Hillary's PowerPoint sales pitch being emailed to all House Dems

[housewolf]

Hillary Campaign Emails Out "Electability" Power-Point To All House Dems
By Greg Sargent - May 9, 2008, 11:27AM

Stepping up its efforts to push her case with super-dels and party leaders, the Hillary campaign is emailing out a Power-Point presentation to all Dems in the House touting her electability and her ability to carry tough swing districts.

You can view the Power-Point in our TPM Document Collection.

The gist of the argument is that Hillary has beaten Obama in the vast majority of tough red-leaning House districts, and has consistently outperformed him among key demographics -- seniors, Hispanics, and rural voters.


Go see the PowerPoint slides here and read the rest:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/hillary_campaign_emails_out_el.php

[Barrymores Ghost]

1. CODE: "tough red-leaning House districts" and "seniors...and rural voters"

TRANSLATION: "Older white rednecks."

[Skip Intro]

8. rofl - you guys kill me

Hillary: "Thank you and have a good day."

DU Obama nuts: Day? Translation: Day as opposed to night, white vs black. She could have said have a good night, but no, she said day, which is code for white to her racist inbred base...

:crazy:



:rofl:

[tabasco]

22. Really! Hillary says "snipers in the hills" and Obamabots hear "flowers from a child!"

Those crazy Obamazoids!

[LizW]

65. Also sometimes translated as:

The districts we need to win the general election and put a Democrat in the White House.

[Name removed]

68. Deleted message

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[Gore1FL]

69. Except for caucus states

because districts there don't count...

Not quite verbatim, but that is the measurement used in the ppt.

[roguevalley]

71. even rendell said obama will take penn. the argument that we need

a redneck candidate to win redneck states is bunk.

[ORDem]

73. Horseshit! It was a Dem primary, not a GE. Doesn't prove squat. nt

[DangerousRhythm]

74. It lists 3 districts in New York... why?

Is there a real reason she'd have to win those? Is New York all of a sudden going Republican this year?

:shrug:

[gateley]

2. This is almost disturbing to witness --

Doesn't she realize how she comes across? This is just screaming desperation.

[Andy823]

3. She forgot one

The Rush limbaugh cross over voters!

I live in Washington state, and every county in the state went for Obama, and that includes all the rural counties! Her arguments just don't make sense!

[PatGund]

We don't count.....

....we're a caucus state, and therefore aren't a true representation of the voting public you see.

[Seabiscuit]

4. Couple the gist of her Power-Point argument about red-leaning House districts with

the Gallup polls indicating she consistently beats McCain and Obama doesn't, and she's got some persuasive ammunition when it comes down to undecided Super Delegates if this goes all the way to the Convention.

[anigbrowl]

18. No, she doesn't. Because her argument is based on the past, not the future.

Fine, she did well in the districts she mentions. No argument there. But the implication is that Obama can never win them even if he campaigns for the next 6 months. Basically she's saying that every district she won would go red if Obama were the nominee, and that McCain would just gain her whole demographic.

[crispini]

59. It's actually a pretty interesting point to make to specifically elected officials.

Hillary can win in the tough districts is implying:
- Hillary can help the Dems retain these seats
- Hillary in the GE can therefore help the Dems retain control of congress.

However, it's really weird, because she's trying to say she has coattails, but around here, almost every single elected official, and HEAPS of candidates, threw their lot in with Obama. They must not agree.

[OzarkDem]

28. Also convincing for the "coattails" effect

[anigbrowl]

45. Yep, look what happened to Cazayoux in LA. Won a seat that's been GOP for 34 years.

but Obama is just way too radical, folks.

[roguevalley]

72. the SD's have to live in their districts. they will never give her the

nod. they would get tarred and feathered.

RV, willing to lend a few pillows myself to the cause.

[bowens43]

5. and yet....Obama won.

[high density]

6. No thanks

That's a bit of a logic stretch by any standard. Clinton beats Obama in certain cherry picked areas and voters, therefore Clinton beats McCain or helps these House members get re-elected? Nope, don't see that happening.

[snooper2]

7. That's all they got...jeez she is getting fucked...

fucked out of her money that is


Shit, she should have hired KKKArl Rove :rofl:


Oh, and notice in the slides she shows Hillary INC. in blue and Obama in Red... :puke:

[Onyx488]

62. Hillary LIES again!!!

<------How did that happen?

[BonnieJW]

9. Why doesn't she just get on her knees and beg?

This is painful to watch.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

10. So she found 40 (Forty) out of 435 house districts where she's been better than Obama?

This is the stupidest power point I've ever seen, unless she's trying to get him elected immediately. She obviously should get 9% of the supers in the House, if that's her point.

[redqueen]

14. Clearly those are THE most important house districts.

Maybe she's looking to add some more signers to that letter that 12 house Dems have already signed.

[Mooney]

15. For some reason, as I read this article,

"Waiting Around To Die" comes to mind.

[redqueen]

17. Aw...

that makes me feel sad for her. :(

[Mooney]

27. Give it a few days.

Every time I feel some sympathy for her, or have felt endeared towards her, she says or does something that makes me livid. So enjoy your sympathy for her now, while you can. You'll lose your ability to be charitable towards her at some time in the next 72 hours, I promise.

[redqueen]

29. Hahahahahahahha... yeah... this I know.

*sigh*

[Mooney]

36. There are other Townes songs you can play in the meantime

to complement your current charitable attitude towards Hillary.

"Flying Shoes"
"To Live's To Fly"
"Don't Take It Too Bad"
"Fare Thee Well Miss Carousel"
"Tower Song"

The list is endless.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

24. ah, yes, this must be what they mean by highly targeted marketing

[redqueen]

40. Honestly I can see the point they're trying to make...

but it's such a weak one... so much has changed.

[liberaldem4ever]

11. Nice PowerPoint presentation

Not convincing, but looks nice. Good luck with that.

[anigbrowl]

20. She's no Al Gore :-)

[Jane Austin]

12. Power Point?

Really?

Power Point?

[Stephanie]

48. I know!

It's like, pathetic.

[bicentennial_baby]

13. Couldn't they use a better font?!

:rofl:

What a fugly ppt.

:rofl:

[IDemo]

16. Better virus check that. Better yet, just delete it

[mrreowwr_kittty]

19. Well then how come the Congressman in my red-leaning district NEVER brought Hillary out to campaign

But he DID bring Obama out in 2006?

[JimGinPA]

21. With Such A Convincing Presentation, Expect The SD's To Start Flooding To Her Now...

Or not.

[OzarkDem]

25. They're conflicted

trying to decide between winning the GE vs getting lots of future campaign money from Obama's corporate donors.

[OzarkDem]

23. Very convincing arguments

Winning these districts is not only important in winning the GE, its also important for "coattails" to help elect more Dems to Congress.

Its especially troubling that Obama has so little support among Hispanic voters.

[RoadRage]

33. Yup.. it's about as "troubling" as the lack of support Clinton has with AA's.. right??

:eyes:

[JPZenger]

50. Richardson as VP would bring in Latino/Latina votes nt

[Gore1FL]

70. It would be more convinving had she throw the caucus districts in there

and didn't overlap text with pictures.

[tabasco]

26. She's a Powerpoint Ranger! Death by laserpointer!

The dazzling briefing will destroy all enemies!!

[nomorewhopper]

30. this entire presentation is just plain horseshit

[GetTheRightVote]

31. she is just harming our present Nominee Obama and is dealing the Dem Party

an ugly below the belt hit, she is not good enought to be the Dem. Candidate, no way.

[thereismore]

32. I thought the AA vote was a key demographic too. Who knew. nt

[RoadRage]

38. No No No.... AA's don't count in this election.. didn't you see that slide on the presentation?

Only people over 50, Hispanics & Rural Voters. Younger newer voters, college kids, "urban" voters, highly educated voters - those really have nothing to do with winning in November. Just the old white ladies who toodle to the polls - there is evidently more then enough of them to push Clinton over the edge.. even though there isn't even enough of them for her to win the primarys. :eyes:

[redqueen]

34. Is this a joke? A hoax? That thing looks like CRAP!

:wtf:

[Avalux]

43. The words are chopped off in slide 7.

:rofl:

[redqueen]

44. In a few slides!

And there's punctuation mistakes, too!

:grr:

That kinda crap just bugs me to no end!

[zulchzulu]

35. Tough swing districts will look at the Clintons vs McSame and run to the GOP

Her assessment is dishonest. The primary season is very different than the General Election

If the Republicans have the gift of running against two Clintons, all hell will break loose for the Democrats. We would lose not only the White House but so many races down the ticket...

The PPT is a snow job.

[BklynChick]

37. omfg.

[thereismore]

39. WINNING IN THE TOUGH DISTRICTS on every page. So what? 16 districts?

Please. She is saying Obama won't carry them. Based on what? Just goto hell Hillary, I don't even think your data is correct. I don't trust you. Just go away.

[Thrill]

41. Thats Tacky

[IDemo]

42. PowerPoint and a box of donuts will convince them. I'm sure of it.

[anigbrowl]

46. House Dems respond (pic)

[countingbluecars]

51. LOL n/t

[Stephanie]

47. I feel sorry for her now.

This is pathetic.

[JPZenger]

49. "Hardworking white people" vote Hillary

She said that "hardworking, White" people vote for her. I guess that makes me a lazy bum.

It reminded me of a Mayor race in Philadelphia years ago. An intelligent, well-educated African American (Wilson Goode) was running for Mayor. His Democratic opponent put up signs saying that he was "The Taxpayers' Democrat." In other words, Goode was only going to represent those welfare cheats drivin' those Cadilacs.

Goode won.

[Stephanie]

52. A few comments >

This slideshow is appalling, in every aspect. The message is ridiculous and convoluted, the execution is poor, and the attempt to sway supers is just pathetic.


Slide 1: "Winning in the Tough Districts." Very ugly graphics. And does she really mean tough? Or is the correct description "right-leaning?"

Slide 2: Hillary is the strongest candidate to top the ticket in tough districts - but not in the DEMOCRATIC districts, apparently, or she wouldn't be LOSING.

Slide 3: Is "retook" a word?

Slide 4: So it's some sort of surprise that Miss DLC won over Obama in these Republican districts?

Slide 5: "Old People Like Me"

Slide 6: The jpeg of the graph is overlapping the text. You don't get much for $10M a month from Mark Penn's office, apparently.

Slide 7: Same error! Has the Clinton campaign never heard of proofreading? Sloppy sloppy sloppy. And what is her argument exactly?

Slide 8: Again! Image is overlapping text so it's not even readable. And she's the competent one?

Slide 9: Conclusion. Hillary is the candidate who can't even get a decent PowerPoint out of her many high priced consultants. The logic is nonsensical and the design is amateurish.

[Kaylee]

58. Thank You....sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.

You would think someone in the campaign office could proofread the thing before they sent it out.

[Binka]

67. Retook Is Indeed A Word But It Is Not Often Used

I concur on your assessment. Peyton could make a nicer presentation. These fucktards are embarrassingly INCOMPETENT.

[SurfingAtWork]

53. I sure hope that an unpaid intern put this powerpoint together because, it about as amature

as you can get. In a way I almost feel bad for the people struggling to make it, who donate to her campaign. This is $ horribly spent.

[Stand and Fight]

61. Well, if your grammar is any proof...

You've got a whole lot of nerve talking about anyone.

[EmilyAnne]

54. This must be a joke.

[Window]

55. Dear Lord! This is just sad and pathetic.

[Joe the Revelator]

56. Well, that was underwhelming

Very badly put together.

[onenote]

57. if you accept the premise of the power point, the Democrat loses no matter what

We get it -- the voters in these districts, in a choice between HRC and Obama, chose HRC. BUt the implication that these voters will all migrate to McCain or to republican house candidate is absurd and insulting.

I voted for Obama. But I'd be voting for HRC if she was the nominee v. McCain. And I'll be voting for the Democratic candidate in my district (which has a chance of going to Democrat for the first time in decades this year).

If HRC's premise is correct -- that the voters who supported her in the primary will disappear in the GE if she's not the nominee then those districts are lost no matter what. Because if the 30 percent or so of Obama supporters in those districts disappear if she's the candidate, the only thing that will change is that the margin by which the Democrat in that district loses will be different, but the Democrat would still lose.

[xynthee]

60. Obama should just go ahead and concede now!

Seriously, that's one of the worst power point presentations I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot of really bad ones).

[madrchsod]

63. how much did she pay for that?

an 8th grade geek could have done a better presentation....

[madrchsod]

64. oh yes--she did`t do shit for foster in the illinois 14th

it was obama who cut commercials for him...i guess the illinois 14th was`t big enough for her...

[Elidor]

66. Fucking delusional

The Clintons need an intervention.

[chitty]

75. WOW..........

But can she win in the tough districts?

:rofl: