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*​**Correct The Record Wednesday October 1, 2014 Morning Roundup:*

*Headlines:*

*Politico: “Hillary Clinton to appear at Jeanne Shaheen fundraiser”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-jeanne-shaheen-111498.html>*

“Hillary Clinton will headline a fundraiser for Democratic Sen. Jeanne
Shaheen in New York City on Wednesday, an event being hosted by longtime
Clinton friends Ron and Beth Dozoretz, according to an invitation sent to
donors.”

*The Hill blog: Ballot Box: “Clinton to speak at medical device conference”
<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/219343-hillary-clinton-to-speak-at-medical-device-conference-same-day-as-ill>*

“Clinton will hold a moderated Q&A with the president of Advanced Medical
Technology Association, Stephen Ubl, after her speech, according to a media
advisory released Tuesday.  “

*Bloomberg: “No Hard Feelings as Bill Clinton Subs for Wife at Event”
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-01/no-hard-feelings-as-bill-clinton-subs-for-wife-at-event.html>*

“Hillary Clinton, who is considering a 2016 Democratic bid for the
presidency, has nixed several fundraisers for her party’s candidates since
her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, gave birth Sept. 26. Political operatives in
both parties say that, like Kelly, most donors understand when a politician
cancels an appearance at the last minute for exceptional personal or family
reasons.”

*NPR: “Transcript: Sen. Warren's Full NPR Interview On Financial
Regulation”
<http://www.npr.org/2014/10/01/352779367/transcript-sen-warrens-full-npr-interview-on-financial-regulation>*

“*Should Hillary Clinton address this issue [bank regulation] forcefully? *You
know, I'd like to see everybody address this issue forcefully. I think it
is a very important question, and I'm — I wanna see everybody in on it.
Both parties — I think we all should be there.”

*The Hill blog: In The Know: “ElectHillary.com? RandPaul.com? Betting on
2016's hottest Web address”
<http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/219397-electhillarycom-randpaulcom-betting-on-2016s-hottest-web-address>*

“Election-year website squatters have dollar signs in their eyes, scooping
up 2016-related domain names with the aim of cashing in on six-figure
payouts — before any candidate has even thrown his or her hat into the
ring.”

*SouthFlorida.com: “More 'Hard Choices' for Hillary”
<http://www.southflorida.com/sf-go-hillary-clinton-books-gables-100114-20141001,0,1236925.story>*

“The 3:30 p.m. [Books and Books] signing is expected to draw at least 1,000
visitors….”

*Des Moines Register: “Late-night comics joke about Iowa and Hillary”
<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2014/09/30/iowa-politics-jimmy-fallon-snl-hillary-clinton/16493963/>*

“The steady stream of potential 2016 presidential candidates visiting the
state in recent weeks has caught the attention of comedians and made the
state literally a punchline.”

*Time: “Meet the Clinton Baby’s Other Grandparents”
<http://time.com/3450546/charlotte-clinton-mezvinsky-machatonim/>*

“Even before Charlotte Clinton Mevzinsky headed home from the hospital on
Monday, we had seen the first photos of her with her “over the moon” new
grandparents, Bill and Hillary Clinton. But where were the machatonim?”

*Washington Post blog: The Switch: “Meet Share America, the U.S. State
Department’s Upworthy clone”
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/30/meet-share-america-the-u-s-state-departments-upworthy-clone/>*

“American diplomats have long tried to win the information game. And under
both previous Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and current Secretary John
Kerry, the State Department has attempted to identify and even amplify the
nuances of an increasingly horizontal world…”

*The Daily Beast: “This Is How Eva Longoria Is Trying to Win the Midterms”
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/01/this-is-how-eva-longoria-is-trying-to-win-the-midterms.html>*

Eva Longoria: “I love and adore Hillary [Clinton]…”

*Articles:*

*Politico: “Hillary Clinton to appear at Jeanne Shaheen fundraiser”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-jeanne-shaheen-111498.html>*

By Maggie Haberman

September 30, 2014, 8:10 p.m. EDT

Hillary Clinton will headline a fundraiser for Democratic Sen. Jeanne
Shaheen in New York City on Wednesday, an event being hosted by longtime
Clinton friends Ron and Beth Dozoretz, according to an invitation sent to
donors.

The invitation, obtained by POLITICO, shows the event taking place late in
the afternoon at the Dozoretz home.

A Clinton spokesman did not respond to an email. A Shaheen spokesman
declined to comment. Shaheen (D-N.H.) is battling former Massachusetts Sen.
Scott Brown for reelection.

Ron and Beth Dozoretz are old friends of the Clintons, as is Shaheen.

Clinton has canceled a number of appearances this week, following the birth
of her granddaughter last Friday. She has primarily kept appearances that
are in New York, where her daughter, Chelsea, lives.

*The Hill blog: Ballot Box: “Clinton to speak at medical device conference”
<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/219343-hillary-clinton-to-speak-at-medical-device-conference-same-day-as-ill>*

By Peter Sullivan

September 30, 2014, 3:08 p.m. EDT

Hillary Clinton will speak at a medical technology industry conference in
Chicago the same day that she campaigns for Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D).

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Clinton will campaign for Quinn on Oct.
8. That is the same day that she has a previously scheduled appearance at
the AdvaMed 2014 conference.

The medical decive tax under ObamaCare has been controversial, and
Republicans have made repealing it a central part of their platform for
next year.

The former secretary of State is often compensated for appearances at
conferences such as these and has faced criticism for her speaking fees.

Details of Clinton's campaign appearance for Quinn have not been made
public. Quinn is also slated to speak at the medical technology conference.

Clinton will hold a moderated Q&A with the president of Advanced Medical
Technology Association, Stephen Ubl, after her speech, according to a media
advisory released Tuesday.

"More than 2,500 attendees will network, conduct business, gain access to
capital and share insights in Chicago, Ill.,fromOctober 6-8" the advisory
says of the conference. "The conference also features world-class plenary
speakers, networking and business development opportunities."

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is also slated to speak at the conference.

On the campaign side, Quinn is locked in a tight battle with Republican
businessman Bruce Rauner in his reelection race this year.

*Bloomberg: “No Hard Feelings as Bill Clinton Subs for Wife at Event”
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-01/no-hard-feelings-as-bill-clinton-subs-for-wife-at-event.html>*

By Jonathan Allen

October 1, 2014, 12:00 a.m. EDT

Maeve Sanford-Kelly, 10, lost out to Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky,
four-days-old.

Sanford-Kelly had been planning for nearly two weeks to see Hillary Clinton
last night at a fundraiser for Anthony Brown, Maryland’s Democratic
lieutenant governor who is seeking the state’s top job in November’s
election. But Clinton, whose granddaughter was born Sept. 26, canceled and
sent her husband, former President Bill Clinton, in her place.

“My 10-year-old daughter, who got a $1,000 ticket, is crushed,”
Sanford-Kelly’s mom, Ariana Kelly, a member of the Maryland House of
Delegates, said earlier yesterday of the former secretary of state’s
absence. “But for what it’s worth, I’m glad she’s with the baby instead of
with us. It says something good about her soul.”

Hillary Clinton, who is considering a 2016 Democratic bid for the
presidency, has nixed several fundraisers for her party’s candidates since
her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, gave birth Sept. 26. Political operatives in
both parties say that, like Kelly, most donors understand when a politician
cancels an appearance at the last minute for exceptional personal or family
reasons.

And sometimes, the reserve called off the bench to stand in is good enough
to satisfy even skeptics in a crowd.

“Just like middle school, it depends on who the substitute is,” Matt
Canter, deputy executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee said, referring to the star power of the former president who
stood in at the Brown fundraiser.

*‘Frustrates People’*

Rob Jesmer, former executive director of the National Republican Senatorial
Committee, said that some big names in politics develop a bad reputation
for last-minute cancellations for less-than-pressing matters.

“That frustrates people,” he said. In this case, though, “Hillary Clinton
can get away with it.”

The former first lady has been one of this year’s most sought-after
surrogates for Democratic candidates across the nation, Canter said.

“For the vast majority of our campaigns, there’s a tremendous demand for
her to be involved in various aspects of the campaign,” he said.

At last night’s fundraiser, held at the Potomac, Maryland, home of David
Trone, co-owner of Total Wine & More retail company, Bill Clinton echoed
recent remarks by President Barack Obama about the U.S. economy, saying it
has been growing stronger, according to a person who attended and requested
anonymity to discuss a private event.

*Foster Children*

In praising Brown for his work with foster children, Clinton said that his
wife, a former U.S. senator from New York, had worked with former House
Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican, on issues affecting such
children when they were both in Congress, the person said.

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, who picked Brown as his running mate
eight years ago and is considering his own bid for the Democratic
presidential nomination, also attended the fundraiser.

Hillary Clinton appeared at a pair of fundraisers for the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee on Sept. 29 in New York, where her
daughter lives. She is scheduled to headline an event for Senator Jeanne
Shaheen of New Hampshire, a Democrat up for re-election, today in New York.

*NPR: “Transcript: Sen. Warren's Full NPR Interview On Financial
Regulation”
<http://www.npr.org/2014/10/01/352779367/transcript-sen-warrens-full-npr-interview-on-financial-regulation>*

[Transcript]

October 1, 2014, 5:03 a.m. EDT

*STEVE INSKEEP: You described what you learned from this report as
disturbing. What's disturbing about it?*

ELIZABETH WARREN: Well ultimately, this report tells us exactly what we
already knew — that the relationship between regulators and the financial
institutions they oversee is too cozy to provide the kind of tough
oversight that's really needed.

*How is it too cozy? Because of course, we hear the regulators on these
tapes saying: "There's a reason that we're trying to have good
relationships with banks like Goldman Sachs — we want to know what's going
on, we want to get information."*

Oh golly. So look — listen, though, to those tapes. For me, there were two
things that jumped out. The first was just a basic lack of truthful
reporting: Supervisors are actually telling examiners not to report
accurately the damning things they heard from bank executives during
meetings. I mean, wow. If there's not even an accurate record of what's
going on, then the regulators can't hope to do their jobs.

And the second thing: Look at how the Fed emphasized talk instead of
action. You know, the regulators seemed to think that it was a victory just
to raise an issue, even if they took absolutely no action to address the
issue. And that's the kind of approach that allowed banks to take on
massive risks before the financial crisis.

You know, think about that: The regulators seemed to think that fussing at
banks behind closed doors was their toughest sanction. Does anyone believe
that Goldman Sachs is gonna give up a deal that would yield millions of
dollars because someone fussed at them behind closed doors?

*The regulators described this particular deal — that was reported on in
great detail on the tapes — as a transaction that was legal, but shady. Uh,
it did seem to be within in the rules. Does that call for a proper — does
that suggest a problem with regulators or the rules?*

You know, for me it starts as a problem with the regulators — and let me
describe it this way: You know, the cultural problem isn't just some
secondary concern. It's the whole ball game.

We can keep making the rules tougher and tougher, but it won't make an
ounce of difference if the regulators won't enforce the rules that are
there. If the regulators back down or back off whenever the banks tell them
to? Then it's the banks — and not the regulators — who are running the show-

*Now you mention-*

-and I think — yeah, go ahead.

*Now you mentioned a cultural problem, Sen. Warren. Of course way back in
2009, five years ago now, there was a report commissioned by the Fed that
identified this cultural problem: a reluctance to speak up and a suggestion
of a too-close relationship with the banks.*

*But what can you really do about that, given that you need to have
regulators who, perhaps, have experience in the financial industry, and are
going to get to know the financial industry and the people in it really
well?*

Well you know, the first thing we can do is expose it. I mean, that's where
this really starts — that's the first step. And that's why it is I want to
see oversight hearings — I want to get a complete picture of what's
happened here...

But we need to move on this and move quickly, because the big banks are
just getting bigger, and they're taking on new kinds of risks. We need
regulators who understand that they work for the American people, not for
the big banks.

*Carmen Segarra, the woman who made these tapes — and who was fired from
the Fed — sued, and her lawsuit was thrown out. One way to describe the
reason it was thrown is simply that the whistleblower statutes did not
apply to her — she had not exposed a violation of regulations, she had
exposed something short of that that was troubling to her.*

*Do you think the whistleblower statutes should be expanded in some way?*

Yeah, I think that's one of things that ought to be on the table. I mean,
look — we need to look at whether or not we've got the right tools to
protect the kind of people who will speak up. But, but what we've got to
start with is we've got to expose what happened here, we've got to look at
what the available tools are, but we've got to give the message loud and
clear to the Fed: Um, this isn't gonna work — you work for the American
people, you don't for the big banks.

*I should mention that these allegations have been around for a while —
Carmen Segarra's story has been known for a while — what is new here is the
tapes. Was there something, just from the tone — from listening to the
tapes — that you learned that you did not know before?*

You know, there is something about listening to those tapes, and hearing
someone say "no, no!" you know, "back up!" almost — almost a whiny tone
about the, the fact that she feels pretty strongly that Goldman is not in
compliance with the requirements of the law. And I'm...

That's the part, when you hear the tape, there's no more "he said, she
said," one person describes it this way and another says no. It's that you
really do, for a moment, get to be the fly on the wall that watches all of
it, and there it is to be exposed to everyone: the cozy relationship, the
fact that the Fed is more concerned about its relationship with a
too-big-to-fail bank than it is with protecting the American public.

*I suppose if a Goldman official was sitting here, they might point out
Goldman was complying with the law — at least according to some of the
regulators — and the problem was whether they were doing something that was
around the edges of the law, so to speak.*

Yeah, but this is partly the role of a regulator. A regulator doesn't say
to a big financial institution: "Hey! Step right up here. Get your toes on
the line, and so long as you can make a legal argument that you have not
crossed the line then, hey, we're — we're all cool here."

That's not the way regulation of large financial institutions is supposed
to work — they're supposed to be using judgment. And remember, part of this
judgment is about whether or not there has been compliance with the law.
The fact that Goldman could mount a legal defense here is not really the
point of these tapes. The point of these tapes is that the regulators are
backing off long before anyone's in court making a legal argument about
whether or not they came right up to the line or they crossed over the line.

*Do you think regulators in a situation like that could say, "listen, this
may be legal, but I don't like it — don't do it"?*

You know, I think what regulators can do, is they can remind these large
financial institutions that there's a lot of room in there for the large
financial institutions to get themselves into trouble and to get the entire
economy into trouble.

I mean look, that's what happened in 2008 — the regulators stood by as the
big financial institutions kept loading up on more and more and more risk.
The regulators had the tools to say to the big financial institutions, "hey
guys, you gotta back off — you're putting the whole system at risk when you
do this." And yet the regulators didn't do that. They were willfully blind
to what went on.

And what we're seeing here is that same kind of cozy relationship, as the
big financial institutions continue to run their operations, taking on more
risk, doing what they want to do and brushing their regulators aside.

*Sen. Warren, this is, uh, something that you're clearly passionate about,
but it's a complicated issue — bank regulation. What would have to happen
for it to be a major campaign issue this fall or in 2016?*

You know, I think it already is a campaign issue. The way I see this, for
everybody who's running right now in 2014, there's a fundamental question
of whose side you stand on.

You know, the game out there is rigged, and people across this country
really get it. And the Goldman Sachs tapes just show it one more time.
Little banks have to follow the rules, regular families have to follow the
rules, but big financial institutions? Somehow they can manage just to push
their regulators aside and go forward.

There's a — there's a fundamental question about who this country works
for. It can't just work for those who already have lots of money and lots
of power. We've got to have a country that works for everybody else.

*Should Hillary Clinton address this issue forcefully?*

You know, I'd like to see everybody address this issue forcefully. I think
it is a very important question, and I'm — I wanna see everybody in on it.
Both parties — I think we all should be there.

*Do you think that — do you think that your party is going to be able to
make an issue of this in the general election coming up in a couple of
years?*

You know, I'm gonna keep talking about it, and I think there are a lot of
people in the Democratic Party who will do the same.

*Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, thanks very much.*

Thank you.

*The Hill blog: In The Know: “ElectHillary.com? RandPaul.com? Betting on
2016's hottest Web address”
<http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/219397-electhillarycom-randpaulcom-betting-on-2016s-hottest-web-address>*

By Judy Kurtz

October 1, 2014, 6:00 a.m. EDT

Election-year website squatters have dollar signs in their eyes, scooping
up 2016-related domain names with the aim of cashing in on six-figure
payouts — before any candidate has even thrown his or her hat into the ring.

The starting bid to buy either ElectHillary.com or ReelectHillary.com at
GoDaddy's domain name auction site: $275,000. RandPaul.com is being offered
for $125,000.

By comparison, the price of other names based on possible presidential
hopefuls might be considered a steal: ChrisChristiePresident2016.com is up
for grabs for $49,000, while TedCruzForCommanderinChief.com is $20,000, and
ElizabethWarren2016.com goes for a mere $3,300.

Jeremy Peter Green shelled out thousands of dollars to amass his collection
of 180 domain names. The 26-year-old recent law school graduate says
proudly, "As far as I know, I have a better 2016 collection than anyone
else out there."

Green's bipartisan, eclectic and sometimes long-shot list pairs former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with a slew of possible Democratic vice
presidential picks in domain names such as ClintonNapolitano.com,
ClintonOMalley.com, and ClintonWarner.com, referring to former Homeland
Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, and
Sen. Mark Warner (Va.). And Green is gambling on former Florida Gov. Jeb
Bush (R) running with Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) for BushAyotte.com.

The Maryland native started focusing on 2016 well before the previous
presidential showdown was decided, buying up domains shortly after
finishing college in 2010. The domain name guessing game seemed like a
natural fit for the self-professed political junkie, who worked as an
autograph dealer in college to earn extra spending money.

“The only political autographs that were really worth money were people
that buyers thought might become president soon, or people that already
were president, so I had to speculate on who was going to be president and
then get things signed by them before they got big,” Green tells ITK.

He’s banking on his Clinton names, saying the former first lady is “the
single most likely candidate to be the first name” on the Democrats’
ticket. Indeed, more than 50 domains based on variations on Clinton’s name
(including HillaryForPres2016.com for $8,300, HillaryNotPresident.com for
$295,000, and YesHillaryCan.com for $49,995) are for sale on GoDaddy.com.

But Green, like many other Internet entrepreneurs, also attempts to think
outside the box when he’s buying up domains. He purchased a domain with the
name of former Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño (R), saying, “I just think
he’d be a cool ticket add-on for a Republican nominee, even though nobody
will ever pick him.”

He’s also placing his bets on Vice President Biden making a run again in
2016, but not for commander in chief: “I also like ClintonBiden[.com], even
though nobody talks about Biden running for vice president again. I still
think he’s more likely than any other individual candidate to be picked for
that.”

Since he buys his online acquisitions in bulk, Green pays about $8 a year
per domain in his cache. Although he has yet to make a profit, he’s eyeing
a big payout ahead of the presidential election.

“Definitely if you happen to have the right two last names that end up on
one of the two tickets, that is worth a lot of money. I think it’s worth
low six-figures if you happen to have one of those.”

Green says his goal is to sell all his domain names as a bundle to make
money sooner rather than later.

“I would only sell the bundle for tens of thousands, so it would still be a
pretty good amount,” he says.

But Bill Sweetman, president of the domain name consulting firm Name Ninja,
says dreams of a big payday are likely pie in the political sky.

“I am aware of hundreds of different examples of people registering these
names in the hopes of somebody coming along and buying it from them,”
Sweetman tells ITK. “I’m not aware of a single instance where a candidate
or a group bought ‘Somebody’s name for president.com.’ ”

While “technically not illegal,” according to Sweetman, snagging domain
names in the hopes of selling them to a candidate or campaign “just doesn’t
pass the sniff test.”

Green, who works at a labor law firm, says he knows not everyone approves
of his domain name buying spree.

“It’s sort of a kind of bottom-feeding to a lot of people, I think … I mean
I don’t think there’s anything to look down on about it, but I guess it’s
just the idea of buying something that you don’t plan to use and then
sitting on it until you can exploit it — that rubs people the wrong way,”
he says.

Sweetman says he appreciates the “predicting the future” aspect of 2016
domain name sellers, but contends as a general rule: “I still don’t think
you should do that with political candidates or with people.”

“It’s a gamble, and there are better ways. If you’re serious about making
money and buying and selling domain names, you don’t play that game.”

Instead, the domain name expert suggests researching things, not people,
that might be all the buzz in a few years.

“If you think the world is moving towards solar power, or some new thing
you’re learning about … and you buy a bunch of those names and hope to sell
them down the road, I think that’s fantastic," Sweetman says.

Green says he has a game plan if his domain names prove to be a tough sell:
“I will use them. I’ll make fun of the politicians if I’m unable to sell
them.” That’s what Green, a Democrat, did in 2012, turning a domain name
based on Rick Santorum into a blog poking fun of the former GOP
presidential candidate.

Asked if it ever pains him to plunk down money on domain names involving
potential nominees on the opposing party’s ticket, Green replies, “No, the
Republican ones are the easy ones for me to buy because if I can grab one
of those domains before somebody else does and then charge as much as I can
to Republican candidates, then I feel good about that.”

Green pauses before adding, “It’s the Democrat ones I feel a little more
ambivalent about. But I also don’t think it’s a big deal. Somebody’s going
to grab them. It might as well be me.”

*SouthFlorida.com: “More 'Hard Choices' for Hillary”
<http://www.southflorida.com/sf-go-hillary-clinton-books-gables-100114-20141001,0,1236925.story>*

By Phillip Valys

October 1, 2014

Hillary Clinton's political memoir published in the spring, "Hard Choices,"
ends on a cliffhanger. In an acknowledgement of the will-she-or-won't-she
question that has dogged her life since leaving the post of Secretary of
State in 2013, she writes, "Over the past year, as I've traveled around the
country once again, the one question I'm asked more than any other is: Will
I run for President in 2016?"

Her answer, naturally: "I haven't decided yet."

So the presidential frontrunner may have some explaining to do when she
appears Thursday at Books and Books in Coral Gables to sign copies of "Hard
Choices." The 3:30 p.m. signing is expected to draw at least 1,000
visitors, or to say it more optimistically, 1,000 opportunities to coax a
clear answer from the former first lady.

Here's what to know before queuing up to visit Clinton:

Expect to find now-Grandma Clinton in a more buoyant mood this week, as the
book signing is her first since the birth of her granddaughter, Charlotte,
last Friday.

Another possible sign Clinton is warming up for a 2016 presidential run is
her scheduled stop later that night in Miami, for a campaign dinner for
Florida's Republican-turned-Democratic candidate for governor, Charlie
Crist.

Admission is the $35 book purchase, available at the bookstore (265 Aragon
Ave.) or at BooksandBooks.com. Clinton's security detail will check
visitors' bags, as well, so leave totes and purses in the car.

*Des Moines Register: “Late-night comics joke about Iowa and Hillary”
<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2014/09/30/iowa-politics-jimmy-fallon-snl-hillary-clinton/16493963/>*

By Jason Noble

September 30, 2014, 5:40 p.m. CDT

Late-night comics have rediscovered Iowa.

The steady stream of potential 2016 presidential candidates visiting the
state in recent weeks has caught the attention of comedians and made the
state literally a punchline.

On Saturday Night Live over the weekend, faux-news anchors Colin Jost and
Michael Che noted Hillary Clinton's recent visit to the Harkin Steak Fry
and her "Hello, Iowa, I'm back!" quip.

"If I remember 2008 correctly," Che said, as a photo of '08 caucus winner
and current President Barack Obama flashed on the screen, "that's not as
effective as saying, 'Hello, Iowa, I'm black.'"

Tonight Show Host Jimmy Fallon offered a string of jokes on Monday night on
the birth of Bill and Hillary Clinton's first grandchild, including one
with an allusion to Iowa's first in the nation caucuses.

"Chelsea Clinton gave birth to a baby girl named Charlotte, she's already
said her first word: 'Iowa!'" he said. "It's so cute. It's really adorable."

*Time: “Meet the Clinton Baby’s Other Grandparents”
<http://time.com/3450546/charlotte-clinton-mezvinsky-machatonim/>*

By Landon Jones

September 30, 2014

[Subtitle:] Or, as they're called in Yiddish, the 'machatonim'

Even before Charlotte Clinton Mevzinsky headed home from the hospital on
Monday, we had seen the first photos of her with her “over the moon” new
grandparents, Bill and Hillary Clinton. But where were the machatonim?

In case you’re wondering, machatonim is a Yiddish word that describes a
relationship for which there is no equivalent word in English: the parents
of your child’s spouse. And in the case of the Clintons, the machatonim are
two longtime friends and allies: Marjorie Margolies and Edward Mevzinsky.

Marjorie is a women’s rights activist and former Congresswoman from
Pennsylvania who served a momentous single term in 1993-95 after her
deciding vote for the Clinton budget cost her her seat. She ran but lost in
the Democratic primary this spring, despite vigorous support from both
Clintons. Her former husband, Edward Mevzinsky, served two terms in
Congress from Iowa — but also served fived years in prison after being
convicted of fraud in 2001. They were divorced in 2007. So maybe their low
profile is understandable.

“We are totally delighted,” Marjorie told TIME. What matters this week,
anyway, is the relationship of the Clintons and the Margolies-Mevzinskys as
machatonim — surely a more efficient way to put it than fumbling around
awkwardly with phrases like “my daughter’s in-laws.” If Bill and Hillary
are newcomers to their heightened status as grandparents, Marjorie and Ed
are black-belt machatonim. Between their combined eleven children, they
already have 18 grandchildren, thus presenting Charlotte with 18 cousins
“who can’t wait to be part of Charlotte’s life,” Margolies says.

It’s often pointed out that the machatonim often become uncommonly close
for two reasons: (1) their shared love for the same grandchildren, and (2)
because they and the grandchildren are united by a common enemy: the
parents.

So now begin the sensitive negotiations that are more than familiar to many
grandparents. Which family will Charlotte (and, oh, her parents) visit for
Thanksgiving? Or will they split the difference, Solomonically bolting
after turkey dinner to commute to the Other Grandparents’ House for
dessert? Who gives her the coolest presents? And, most terrifying, which
grandparents does she says she loves the MOST? She will say she loves them
all, of course. After all, at least genetically, all machatonim are created
equal.

*Washington Post blog: The Switch: “Meet Share America, the U.S. State
Department’s Upworthy clone”
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/30/meet-share-america-the-u-s-state-departments-upworthy-clone/>*

By Nancy Scola

September 30, 2014, 4:31 p.m. EDT

The public diplomacy game is going viral, as Russia has been demonstrating
of late with its remarkable agility in getting its message out about the
Ukraine conflict in today's networked information environment. Eager to
compete in what might be called social warfare, the United States has just
soft-launched Share America, a new site that looks much like another
enormously successful vendor of social media fodder, Upworthy.

And what Share America is serving up is bite-sized nuggets of video, photos
and text, all optimized to be as shareable as possible on the Web. The goal
is to feed content aligned with stated American values -- "democracy,
freedom of expression, innovation, entrepreneurship, education, and the
role of civil society," reads the site -- in the ever-hungry maw of
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social networks.

"Share America is an effort to take the issues that the United States cares
about, and present them in ways that people will find interesting and in
turn share through their networks," said Macon Phillips, who leads the
Bureau of International Information Programs at the State Department. "As
I've traveled around to posts all over the world, one thing is clear: We
use our social presences as the main way we publish information for
audiences in those countries. And so we want to create and publish
information that we can provide to our colleagues in the field through
their own social network and to allies around the world who share our
interests."

State Department officials are taking a liberal view of what constitutes
reflections of American interests. Leading the home page Tuesday was a
video of Steve Jobs's 2005 commencement address at Stanford. But other
posts are more straightforward, such as a White House photo that reveals
the Martin Luther King, Jr. quote decorating the Oval Office's rug. Each
Share America story comes equipped with prominent "Share This" and "Tweet
This" buttons. And there's little hiding the source -- the .gov address is
baked into each shared link, even in shortened form.

American diplomats have long tried to win the information game. And under
both previous Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and current Secretary John
Kerry, the State Department has attempted to identify and even amplify the
nuances of an increasingly horizontal world; the 21st Century Statecraft
push centered on the idea that there is growing power in peer-to-peer
communications. But now that formal outreach channels like Voice of America
are competing with thousands, if not millions, of less formal channels, it
can be difficult for governments to find traction.

Tom Cochran, the former chief technology officer at Atlantic Media, joined
the State Department in March, bringing his knowledge of how the modern,
data-driven media environment works. Cochran is helping to drive the
creation of Share America. Each post on the site is produced by State
Department staff.

Cochran will be among the first to know whether the world is, indeed, eager
to share Share America's vision of America. But just as the Internet has
revealed the world's common love of cat photos, officials are hoping that
it will also reveal its love of American-style freedom.

*The Daily Beast: “This Is How Eva Longoria Is Trying to Win the Midterms”
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/01/this-is-how-eva-longoria-is-trying-to-win-the-midterms.html>*

By Asawin Suebsaeng

October 1, 2014

[Subtitle:] From working behind the scenes in the midterms to making a new
farm labor documentary, the former Desperate Housewife has emerged as a
force to be reckoned with in liberal politics.

These days, if you’re a rising star in Democratic politics, it is downright
weird if you don’t have Eva Longoria in your corner.

The 39-year-old actress starred on the long-running ABC satire Desperate
Housewives and in more lackluster theatrical fare such as Harsh Times and
Over Her Dead Body. She’s done commercials for L’Oréal, and hosted
Saturday Night
Live. But her work as an entertainer isn’t what’s earning her the biggest
headlines these days—it’s her role as a serious political activist and
powerhouse in Democratic politics.

“Eva is so much more than a celebrity who occasionally lends her name to
causes,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)—with whom Longoria enthusiastically
campaigned during his Senate run last year—told The Daily Beast. “Eva
immerses herself in the pursuit of social and political justice. She knows
the issues, is a great strategist, and is willing to sacrifice popularity
for her larger sense of purpose. When I first met her, I was impressed and
inspired by the fact that her activism is at the center of her being, and
it is that authenticity that I believe makes her such a potent force for
progressive change.”

During the 2012 presidential election, Longoria was an Obama campaign
co-chair and one of the president’s top bundlers, and she delivered one of
the more memorable speeches at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
“[Mitt Romney] would raise taxes on middle-class families to cut his
own—and mine,” she said, building up to one of the convention’s biggest
applause lines. “That’s not who we are as a nation, and let me tell you
why: Because the Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy’s flipping burgers—she
needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not.”

Longoria’s impressive dive into politics and advocacy also includes working
with first lady Michelle Obama on the anti-obesity Let’s Move! campaign,
traveling to Capitol Hill to drum up support for the Children’s Act for
Responsible Employment (CARE Act), and even trying her hand at endorsing
student body presidents. And when the actress met with Obama in 2012
following Congress’s failure to move on immigration reform, she pushed the
president to get more productively “emotional” and to take swift executive
action to protect undocumented kids. (Two months later, that’s exactly what
he did.)

“I've always been politically active,” Longoria told The Daily Beast. “I've
been involved since Clinton ran in ’92, volunteering, going door-to-door,
canvassing, phone-banking…And coming from the state of Texas—the country of
Texas, I should say—I’m definitely at the forefront.”

Her new role as a leading Latina power broker has brought her glowing
coverage:

“Eva Longoria Is Obama's Newest Hispanic Political Power Chip”

“The year of the political Latino celebrity, starring Eva Longoria”

“Can Eva Longoria start a Latino political movement?”

“Eva Longoria Moves From Desperate Housewife to Political Power Player”

Longoria has been instrumental in building an operation and network
dedicated to encouraging more Latino and Latina political participation,
and to getting more Latinos elected to local, state, and federal
offices—and she isn’t slowing down for the 2014 midterms, or at any point
in the foreseeable future.

“We had this amazing turnout in 2012…yet in the midterms, nobody shows up!”
Longoria said. “It’s across the board. You can’t elect the president, then
sit and stay home and not elect the people he has to work with…I love and
adore Hillary [Clinton], but I’m definitely not going to be speaking about
2016 until we can continue to fix what’s on our agenda…We need to show our
disappointment in the midterm elections; [at] this lame-duck Congress that
won’t get anything done.”

During this election season, the actress/activist has been working mostly
as a behind-the-scenes operator: voter registration efforts, fundraising,
getting out the vote, campaign events, and—not so behind-the-scenes—social
media. (She told The Daily Beast that she is supporting “many people” this
November but declined to name a few, so as not to appear to be publicly
playing favorites.)

She’s been an active supporter of Voto Latino, an organization geared
toward Latino Millennials, since its inception in 2008. When the group
launched its Latinos 2014 project, Longoria was standing by.

“Eva and her organization the Latino Victory Project kindly jumped on board
immediately,” Maria Teresa Kumar, president of Voto Latino, told The Daily
Beast. “Not just reaching out to their networks, but also reaching out to
other celebrity voices to help us during the [midterms].” This outreach
includes a soon-to-launch photo campaign that will showcase celebrities
holding up handwritten signs reading, “I’m asking you: Register to vote.”

“In 2010, Eva was one of the biggest advocates for United We Win, which
went up against the SB 1070 law in Arizona,” Kumar said, referring to the
state’s immigration law. “Eva lent her voice to make sure that didn’t
happen [in other states]. She would be up at 5 in the morning hitting
different radio stations across the country to remind folks to register to
vote.”

And her work with the Latino Victory Project—which includes the Latino
Victory PAC—runs even deeper. Founded by Longoria and DNC finance chairman
Henry Muñoz, the project focuses on building Latino political power
nationwide in order to “institutionalize what happened in 2012,”, as
Longoria has previously described it. (The Republican National Committee
has called the project out as a “Democrat[ic] front group.”) As co-founder,
she does everything from approving press releases to sending voter
information to the project’s databases.

“We have never had a Latina elected to the U.S. Senate. Eva wants to change
that,” Cristóbal Alex, president of the Latino Victory Project, told The
Daily Beast. “She is one of the only people in the country who can
spearhead an effort, build an organization from scratch, who can do
that…She has been creating a leadership pipeline.”

Longoria and Muñoz also co-founded the Futuro Fund, which hauled in more
than $32 million from more than 100,000 donors for Obama’s reelection. “The
two of them really figured out how to get Latinos to flex their muscle with
their pocketbook, too—not just at the ballot box,” Alex said. “She was
certainly one of the primary drivers for the fund, one of the key
spokespeople.”

Alex recounted one of the first times he met Longoria, when the two
attended a meeting at The Atlantic Philanthropies in New York City at the
end of 2011. “This was the first time I had ever sat in a room with her to
have a high-level conversation about strategy and politics, and about how
to advance immigration reform, and she absolutely ran that
conversation…Everyone in the room looked to her on her thoughts on strategy
and guidance.”

Longoria has discussed with Alex the possibility of headlining events to
engage voters in Texas, her home state and “the state with one of the
largest numbers of unregistered Latino voters,” Alex noted. The Latino
Victory Project has a number of these activities planned for late October
but is still hashing out the details.

And though Longoria dreams of one day seeing a Latino or Latina commander
in chief sworn in, she has shot down any talk about running for public
office herself. “Would I ever run for something?” she wrote in The
Hollywood Reporter in 2012. “God, no. I have more power as a citizen. Once
you become a politician, your hands are tied. I’d rather have a voice.”

There’s at least one colleague who hopes she’s changed her mind since then.
“I’m sure if she weren’t so busy being a movie star, she could be in the
White House,” Alex said. “Or governor of the state of Texas, or certainly
in the Senate. Maybe she’ll be the first Latina senator…I don’t say that
jokingly. She’s brilliant.”

For the time being, it looks like Longoria doesn’t have time to consider a
running for office, even if she wanted to. “Ninety-nine percent of my time
right now is devoted to helping Latinas through educational programs,” she
said, referring to the Eva Longoria Foundation. She also has her hands full
with Eva’s Heroes—a nonprofit she co-founded to help people with special
needs—and promoting Food Chains, a Human Rights Watch-endorsed documentary
that she executive-produced. The film examines labor in the U.S.
agriculture sector and the “immoral practices” that affect thousands of
farm workers. (Longoria calls agriculture the “backbone of America.”)

“There are still so many labor laws that are broken daily, and there are so
many labor laws that exclude agriculture that we have not changed or
updated,” she said.

Going forward, Longoria and her political allies are, of course, going to
renew their campaign for comprehensive immigration reform, a stalled
ambition of the Obama presidency. Longoria says she has not spoken with the
Obama since news broke that he had delayed further executive action on
immigration until after the November election. (That political calculation
naturally pissed off a lot of Latino activists.) However, Longoria says she
is not angered by the president’s delay; she’s forming another game plan.
“We were extremely disappointed that we couldn’t get immigration reform
done,” she said. “But we’re still pushing and working on something.”

And it’s this optimism that drives so much of her advocacy and action.

“We can’t dismiss the growing population, the changing demographics of our
country,” Longoria noted. “And with that comes exciting times for everybody
in America.”

*Calendar:*

*Sec. Clinton's upcoming appearances as reported online. Not an official
schedule.*

·  October 1 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton fundraises for NH Sen. Jeanne
Shaheen (Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-jeanne-shaheen-111498.html>
)

·  October 2 – Miami Beach, FL: Sec. Clinton keynotes the real estate CREW
Network Convention & Marketplace (CREW Network
<http://events.crewnetwork.org/2014convention/>)

 ·  October 2 – Miami, FL: Sec. Clinton signs “Hard Choices” at Books and
Books (HillaryClintonMemoir.com
<http://www.hillaryclintonmemoir.com/miami_book_signing>)

 ·  October 2 – Miami, FL: Sec. Clinton fundraises for Charlie Crist (
Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-charlie-crist-campaign-florida-111229.html>
)

·  October 6 – Ottawa, Canada: Sec. Clinton speaks at Canada 2020 event (Ottawa
Citizen
<http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/hillary-clinton-speaking-in-ottawa-oct-6>
)

·  October 8 – (Chicago, IL): Sec. Clinton stumps for Illinois Gov.
Quinn (Chicago
Sun-Times
<http://politics.suntimes.com/article/washington/hillary-clinton-hitting-illinois-stump-gov-quinn/mon-09292014-1000am>
)

·  October 8 – (Chicago, IL): Sec. Clinton keynotes AdvaMed 2014 conference
(AdvaMed
<http://advamed2014.com/download/files/AVM14%20Wednesday%20Plenary%20Media%20Alert%20FINAL%209_30_14(1).pdf>
)

·  October 13 – Las Vegas, NV: Sec. Clinton and Sen. Reid fundraise for the
Reid Nevada Fund (Ralston Reports
<http://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/hillary-raise-money-state-democrats-reid-next-month>
)

·  October 13 – Las Vegas, NV: Sec. Clinton keynotes the UNLV Foundation
Annual Dinner (UNLV
<http://www.unlv.edu/event/unlv-foundation-annual-dinner?delta=0>)

·  October 14 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton keynotes
salesforce.com Dreamforce
conference (salesforce.com
<http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/DF14/highlights.jsp#tuesday>)

·  October 28 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton fundraises for House
Democratic women candidates with Nancy Pelosi (Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/hillary-clinton-nancy-pelosi-110387.html?hp=r7>
)

·  December 1 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton keynotes a League of
Conservation Voters dinner (Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-green-groups-las-vegas-111430.html?hp=l11>
)

·  December 4 – Boston, MA: Sec. Clinton speaks at the Massachusetts
Conference for Women (MCFW <http://www.maconferenceforwomen.org/speakers/>)