WASHINGTON--Hillary Clinton is celebrating her departure from politics with a new political poster. On Monday afternoon, Clinton’s supporters swarmed Bill and Hillary Clinton at the K Street headquarters of the Friends of Hillary P.A.C., which was papered with new posters showing Clinton’s profile emanating sun beams. People carried around the rolled-up posters and clung to Read More
Ann Lewis continued to talk about Obama’s comments about the trajectory changing force of Republican ideas to a Las Vegas editorial board.
“He said that they were Read More
The host of an event tomorrow night featuring Hillary Clinton advisor Ann Lewis tells me that the 30-person gathering is intended as an occasion for her friends to learn more about Hillary, and isn't simply an effort to round up undecided donors and activists. "I'm a huge Hillary supporter and I'm a great admirer Read More
A reader passes on some information about a "conversation and cocktail" geared towards some New York donors who should be in Hillary Clinton's corner but still aren't. The event, which will feature senior Hillary advisor Ann Lewis, is set to take place on April 11 in the Lower East Side home of Sally Susman and Read More
Hillary aide Ann Lewis gives a classically unrevealing interview to Gregg Birnbaum's (alightly stalkerish) JustHillary.com: A sample: JH: Lastly, a vital question that has gone unanswered for months. Let's take care of it here and now. Has Sen. Clinton seen the ABC show about a woman president, "Commander in Chief," and what does she Read More
That's how The New Republic's Ryan Lizza describes Hillary's operation, in a comprehensive look at Hillaryland that has the rare virtue of not understating the role of an operative who will, as always, remain nameless. He can't quite decide if the operation is a tight band of (mostly) sisters or if internal strife is Read More
A reader in the comments section the other day posted an interesting reaction to the onslaught of anti-Clinton venom that came when The Politicker was linked on the Drudge Report. It's a glimpse at why Clinton aides seem not to mind the victim trope so much. "Those of us who are regular readers here Read More
If Jeanine goes, and Republicans can't talk Ed Cox back into the race (he seems, understandably, to want them to ask very nicely), Hillary's likely challenger is a man whom, did he not exist, Ann Lewis might have had to invent: former Yonkers Mayor Spencer, and in a campaign already characterized by hysterical fundraising pleas Read More
On the evening of Sept. 15, former President Bill Clinton stood at the center of a flock of reporters and well-wishers at Nobu 57. The first day of his sprawlingly ambitious conference, the Clinton Global Initiative, had gone smashingly well, and now he was enjoying the company of a mostly fawning press corps as it Read More
On the evening of Sept. 15, former President Bill Clinton stood at the center of a flock of reporters and well-wishers at Nobu 57. The first day of his sprawlingly ambitious conference, the Clinton Global Initiative, had gone smashingly well, and now he was enjoying the company of a mostly fawning press corps as it Read More
Not long ago, we gave you an early glimpse of Ed Cox's campaign for Senate. He's since put a password on his website, with plans to relaunch at the end of May. Someone, however, has sent us an image taken from that site, which offers a glimpse of how you run against a Read More
We stopped by Ann Lewis's speech to the women of the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee last night, where the Hillary communications guru made a strong case that the Democrats are winning the two crucial national debates, one over social security and the other over "Republican arrogance." She was particularly pleased by the growth of Read More
Rejoice Steve Minarik. You have a candidate! CNS News reports that one William A. Brenner has emerged as the "anti-Hillary candidate" for U.S. Senate. Ann Lewis, meanwhile, is trembling. Indeed, her latest plea for money for Friends of Hillary includes this: "We know that our opponents will examine these filings, hoping for any sign Read More
The opening of the Clinton Presidential Library on Nov. 18 seemed to mark a turning point, with Bill Clinton fading into the sepia-toned past while Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton solidified her place as the primary face of the political family.
Now Mrs. Clinton is living up to that impression, building a full-fledged political operation and Read MoreFormer White House Communications director Ann Lewis to work for Hillary Clinton's campaign. She says it's for 2006; Sheinkopf says it's for "a national race."
