Clinton already uniting prospective GOP presidential field
“Hillary Clinton is just not trustworthy,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.” ”She’s a creature of Washington.”
In the hours before she formally entered the race in a video posted to her website, Clinton was subject to withering criticism from Republicans such as Romney who showed up on the Sunday morning political talk shows. In the hours that followed, there was more of the same – with the added request for donations.
Bush hit up supporters with a fundraising appeal to help him stop Clinton’s “liberal agenda.” Paul started selling “Hillary’s Hard Drive” on his website, a not-so-subtle reference to Clinton’s use of a personal email account and server while serving as secretary of state.
The salvos at Clinton come amid an already-underway effort by the Republican National Committee and a series of conservative groups to paint Clinton in a negative light. At least 10 political organizations list defeating Clinton as their primary mission in their filings with the Federal Election Commission, and Democrats say they’re preparing to face much as $500 million worth of attack ads during the 2016 election.
While the early efforts aim to highlight Clinton’s potential vulnerabilities, Republicans also see these initial emails, videos and tweets as an opportunity to collect valuable email addresses and other data about potential supporters.
“Ninety-eight percent of our focus has been on Hillary for the last year,” said Sean Spicer, the chief strategist and communications director of the Republican National Committee. “And having all this digital political and communication assets focused on Hillary gives us a massive advantage. It’s one thing to motivate your base, it’s another thing to activate them.”
Republican strategists say the Clinton-focused messages appeal to primary voters by demonstrating a candidate’s ability to take her on in the general election.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s team was initially concerned that coverage of Clinton’s announcement would crowd out coverage of their splashy Monday night rally that’s expected to kick off his 2016 campaign. They later concluded the almost overlapping events would draw a powerful contrast between Rubio, the 43-year-old senator, and Clinton, who is almost 25 years his senior.
It’s a calculus that didn’t occur, or didn’t matter, to Clinton. Her video, shared hundreds of thousands of times in the first hour after being posted online, said nothing about anyone else in the 2016 race.
via NorthEast Calling http://necalling.com/clinton-already-uniting-prospective-gop-presidential-field-32194
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