Clinton's launch speech to focus on her mother's life

[brooklynite]

Politico:

After nearly two and a half decades in the glare of the public spotlight, Hillary Clinton will reintroduce herself on Saturday by highlighting her personal journey marked heavily by the deprivations faced by her own mother.

Starting with the story of her mother’s abusive and traumatic childhood, Clinton will explain the role her family played in making her an advocate for other people, campaign officials told POLITICO, previewing the highly touted speech on New York’s Roosevelt Island that will set the tone for the rest of her campaign. (Chelsea and Bill Clinton will attend, but Bill Clinton will have no speaking role.)

That personal focus will be driven home by the release, shortly afterwards, of a biographical video about Clinton’s career as a fighter for the middle-class, dating back to her work for the Children’s Defense Fund after graduating from law school.
While Clinton has often spoken in recent months about her pride in becoming a grandmother, it is another matriarch, Dorothy Rodham, who will be the binding theme in her remarks Saturday.

[Jumpin Jack Flash]

1. Hope. Hope, Arkansas

Bill Clinton's launching point.

New York City? Not so much.

[leftofcool]

2. This will be a good speech.

[MannyGoldstein]

3. What, in your opinion, are

Clinton's three greatest victories for the middle class?