Campaigning with Barack Obama for the first time, Bill Clinton delivers some rousing faint praise. He says Obama will make a good chief executive because he ran a good campaign, or something.
Sound Bite: “He can be the chief executer of good intentions as President.”
Hillary Clinton shouts at a crowd in Orlando yesterday. She tells them to vote early. Don’t you miss that soothing voice rattling around in your brain?
Sound Bite: “Now is the time to hit the streets and make those calls and convince every undecided family member or neighbor or those friends of yours . . . tell them Hillary sent you to vote for Barack Obama.”
Sound Bite: “The last thing I want . . . is to put mavericks in charge of the United States economy at this moment of need. Mavericks in Washington and on Wall Street got us into this mess. Let’s have some adult supervision again . . . “
It’s a nice bit and Obama should use it. But be honest: Aren’t you relieved you won’t have to listen to her everyday for the next four years?
In a speech at the University of Central Florida, Bill Clinton stumps for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, uh, Barack what’s his name. He tells the screaming students what a good president he was. He tells the students how Bush messed things up. He tells the students how he would fix things. He tells the students to vote for Barack what’s his name.
This clip captures the essence of Hilllary Clinton’s speech last night at the Convention.
Sound Bite: No way, no how, no McCain.”
Here’s Hillary’s full speech. She’s a “proud supporter of Barack Obama.”
Every political star gets a biopic. Hillary was born in a log cabin, she walked five miles every day — barefoot — to a one-room schoolhouse . . . you get the picture.
John McCain reprises Hillary Clinton’s “It’s 3:00 AM” ad and grafts on Hillary’s sound bite that “I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he will bring to the White House and Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002.” Ouch.
Hillary Clinton makes a low-budget video talking about all her meetings in Denver and how she’s looking forward to the tradition of a roll call and then getting behind (ahem) Barack Obama and (cough) Joe Biden.
At a Convention-related event today, Hillary Clinton comments on the recent McCain ads that feature critical remarks she made about Barack Obama during the primary campaign.
Sound Bite: “I’m Hillary Clinton and I do not approve that message.”
By the time this week is over, you’ll be convinced that Hillary Clinton IS running for Vice President — on the Republican ticket. This Republican National Committee ad uses a clip of Hillary from the primary to drive home the message that Barack (“he gives a great speech”) Obama is “the most inexperienced presidential candidate of our times.”
Sound Bite: [Hillary Clinton] “Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign. I will bring a lifetime of experience. And Sentor Obama will bring a speech that he gave in 2002.”
The McCain campaign targets disaffected Clinton supporters with this new 30-second spot featuring the bubbly Debra Bartoshevich, “a proud Hillary Clinton Democrat” who’s now backing McCain.
Sound Bite: “I respect his maverick and independent streak. And now he’s the one with the experience and judgment. A lot of Democrats will vote McCain. It’s OK, really!”
Apparently some Clinton supporters are out of sorts because their candidate wasn’t considered for the VP spot. So leave it to the McCain camp to pour a little gasoline on the fire with this new 30-second ad.
Sound Bite: “She won millions of votes but isn’t on his ticket. Why? For speaking the truth.”
“What does Hillary want?” That was the question Senator Clinton posed when Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee in June and it looks like the answer is still blowin’ in the wind. At a fundraiser last week, the former candidate told supporters that she’s trying to work out a plan that will allow her supporters to be “respected” at the Democratic National Convention. And even though “I’m supporting Senator Obama,” the former candidate said there are a lot of options on the table. More here.
Sound Bite: “Because I know from, just what I’m hearing, that there’s incredible pent-up desire. And I think that people want to feel like, ‘OK, it’s a catharsis, we’re here, we did it, and then everybody get behind Senator Obama.’ That is what most people believe is the best way to go.”
