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Current offerings there include an interview with feminist filmmaker and writer Jennifer Hall Lee whose article at The Broad Side this week, took the weepy press corps to task for tantrums rivaling the one little Claudia Chaudhary threw in front of President Obama this week.
The Hillary campaign has finally announced that she will make her first major stump speech on June 13 and some members of the press are jumping up and down like school children. A traditional campaign event! Big speech to adoring crowd, applause, cameras, pompous words. It’s a red-letter day for reporters because covering a campaign speech is billable.
Hillary is on a listening tour and those don’t involve the journalists. For the press, they are unbillable. If you haven’t heard of Hillary’s listening tour then either you don’t have cable news (like me) or you don’t read the news on the internet (unlike me). They are hard for traditional media to grasp and to cover. Where is the press release, where do I place the camera, why isn’t she taking my questions? This lack of tradition has made some members of the press angry and perplexed. They can’t write the copy. The traditional soundbites and campaign themes that are easy to cover are nonexistent — “Morning in America,” “A Thousand Points of Light,” “Hope and Change.” They can’t hear her respond to the voters in a listening tour.
Younger, hipper and less traditional media members, like Buzzfeed’s Ruby Cramer, totally get what a listening tour is, are patiently following this phase of the campaign, and know that ultimately, when Hillary has listened for awhile, she will unveil a message that will pack a wallop.
Hillary is organized, deliberate, and methodical. During this listening phase she is taking it all in. Before long, she will explain how she, as POTUS, plans to address the concerns she is hearing from Americans. I do not expect that to be a one-word solution. It is a big reason why I love her.
Finally, earlier today in characteristic cordial fashion, Hillary welcomed Martin O.Malley to the arena.
Welcome to the race, Gov. O’Malley. Looking forward to discussing strong families and communities. -H
Hillary Clinton 
Still4Hill 
I love the way Hillary is listening to people and getting feedback rather than simply coming out immediately with her positions and platform. The press is having a tantrum over it and that’s to be expected because they believe they have the POWER. On this morning’s bobblehead shows one of the discussions at the roundtable was “how long can she get away with not talking to the press?”. My answer – she can listen to the voters for as long as she wants. It’s a good thing.
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Anita helped record our history – the real story behind that ever painful year. And for that we are grateful always. I found her site and commented about having Hilz back last week. I found many useful connections to other important things there. High information voters that we are. Thank you very much…
And isn’t it wonderful that they are not harping on her talking to people now? Trumka waxed poetic and got glassy eyed talking about how Hillary is talking with and listening and not just TALKING OVER people. He then said she didn’t read the TPP in the current state and he understands she will comment after she sees it. They bluff they would withhold support – but they are just playing the game. He loves him some Hillary and he will be yelling it before long. When the union polls its members it will come out in a landslide for her.
They will all be there this time. I was union, I can see it for what it is. LOVE.
We can watch, always on guard, but phew, this is just desserts for our work!
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