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(94,527 posts) Tue Apr 14, 2015, 12:33 PM Apr 2015

Hillary Clinton makes first campaign stop in Iowa – politics live

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Source: The Guardian

The Guardian’s Paul Lewis (@paullewis) is in Monticello, Iowa (map), for Hillary Clinton’s first appearance before the media as a 2016 presidential candidate. Television coverage was limited to local stations, and only a few print and online media – the Guardian included – were being allowed inside the building to watch events unfold.

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"I’ve had a peek inside at the car mechanics workshop where Clinton will meet students, and it has been set up like a film-set: a thin yellow rope separates media cameras from a backdrop of oily car parts and hydraulic lifts. The five students and faculty who will spend an hour talking to Clinton also appear to have been well-selected (and/or briefed). I found them waiting in a classroom at the back of the college.

Ellen Schlarmann, a 16-year-old, said it was “awesome” that Clinton was visiting the campus. “She just seems really laid back,” she told me.

Drew Mollenhauer, 17, was even more effusive. “I think she’s really down-to-earth. She’s trying to connect with the middle class in a small-town like Iowa.

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The only attendee who gave a hint she might press Clinton a little was Bethany Moore, a mature student, who said she had “an open mind” about the former first lady. Moore said she wanted to know how Clinton would “take control” of the immigration situation, and pay for the free college education Democrats are promising voters.