learned of Angelou through her celebrated memoir, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," which came out in 1970. She read the book over and over and gave it to her mother, who, like Angelou, had been sent off as a little girl to live with her grandmother. She described Angelou's life as so vast that anyone could relate to it. "You're Italian? Maya spoke Italian. You're a dancer? So was she. You're from San Francisco? She conducted a street car there," Clinton said. "She knew everyone, lived everywhere, read everything and felt it all." Morrison, a friend of Angelou's for more than 40 years, said that her private generosity was even "more noteworthy" than her public achievements. She noted her respect for the "server and served," the humble and the elite. She remembered her laugh, her smile, the holding of hands, with "no words, no winks, no nods." And she was grateful for Angelou's "soothing voice, on the telephone, at the exact moment when you needed it most." "Maya Angelou was the first non-family member to call me out of the blue when my son (Slade) died (in 2010)," said Morrison, who last fall presented Angelou an honorary National Book Award. "We had a short, poignant conversation. I was surprised, and I was thrilled, and I was calmed by that call." The event also featured Angelou's grandson, Colin Ashanti Johnson; her Random House editor, Robert Loomis; a gospel quartet, the Brown Sisters; and a recording of Angelou's voice during Valerie Simpson's spirited performance of "I'm Every Woman," which Simpson helped write. The poet Nikki Giovanni began her brief recitation by asking "What makes a life extraordinary?" Laughing when scared Singing when lonely Loving when abandoned Yet Never turning away from the future Never ceasing to be better Never shying away from the difficult, the dangerous , the delicate chores of living that make a life extraordinary that makes, for all of us, a Maya. *ABC News blog: The Note: “Hillary Clinton’s Tribute to ‘Extraordinary’ Writer Maya Angelou” <http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/09/hillary-clintons-tribute-to-extraordinary-writer-maya-angelou/>* By Erin Dooley September 12, 201, 1:40 p.m. EDT “She urged, demanded, inspired millions of Americans to live kinder, braver, more honorable lives.” That’s how Hillary Clinton paid tribute to poetic luminary Maya Angelou today at a memorial ceremony in New York’s Riverside Church. Angelou, 86, died this past May. “When I ran for president, which I did a few years ago, her encouragement meant so much to me,” the former Secretary of State said to a ripple of laughter. “She didn’t hesitate to tell you when she thought you were wrong, or being thoughtless or arrogant, and she did not suffer fools. So when she said that she believed in you, you actually believed her and began believing in yourself,” she added. Clinton, who is mulling another stab at the presidency in 2016, recalled a few lines of the poem Angelou penned in support of Clinton during her 2008 campaign: “There is a world of difference between being a woman and a being an old female. If you’re born a girl, grow up, and live long enough, you can become an old female. But to become a woman is a serious matter.” In Angelou’s autobiography, “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” a coming-of-age story recounting her struggles with early-life trauma and prejudice, Clinton said she saw traces of her own mother’s difficult past. Angelou “was often slotted into subcategories as writers wrote about her: an African American writer, a civil rights activist, a woman’s leader. … But in truth, she transcended all labels. There is, however, one label that does stick,” Clinton said. “She could have been born anywhere in the world, but I believe only in America could she have become who she did.” “Our country’s struggles and triumphs and progress over the past century are written all over her life,” she added. “Indeed, she helped to write them.” *Associated Press: “Clinton Wants More Done to Halt Kidnappings” <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/clinton-wants-more-done-halt-kidnappings>* By Jill Colvin September 12, 2014, 7:31 p.m. EDT Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday urged the United Nations to come up with a more robust strategy to combat the growing use of kidnappings of girls and women as a war tactic across the globe. Speaking at a conference in New York, the former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential contender said she was deeply concerned about the threat posed to women by terrorist group like Boko Haram and the Islamic State militants occupying parts of Iraq and Syria. "I'm afraid that there is, unfortunately, a bit of a trend moving in that direction of terrorist groups to do that, especially as they're recruiting foreign fighters from elsewhere," she said during a brief Q&A session at the Roosevelt Institute's Women and Girls Rising conference. Clinton, who had been talking about her work on women's issues, called for "a much more vigorous response, probably from the U.N." She acknowledged that the U.N. had passed a number of resolutions, including one addressing violence against women and girls in conflict, but said more needed to be done. "I think we need the U.N. to come up with a unified strategy, out of the Security Council, and to try to provide technical and human resources to immediately be deployed to try to prevent this and to try to track down those who have kidnapped these girls," she said. "I think we need a process put in place very quickly that we can point to and rely on as we go forward." Clinton also bemoaned the fact that some governments have not treated the kidnappings as seriously as she hoped. And said she expected the tactic to be "a big issue for the next couple of years, at least." "It's going to be a hard struggle with the metastization of terrorists groups across Africa, North Africa particularly, into the Middle East, the continuing presence of the Taliban and the Haqqani and other groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan," she said, "for us to figure out how best to deal with their threats in general and then in particular their special attention to turning the clock back for women and girls." *Politico: “Hillary Clinton to raise cash for N.Y., N.J. reps” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-new-york-fundraiser-110902.html?hp=r4>* By Maggie Haberman September 12, 2014, 3:19 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton will headline a third fundraiser with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, this one to raise money for specific candidates from her home state of New York. The event will fall on Sept. 29, the same day as another event she’s doing in Midtown Manhattan to add to the DCCC coffers, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO. The gathering will allow Clinton, a former senator from New York mulling a 2016 White House run, to help a broad number of candidates in a condensed period of time. It also helps her reconnect with members of the New York congressional caucus, who were among her earliest backers when she ran for president in 2008. *Mother Jones: “Hillary Clinton: Strong Parental Leave Laws Are Great. Here’s Why You Can’t Have Them.” <http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/09/hillary-clinton-praises-japans-paid-leave-laws>* By Patrick Caldwell September 12, 2014, 3:07 p.m. EDT The early stages of Hillary Clinton's proto-presidential campaign this summer were light on details about her domestic policy proposals. Instead, she focused on selling her book, Hard Choices, which focuses on her foreign policy opinions and diplomatic chops. But this week, during a videotaped speech to a conference on women's issues in Japan, Clinton staked out a strong view on paid family leave, a topic that could play a role in her 2016 campaign. "The United States, unfortunately, is one of a handful of developed countries without paid family leave," she said, according to the Wall Street Journal. "If we give parents the flexibility on the job and paid family leave it actually helps productivity, which in turn helps all of us." Clinton was asked about family leave during a CNN-hosted town hall in June, and said it was a good idea but one that won't come to America anytime soon. "I don’t think, politically, we could get it now," she said. The United States is one of just four countries where employers are not required to grant new mothers any paid time off after giving birth. Japan, on the other hand, offers 14 weeks. Paid family leave has been an increasingly important cause for progressives. Three states now buck the national trend and force employers to offer their employees time off. "Many women can't even get a paid day off to give birth—now that's a pretty low bar," President Obama said in June. "That, we should be able to take care of." Republicans have resisted calls for offering maternity leave, as it would force company's to spend more on employee benefits. But polls consistently show that the public is overwhelmingly supportive of such measures. "For her 2016 campaign, Clinton should make paid family leave a—no; the!—central plank," the Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky wrote in July. Clinton's past profile on domestic politics largely centered on her experience and wisdom on finding ways to offer universal health insurance—a topic that is mostly off the national radar thanks to Obamacare. If she wants to run for president again, anchoring her campaign on getting the US in line with the international consensus of letting workers take a bit of paid time off to take care of newborns or a sick loved one seems like a no-brainer. *Center for Public Integrity: “'Ready for Warren' to change name” <http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/12/15521/ready-warren-change-name?utm_campaign=syndication&utm_source=yahoo-news&utm_medium=continue-reading-link>* By Dave Levinthal September 12, 2014 Under pressure from federal regulators, an upstart super PAC attempting to convince Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to seek the presidency has agreed to change its name. "Ready for Warren PAC" will amend its registration paperwork and officially become the "Ready for Warren Presidential Draft Campaign," super PAC treasurer Erica Sagrans today told the Center for Public Integrity. The switch comes after the Federal Election Commission demanded the group ditch its original name because only committees authorized by a federal political candidate may use the candidate's name. There's an exception, however: A draft committee may refer to an active candidate in its organization's own name "provided the committee's name clearly indicates that it is a draft committee." Sagrans noted that "we'll still call ourselves Ready for Warren in most of our communications, but we want to comply with what [the FEC] is asking, and we should be clear on what our intentions are." She also praised FEC officials for being "incredibly helpful." Several other political committees that seemingly incorporate candidates' names have effectively told the FEC to take a hike, citing free speech considerations. And Ready for Hillary, a hybrid PAC that's raised millions of dollars to promote a Hillary Clinton presidential bid may keep its name because Clinton isn't a declared political candidate. "The law ... it is what it is," Sagrans said, offering no additional comment one way or another. As for Warren, she's disassociated herself from any presidential draft effort and said she won't run for the White House in 2016. *Daily Beast: “2016 Overachiever Martin O’Malley Now Has 11 Staffers Working in Iowa” <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/12/2016-overachiever-martin-o-malley-now-has-11-staffers-working-in-iowa.html?via=desktop&source=twitter>* By Ben Jacobs September 12, 2014 Hillary Clinton may be arriving in the Hawkeye State on Sunday, but the Maryland governor has already placed operatives throughout Iowa—the only Democrat with staff on the ground there. Martin O’Malley’s incipient presidential campaign already has 11 staffers on the ground in Iowa, working to elect Democrats and build valuable connections for 2016. Several sources have told The Daily Beast that the Maryland governor, a War of 1812 aficionado, has placed staffers through the Iowa Democratic Party’s coordinated campaign, the umbrella organization that runs field efforts for all the Democratic candidates. That’s in addition to the campaigns of the Democratic nominee for governor, Jack Hatch, and Democratic nominee for secretary of state, Brad Anderson, as previously reported by the Des Moines Register. The staffers are focused on either field efforts or political outreach. “He’s committed to electing Democrats in 2014, and this commitment of staff in Iowa part of that strategy.” O’Malley, who was the first Democratic presidential hopeful to appear in the Hawkeye State is the only Democrat with staff on the ground in Iowa. He also has sent staffers through his political action committee, the O’Say Can You See PAC, to New Hampshire and South Carolina. In Iowa, O’Malley is mirroring former Indiana senator Evan Bayh, who in 2006 sent a number of paid staff to help Hawkeye State Democrats before eventually deciding not to run for president. The staffers O’Malley has placed will give him a head start if he chooses to run for president. They will be able to identify potential supporters far in advance, as well as build lists of volunteers key to the grassroots organizing necessary in the Iowa caucuses. And deploying staffers allows O’Malley to earn chits with Iowa Democrats and build a reservoir of goodwill that he can use in the future. “He’s committed to electing Democrats in 2014, and this commitment of staff in Iowa part of that strategy,” said Lis Smith, a spokesman for O’Malley. But O’Malley doesn’t have the Hawkeye State all to himself. Hillary Clinton is scheduled to appear Sunday at the Harkin Steak Fry, the premier Democratic fundraising event in the state. It is Clinton’s first visit to Iowa since the 2008 caucuses, but her super PAC, Ready for Hillary, has been organizing in the state in recent months and has bought access to the Iowa Democratic Party’s voter file. And while Clinton likely won’t have any staff on the ground in Iowa this cycle, she did have quite a few people campaigning on her behalf there just six years ago. *Calendar:* *Sec. Clinton's upcoming appearances as reported online. Not an official schedule.* · September 14 – Indianola, IA: Sec. Clinton headlines Sen. Harkin’s Steak Fry (LA Times <http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-tom-harkin-clinton-steak-fry-20140818-story.html> ) · September 15 – Washington, DC: Sec. Clinton speaks at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference (CRF <http://www.crf.org/tct/agenda/keynote-address>) · September 15 – Washington, DC: Sec. Clinton speaks at Legal Services Corp. 40th Anniversary (Twitter <https://twitter.com/AP_Ken_Thomas/status/507549332846178304>) · September 16 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton headlines a 9/11 Health Watch fundraiser (NY Daily News <http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/hillary-clinton-mark-9-11-anniversary-nyc-fundraiser-responders-kin-blog-entry-1.1926372> ) · September 18 – Washington, DC: Sec. Clinton participates in a CAP roundtable (Politico <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-center-for-american-progress-110874.html> ) · September 19 – Washington, DC: Sec. Clinton fundraises for the DNC with Pres. Obama (CNN <http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/27/politics/obama-clinton-dnc/index.html>) · September 21 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton attends CGI kickoff (The Hollywood Reporter <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/clintons-honor-leonardo-dicaprios-environmental-731964> ) · September 22 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton at CGI (CGI <http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/public/2014/pdf/agenda.pdf>) · September 23 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton at CGI (CGI <http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/public/2014/pdf/agenda.pdf>) · September 23 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton headlines the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women CGI Dinner (Twitter <https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/510157741957316609>) · September 29 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton headlines fundraiser for DCCC for NY and NJ candidates (Politico <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-new-york-fundraiser-110902.html?hp=r4> ) · September 29 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton headlines another fundraiser for DCCC (Politico <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-headline-dccc-fundraiser-110764.html?hp=l8_b1> ) · October 2 – Miami Beach, FL: Sec. Clinton keynotes the CREW Network Convention & Marketplace (CREW Network <http://events.crewnetwork.org/2014convention/>) · October 6 – Ottawa, Canada: Sec. Clinton speaks at Canada 2020 event (Ottawa Citizen <http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/hillary-clinton-speaking-in-ottawa-oct-6> ) · October 13 – Las Vegas, NV: Sec. Clinton keynotes the UNLV Foundation Annual Dinner (UNLV <http://www.unlv.edu/event/unlv-foundation-annual-dinner?delta=0>) · October 14 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton keynotes salesforce.com Dreamforce conference (salesforce.com <http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/DF14/highlights.jsp#tuesday>) · October 28 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton fundraises for House Democratic women candidates with Nancy Pelosi (Politico <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/hillary-clinton-nancy-pelosi-110387.html?hp=r7> ) · December 4 – Boston, MA: Sec. Clinton speaks at the Massachusetts Conference for Women (MCFW <http://www.maconferenceforwomen.org/speakers/>)