Posted on 07/29/2003 1:31:10 AM PDT by kattracks
In the clearest sign that she will not run for President next year, Sen. Hillary Clinton launched a Web site yesterday for a 2006 reelection campaign.The site, www.friendsofhillary.com, has policy positions, photos and ways to "help reelect Hillary," including links to make donations. The site had so much traffic on day one, it briefly crashed.
Although the former First Lady repeatedly has vowed not to run for President in 2004, speculation endures that she will. Last week, Republican National Committee members meeting in New York asked reporters whether they thought Clinton would seek the White House next year.
The executive director of Friends of Hillary, Patti Solis Doyle, said simply that it was time to begin focusing on Clinton's reelection three years from now. "Everyone really needs to start fund-raising at some point, and this is a small step toward that," she said.
Dan Allen, of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, replied, "Hillary Clinton knows that she has to start early for 2006. The agenda she supports is something Americans across the country are against."
Friends of Hillary raised $2 million in the last two years, but Clinton has focused on aiding other Democrats - generating more than $5 million for them since 2001.
Her new Web site offers donors a signed copy of her new book, "Living History," for $150 - or a signed limited edition for $1,000.
The site also invites supporters to join "Hill's Angels," to "fight back" against a "right wing" that has launched a campaign "to defeat Hillary in 2006" with "the same old politics of personal destruction," including "hate-filled E-mail." Hill's Angels has four tiers, with a top contribution of $500.
Originally published on July 29, 2003
The key is after the primary run in March or so, will there be enough of the candidates standing to prevent one from achieving a first ballot victory at the convention? Then another Democrat can waltz in and get annointed on the 2cd or 3rd ballot. This might work somewhat to a Republican advantage as the Republicans won't be able to figure out the opposition candidate until late in the ball game.
The ever slick Mrs. Clinton has thrown her hat into the ring without a shot being fired...the time to ask questions is now not later.
From HA (Hills Angles page)on Americorps
"July 11, 2003) — President Bush has chosen to ignore Rep. Louise Slaughter and a bipartisan group of 163 other members of Congress who asked him to add funding to his proposed federal budget to make AmeriCorps viable. Bush is making a huge mistake.
Fortunately, Sen. Hillary Clinton is picking up the ball, along with other Democrats in the Senate. They hope to add $100 million to a White House spending bill to help pay for the national public service organization, which provided college tuition to 67,000 young people who performed community service.
What really happened
Background on the AmeriCorps Enrollment Pause
What is the AmeriCorps enrollment pause?
On November 15, the Corporation for National and Community Service asked all AmeriCorps programs to suspend enrolling new AmeriCorps members for a period of two weeks. This pause was put in place to allow the Corporation to determine how many members were enrolled in the program. That inventory determined that nearly 50,000 members already were enrolled, the target enrollment for the 2002 program year. On December 2, the Corporation extended the pause until additional funds become available in the National Service Trust to support additional enrollments...............
Now read what Rosie Mauk, Director of AmeriCorps has to say:
http://www.americorps.org/rmstatement071103.html
As promised, the Corporation for National and Community Service is announcing today a new set of 2003 AmeriCorps grants. These grants are in three categories – State Competitive, National Directs, and the Education Awards program. They represent a significant share, though not all, of the new positions that we will award through 2003 program and National Service Trust dollars. Additional grants will be announced later this summer for National Direct continuations, Education Awards, AmeriCorps Promise Fellows, and South Dakota. Today, we are also providing states with their formula dollar and FTE allotment for 2003.
The grants announced today will enable thousands of AmeriCorps members to assist nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and communities in their efforts to tutor and mentor children, feed the homeless, respond to disasters, and mobilize volunteers to meet other community needs. In announcing these grants, the Corporation used the new accounting guidelines contained in the Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act signed by the President last week. With this legislation, the Corporation will support approximately 30,000 new positions in 2003 in addition to the approximately 20,000 positions being filled this year that were approved last year but delayed by the enrollment pause.
Here’s how the new AmeriCorps grants break down:
State Competitive: In combination with the grants announced on June 16, there will be a total of 115 state competitive grants totaling approximately $57,096,226 to support approximately 7,100 AmeriCorps members (4,830 FTE). read list of grants here
National Directs: We are announcing 16 grants totaling $17,798,061 to support approximately 2,074 AmeriCorps members (1,411 FTE). Grants in this category are to new and re-competing grantees only. Additional announcements for National Direct continuations, representing the second or third year of three-year grants, will be made later this summer. read list of grants..........
And so on, please read the whole statement. Now it is evident Mrs. Clinton is using her usual tactics in politics of personnel destruction – Freepers, do your homework! Use her website to find out what the woman (?) is saying and set the record straight each and every time here on FR.
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