Subject: Hillary's Sunday Debate Strategy
From: Brent Budowsky <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 00:46:43 +0000

Here a hypothetical opening for the Sunday debate. The key point is simple: she should speak directly to the voters, from the beginning of the debate until the end, and address their economic anxieties, which are made worse by the huge decline of the stock market during the last week which will be on the minds of 401 (K) holders into the three day weekend....

At the top she should say: when the Republicans debated on Thursday night they didn't have a word to say about how they would lift the lives of voters, how they would create more jobs, or how they would increase worker's pay or make the economy more fair.  Because they had nothing to say about these things they talked about who Americans should hate, and how much they dislike each other, and why Americans shouldn't like New York, and whether one of their candidates isn't American enough to become president---because these Republicans had nothing to say about the things that matter---they spent two hours talking about things that don't matter---and that's the difference between Democrats and Republicans this year.....

I know I am biased, but I think Bill Clinton was a great president, and I was honored to be there with him every day, and proud of everything he did to make life better for so many Americans, and so grateful that he was given the opportunity in two presidential elections to do it, and grateful that I was given the opportunity to help him and continue the work that I have been doing throughout my own life.....

Now we have to build on the great things that Bill did as president, and all the things that President Obama has done to make life better after the economic crash he inherited from the last Republican president.....and build on the work that I did as a Senator and Secretary of State....

The way to make America great is not to make Americans hate but to make the American economy better, and stronger, and more fair, so there is a rising economic tide---and that rising tide does lift all boats---and we are in this together--and we build on the best of our past and bring out the best of our future...that's what makes Democrats different from Republicans---that's why I am running---that's why Bernie is running---that's why Martin is running---and while we agree on so many things and disagree on a few, that's what makes our party better than the other party-- and that's why Democrats across America are going to ultimately win this battle of ideas against the spectacle of insults we witnessed when Republicans debated last Thursday.....

You get the idea---Brent