2016 Election Starts Now: It's not safe out there anymore (Hot Rod Clinton version)
I think it is safe to say we are in Caucus Season now.
It doesn't feel like it of course. Perhaps, it's because we have not quite hit the stride of the trail, where TV ads are rampant, and debates are on tv. Maybe, it's because the GOP field lacks a declared front runner (Scott Walker and Jeb Bush both hint. Walker likely will run. Bush we don't know)
Still, it's here, and we know it as this year, pretty much everyone who even is talked about in the smallest of circles is throwing their hat in the ring. It's a lame duck term, so of course, that makes sense, so we even get Pataki (officially) and Lindsay Graham (highly likely) even if throngs of people weren't waiting for them.
So we are at the beginning, but let's take Thursday, there's three candidates who made three stops each- Rand Paul, Rick Santorum, and Bernie Sanders
In short, we're infested with Presidential candidates, and it's dangerous out there
Which brings me to this story:
Hillary Motorcade Barrels Down Iowa Interstate at 95MPH
This story hit places like Inside Edition, The Daily Mail, NewsMax and other likely places.
The story goes something like this "Hillary was running away from masses of reporters, trying to ditch them en route to a secret fundraiser; and because no one will believe it without proof, there's video.
I have a few thoughts of course.
First, the video is somewhat suspect. It's hardly the stunning indictment that Hillary haters think it is.
This may or not may be Hillary going 95 mph. It's certainly someone going 95 mph to catch up with the motorcade, but anymore that this is pure speculation.
Second, yeah it is probably true. I saw Obama in Iowa a couple of times. Once, near the caucus, and he was late for a 10am, which was only a second or third stop in a busy day. The second, another later appearance on the eve of the 2012 election. How else do you do it? You book every possible stop you can in a day, and it's rude to leave a cheering audience for your next stop.
Even marginal candidates schedule themselves days where they crisscross the state have unenviable travel logs.
Of course, I will give my standard warning to the Hillary haters who have spent all spring and will spend all summer rallying against Hillary. Let 2012 be you warning. You may keep Hillary out of the White House, but you also may elect President O'Malley or Webb.
Lastly, because some will make this a partisan issue, I can't help but bring up one of the state's biggest stories of 2013. In July of that year, the Governor's vehicle was pulled over and ticketed for going 84mph in a 70.
It may not have been made better by a Lt. Governor who said it was not normal for the Governor to speed, but some times necessary. While probably true, an apology probably would have been the right course of action.
In which case, the story probably would have went away, had it not ended up the officer who ticketed the governor was abruptly fired.
It doesn't feel like it of course. Perhaps, it's because we have not quite hit the stride of the trail, where TV ads are rampant, and debates are on tv. Maybe, it's because the GOP field lacks a declared front runner (Scott Walker and Jeb Bush both hint. Walker likely will run. Bush we don't know)
Still, it's here, and we know it as this year, pretty much everyone who even is talked about in the smallest of circles is throwing their hat in the ring. It's a lame duck term, so of course, that makes sense, so we even get Pataki (officially) and Lindsay Graham (highly likely) even if throngs of people weren't waiting for them.
So we are at the beginning, but let's take Thursday, there's three candidates who made three stops each- Rand Paul, Rick Santorum, and Bernie Sanders
In short, we're infested with Presidential candidates, and it's dangerous out there
Which brings me to this story:
Hillary Motorcade Barrels Down Iowa Interstate at 95MPH
This story hit places like Inside Edition, The Daily Mail, NewsMax and other likely places.
The story goes something like this "Hillary was running away from masses of reporters, trying to ditch them en route to a secret fundraiser; and because no one will believe it without proof, there's video.
I have a few thoughts of course.
First, the video is somewhat suspect. It's hardly the stunning indictment that Hillary haters think it is.
This may or not may be Hillary going 95 mph. It's certainly someone going 95 mph to catch up with the motorcade, but anymore that this is pure speculation.
Second, yeah it is probably true. I saw Obama in Iowa a couple of times. Once, near the caucus, and he was late for a 10am, which was only a second or third stop in a busy day. The second, another later appearance on the eve of the 2012 election. How else do you do it? You book every possible stop you can in a day, and it's rude to leave a cheering audience for your next stop.
Even marginal candidates schedule themselves days where they crisscross the state have unenviable travel logs.
Of course, I will give my standard warning to the Hillary haters who have spent all spring and will spend all summer rallying against Hillary. Let 2012 be you warning. You may keep Hillary out of the White House, but you also may elect President O'Malley or Webb.
Lastly, because some will make this a partisan issue, I can't help but bring up one of the state's biggest stories of 2013. In July of that year, the Governor's vehicle was pulled over and ticketed for going 84mph in a 70.
It may not have been made better by a Lt. Governor who said it was not normal for the Governor to speed, but some times necessary. While probably true, an apology probably would have been the right course of action.
In which case, the story probably would have went away, had it not ended up the officer who ticketed the governor was abruptly fired.