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*​**Correct The Record Tuesday September 30, 2014 Morning Roundup:*

*Headlines:*

*The Hill: “GOP casts Clinton as third term for Obama”
<http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/219277-gop-casts-hillary-clinton-as-third-term-for-barack-obama>*

“‘Republicans are making these assertions because they have no vision and
no record of accomplishments to run on,’ said Adrienne Elrod,
communications director for Correct the Record, a pro-Clinton super-PAC.
‘Should she run, Hillary will focus on the vision and direction of our
country and will win.’”

*Politico: “Joaquin Castro endorses Hillary Clinton”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-2016-election-endorsement-joaquin-castro-111432.html>*

“Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) is endorsing Hillary Clinton through an
email sent out by the low-dollar super PAC looking to galvanize support for
a candidacy in 2016.”

*Huffington Post: “Clinton Global Initiative Brings In $103 Billion For
Education, HIV Treatment, Other Pressing Issues”
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/29/cgi-2014_n_5901108.html?&ir=Politics&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016>*

“After wrapping up its 10th annual meeting on Wednesday, the Clinton Global
Initiative (CGI) saw its commitments to helping the underserved across the
globe climb to $103 billion.”

*New York Daily News: “Hillary Clinton returns to campaign trail after
becoming a grandmother”
<http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/hillary-clinton-talks-new-grandmother-status-fundraiser-new-york-democrats-blog-entry-1.1957113>*

“Three days after the birth of her first grandchild, Hillary Clinton
headlined a fundraiser Monday in midtown Manhattan to help Democrats try to
recapture control of the House of Representatives.”

*Bloomberg: “A Role Model for Clintons’ Grandchild: Machiavelli”
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-29/a-role-model-for-clintons-grandchild-machiavelli.html>*

"Hillary Clinton spoke about economic security for the middle class at a
lunch with 60 high-end donors to the DCCC and a lower-dollar event for
about 300 contributors to Democratic candidates, Israel said. She told
donors, “You shouldn’t have to be the granddaughter of a president” to have
access to opportunities, Israel said."

*Politico: “Hillary Clinton raises for House Democrats in New York”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-house-democrats-new-york-111437.html>*

“Hillary Clinton boosted House Democrats on Monday at a fundraiser in
Manhattan, where she talked about her party’s push to help the middle class
and was greeted with baby books for her newborn granddaughter, according to
an attendee in the room.”

*Politico: “Hillary Clinton to speak to greens in NYC”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-green-groups-las-vegas-111430.html?hp=l11>*

“Hillary Clinton will be the featured speaker at a League of Conservation
Voters dinner in December, the group said Monday.”

*CBS News: “Baby Clinton leaves hospital”
<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/baby-clinton-leaves-hospital/>*

“The newest member of the Clinton family went home on Monday.”

*New York Daily News: “Chelsea Clinton leaves hospital with baby Charlotte
while Hillary Clinton resumes campaign trail”
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bill-hillary-clinton-tear-granddaughter-article-1.1956856>*

“Hillary Clinton also headlined a fund-raiser Monday in Midtown to help
Democrats try to recapture control of the House — her first political event
since her granddaughter’s birth Friday. Guests said Clinton was eager to
talk about the newest addition to the family.”

*MSNBC: “Grandbaby shakes up Hillary and Bill Clinton’s calenders”
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/grandbaby-shakes-hillary-and-bill-clintons-calenders>*

“Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky may be only four days old, but she’s already
influencing politics.”

*New York Times: First Draft: “Clintons, Now Grandparents, Take Political
Breather”
<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/09/29/?entry=1096>*

“Family duty has taken precedent over politics, at least for awhile, as
Hillary Rodham Clinton cuts back on her public schedule to spend time with
her new granddaughter.”

*Baltimore Sun: “Hillary Clinton scheduled to appear at Brown fundraiser”
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-hillary-clinton-fundraiser-20140929,0,4943947.story>*

“Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to host what might be the single
biggest fundraiser for Democratic Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown tonight in
Potomac.”

*Time: “The Pros and Cons of ‘President Grandma’”
<http://time.com/3445666/hillary-clinton-bill-chelsea-charlotte/>*

"Hillary Clinton has had many titles: mother, First Lady of the United
States, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State and, most recently, grandmother.
In her last presidential campaign, it was her experience as a senator and,
to a lesser extent, first lady, that were the selling points of her
campaign. But if she runs again in 2016, she won’t just be touting her
experience as top diplomat, she’ll also sports a different kind of
distinction: the first viable presidential contender who also happens to be
a grandmother."

*Articles:*

*The Hill: “GOP casts Clinton as third term for Obama”
<http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/219277-gop-casts-hillary-clinton-as-third-term-for-barack-obama>*

By Amie Parnes

September 30, 2014, 6:00 a.m. EDT

Republicans are working hard to define a Hillary Clinton presidency as a
third term for President Obama’s White House.

Seizing on Obama’s low approval ratings, the Republican National Committee
(RNC) and outside GOP spending groups are casting the president’s former
secretary of State as being in lockstep with his agenda.

It is a strategy Republicans say they unveiled just in time for the midterm
elections, as Clinton prepares to campaign for Democrats in tight races
across the country.

America Rising, a super-PAC targeting Clinton, released a memo to
supporters last week titled “Stop Hillary 2016, Obama’s 3rd Term.” In the
memo, officials seek to make the case that Obama’s policies are Clinton
policies.

“No matter how many of her advisers whisper to reporters that she’s
different from Barack Obama, Americans still know who she is: Barack Obama
Part Deux,” the memo says.

Tim Miller, America Rising’s executive director, said the group wants to
remind voters that Clinton is “in step with Obama,” particularly as many
Democrats are trying to distance themselves from him. Miller said the group
will continue to push the message aggressively in the lead-up to the
midterm elections.

The strategy is not without risks, given Clinton’s public differences with
Obama on airstrikes with Syria and the threat from Islamic militants — a
narrative the GOP has also seized upon.

But Republicans think their best argument against an expected Clinton
candidacy to date is to tie her to the unpopular president, especially
given her years advocating Obama’s foreign policy.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) picked up the theme in a speech Friday at
the Values Voter Summit. “Never forget she will be Barack Obama’s third and
fourth term as president of the United States,” said Bachmann, who ran for
president in 2012.

The argument is a natural one for Republicans given Obama’s low approval
ratings, and it extends the GOP’s argument from the midterm elections, in
which they are tying Democratic candidates for the Senate and House to
Obama.

A CNN poll released Monday shows that Obama’s approval ratings rank below
50 percent in categories ranging from his handling of terrorism to
healthcare. With foreign policy dominating the news, GOP officials are
underscoring how Clinton was a major part of Obama’s decisions when she
served as secretary of State.

“Right now voters have the impression that Obama’s foreign policy is worse
than Hillary’s and that’s silly because she was implementing the
president’s foreign policy positions,” Miller said.

Miller acknowledged that while Clinton’s approval numbers have come down
since her tenure at the State Department, they haven’t fallen “nearly as
much as [Obama’s.]

“It makes it a timely thing to bring up,” he said. “We need to make sure
the electorate knows how lockstep she was with him.”

It’s by no means the only attack the groups are making against Clinton as
they seek to define her before an expected run for the White House.

They are also building a message that Clinton is out of touch and only
looking to help her associates and special interest groups, including Wall
Street.

In the coming months, they plan to emphasize Clinton’s comments about being
“dead broke” when she and former President Bill Clinton left the White
House. In the same vein, they will also point to the fact that Clinton
hasn’t driven a car since 1996.

Republicans are also casting Clinton as overly partisan and as someone who
is not a “friend” to women, an RNC official said. They could use the
example of the former first lady calling Monica Lewinsky a “narcissistic
loony toon,” to Diane Blair, a late friend of Clinton’s and a political
science professor whose journals were donated to a University of Arkansas
library.

Clinton and her allies have already been pushing against such narratives.
In speeches across the country in recent months, Clinton has indicated that
she would put women’s rights at the center of her agenda. She has signaled
that she would be a champion for equal pay, and called for a “movement” to
help women at work.

Clinton allies say Republicans are desperate for a strategy to bring down a
potential Clinton candidacy.

“Republicans are making these assertions because they have no vision and no
record of accomplishments to run on,” said Adrienne Elrod, communications
director for Correct the Record, a pro-Clinton super-PAC. “Should she run,
Hillary will focus on the vision and direction of our country and will win.”

Asked about the notion that Clinton is too overtly political, as GOP
officials say, Elrod called the former senator and secretary of State “one
of the most admired and trusted public figures in America and should she
run for president, she will run on her own record and implement her own
vision for moving our country forward.”

It’s commonplace for candidates in the opposing party to loop an unpopular
sitting president with the front-runner from the same party. In 2008, the
Obama campaign compared Arizona Sen. John McCain’s policies to that of
President George W. Bush, who suffered in the polls amid a poor economy and
two unpopular wars.

But Republicans say it’s easy to prove that Clinton and Obama are far more
similar. And the proof, they say, is in the reactions they’ve been watching
from the other side.

“We’ve been surprised how prickly they’ve been and how reactive they’ve
been to what we’re doing,” Miller said.

*Politico: “Joaquin Castro endorses Hillary Clinton”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-2016-election-endorsement-joaquin-castro-111432.html>*

By Maggie Haberman

September 29, 2014, 2:38 p.m. EDT

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) is endorsing Hillary Clinton through an email
sent out by the low-dollar super PAC looking to galvanize support for a
candidacy in 2016.

Castro made the endorsement in an email that Ready for Hillary sent out
Monday, which was obtained by POLITICO.

“There’s no doubt about it: Hillary is the best person to be our 45th
president,” Castro writes in the email.

‘“Hillary has always been a tireless advocate for working families — she’s
never ceased to make sure everybody has a fair shot at achieving the
American Dream,” he writes.

“Hillary’s the leader I want to see moving into the White House in two
years,” he says.

“She hasn’t announced yet that she’s running in 2016, but Hillary needs to
know that if she does, millions of grassroots supporters like you will be
standing proudly by her side.

You and I both know Hillary would do amazing things as U.S. President — but
it’s up to us to make these early moments count.”

Castro and his brother Julian Castro are both rising stars in the
Democratic Party. Julian Castro is a former San Antonio mayor and incoming
Obama administration Cabinet appointee who is widely seen as a potential
Clinton running mate.

*Huffington Post: “Clinton Global Initiative Brings In $103 Billion For
Education, HIV Treatment, Other Pressing Issues”
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/29/cgi-2014_n_5901108.html?&ir=Politics&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016>*

By Eleanor Goldberg

September 29, 2014, 4:01 p.m. EDT

After wrapping up its 10th annual meeting on Wednesday, the Clinton Global
Initiative (CGI) saw its commitments to helping the underserved across the
globe climb to $103 billion.

World leaders, tireless activists and nonprofit executives descended upon
New York City during U.N. Week to address some of the world’s most pressing
crises. At CGI, those advocates tackled a plethora of concerns, including
ramping up Ebola aid and making HIV treatments more affordable.

But the three-day conference also paid a considerable amount attention to
empowering women and girls.

"Giving women the ability to thrive and live the lives that they want for
themselves and their children -- that's just the right thing to do in this
day and age," Melinda Gates said on Wednesday during a panel focusing on
equality for women and girls.

To date, members of the CGI community have made more than 2,900
"Commitments to Action," which directly affect more than 430 million
worldwide.

Those commitments have proven to be much more than just lip service.

According to a report released by CGI, 82 percent of the pledges made
between 2005 and 2013 have been completed or are still working toward
fulfilling their initial goals.

One such ambitious commitment made this year aims to make HIV treatment
less costly in an effort to end the epidemic by 2030.

Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, pledged to drastically lower the
costs of HIV viral load tests, which help prevent transmission by ensuring
that patients are on the right drug regimens.

The company committed to a ceiling price of $9.40 per test in low- and
middle-income countries, reducing the cost by more than 40 percent.

Girls' education also took center stage at CGI.

Together with 30 companies, civil society organizations, multilaterals and
governments, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a $600
million effort to enhance schooling opportunities for underserved girls.

Collaborative for Harnessing Ambition and Resources for Girls’ Education
(CHARGE) hopes to reach 14 million girls over the next five years, improve
learning opportunities and make schools safer in dangerous regions.

"We know when girls have access to quality education in both primary and
secondary schools, cycles of poverty are broken, economies grow, glass
ceilings crack and potential is unleashed," Clinton said.

Giving women the tools to launch their own businesses was deemed of equal
importance as providing education.

Grameen America, which helps impoverished women launch businesses with
microloans and training, committed to investing $50 million in more than
7,000 women-owned businesses in Harlem through 2020.

"Grameen America believes in women as the engines of local economies,"
President and CEO Andrea Jung said. "The solution to economic inequality is
not charity; it is sustainable social business."

*New York Daily News: “Hillary Clinton returns to campaign trail after
becoming a grandmother”
<http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/hillary-clinton-talks-new-grandmother-status-fundraiser-new-york-democrats-blog-entry-1.1957113>*

By Annie Karni

September 29, 2014, 4:49 p.m. EDT

Three days after the birth of her first grandchild, Hillary Clinton
headlined a fundraiser Monday in midtown Manhattan to help Democrats try to
recapture control of the House of Representatives.

The fundraiser, benefitting 10 Democrats running for Congress in New York
and New Jersey, was Clinton's first political event since she became a
grandmother.

She spoke at the gathering even as she canceled two appearances scheduled
for Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Monday's fundraiser at Le Parker Meriden hotel was closed to the press, but
guests said Clinton was eager to talk about the newest addition to the
family — Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky, born Friday to Chelsea Clinton and
her husband Marc Mezvinsky..

“She’s so proud of being a grandmother,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan)
said as she exited the hotel after lunch, which was hosted by House
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee Chairman Steve Israel.

“She talked about Charlotte. But she said you shouldn’t have to be the
[grand]daughter of a former senator or secretary of state to have all the
opportunities in the world. We have to continue to make college affordable,
education affordable.”

Clinton arrived early, just before 1 p.m. and stayed until after many
guests had departed.

She would not answer any questions from reporters as she left, but she
stopped to sign two baseballs for autograph collectors lingering at the
hotel’s exit, before hopping in her car.

One item she refused to sign: the famous photograph of Clinton in the
situation room with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden watching
the 2011 operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. She told the fan that she
"never" signs that photograph.

Clinton canceled a scheduled fundraiser for New Hampshire state Sen. Lou
D’Allesandro, as well as her planned appearance at the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus Institute's annual conference in Washington Tuesday.

While Clinton appeared to have family at the forefront of her mind this
week -- she was last spotted Saturday night leaving Lenox Hill Hospital,
where daughter Chelsea Clinton gave birth -- the speculation about her
future did not pause.

Maloney said she told Clinton she “was no longer ready for Hillary. It’s
time for her to make a decision! I did several Ready for Hillary events,
but now I am ready for her to make a decision.”

Clinton's reaction?

"She laughed," Maloney said.

*Bloomberg: “A Role Model for Clintons’ Grandchild: Machiavelli”
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-29/a-role-model-for-clintons-grandchild-machiavelli.html>*

By Jonathan Allen

September 29, 2014, 6:49 p.m. EDT

Hillary Clinton accepted an illustrated version of Niccolo Machiavelli’s
“The Prince” on behalf of her three-day-old granddaughter at one of two
fundraisers she headlined for the Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee in Manhattan today.

New York Representative Steve Israel, the DCCC chairman, gave Clinton the
adaptation of Machiavelli’s treatise on political philosophy, several other
books and an infant-sized New York Mets uniform. Charlotte Clinton
Mezvinsky, the first grandchild of the former secretary of state and former
President Bill Clinton, was born on Sept. 26.

“Machiavelli is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand power,” Israel
said in a statement. “I’m sure this will be helpful to Charlotte as she
navigates the cutthroat world of the playground and ’mommy and me.’”

Hillary Clinton spoke about economic security for the middle class at a
lunch with 60 high-end donors to the DCCC and a lower-dollar event for
about 300 contributors to Democratic candidates, Israel said.

She told donors, “You shouldn’t have to be the granddaughter of a
president” to have access to opportunities, Israel said.

*Politico: “Hillary Clinton raises for House Democrats in New York”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-house-democrats-new-york-111437.html>*

By Maggie Haberman

September 29, 2014, 5:23 p.m. EDT

Hillary Clinton boosted House Democrats on Monday at a fundraiser in
Manhattan, where she talked about her party’s push to help the middle class
and was greeted with baby books for her newborn granddaughter, according to
an attendee in the room.

The appearance was Clinton’s first since the birth of her granddaughter,
Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky, on Friday evening. She was the featured
attraction at the event, held at Le Parker Meridien in Midtown.

Clinton talked up creating “the conditions for peace, prosperity and
progress across the globe,” according to the attendee, and also said that
keeping a spotlight on the middle class was crucial, especially in the
aftermath of last year’s government shutdown.

She specifically referenced the “burden of debt” college students face
because of loans they’ve taken out that they can’t repay and the need to
recognize “that when American women succeed, America succeeds.” Without
that, she said, the United States “can’t say with a straight face that the
middle-class dream will be there.”

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was also on hand, as was Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel, who gave Clinton
books for her new grandchild.

The economic frame of Clinton’s speech was specific to the 2014 midterms.
But the themes are likely to inform her thinking about economic messaging
if she runs for president in 2016, as most people expect her to do.

*Politico: “Hillary Clinton to speak to greens in NYC”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/hillary-clinton-green-groups-las-vegas-111430.html?hp=l11>*

By Katie Glueck

September 29, 2014, 2:16 p.m. EDT

Hillary Clinton will be the featured speaker at a League of Conservation
Voters dinner in December, the group said Monday.

The environmental group will host the former secretary of state and
potential Democratic 2016 frontrunner at their annual dinner on Dec. 1.

That follows an appearance she made earlier this month at the National
Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas.

“Secretary Clinton outlined a compelling vision of a clean energy future
that makes fighting the climate crisis a top priority during her recent
speech at the National Clean Energy Summit,” LCV president Gene Karpinski
said in a statement. “We’re honored that Secretary Clinton will continue
that call to action as the featured speaker at our New York dinner this
year.”

The League of Conservation Voters event will be held at the New York Hilton
Midtown, the release said.

*CBS News: “Baby Clinton leaves hospital”
<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/baby-clinton-leaves-hospital/>*

[No  Writer Mentioned]

September 29, 2014, 10:32 p.m. EDT

The newest member of the Clinton family went home on Monday.

Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky, who was born Saturday morning, left Lenox Hill
Hospital in New York tucked into the arms of her mother, Chelsea Clinton,
and accompanied by husband Marc Mezvinsky and new grandparents Bill and
Hillary Clinton. They exited the hospital amid cheers from onlookers.

Clinton, 34, tweeted her thanks to the hospital staff soon after:

*Chelsea Clinton* @ChelseaClinton: Marc & I are very grateful to the drs,
nurses & staff @lenoxhill for their excellent care! [9/29/14,7:06 p.m. EDT
<https://twitter.com/ChelseaClinton/status/516725652335382529>]

*New York Daily News: “Chelsea Clinton leaves hospital with baby Charlotte
while Hillary Clinton resumes campaign trail”
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bill-hillary-clinton-tear-granddaughter-article-1.1956856>*

By Annie Karni

September 29, 2014, 1:38 p.m. EDT

[Subtitle:] Chelsea Clinton, her husband Marc Mezvinsky and their daughter
Charlotte left Lenox Hill Hospital on Monday for the first time since the
baby was born Friday. Leaving with them were proud grandparents Bill and
Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton then attended a Midtown fund-raiser to
help Democrats recapture control of the House.

Bill and Hillary Clinton’s new granddaughter is home from the hospital —
and Hillary is back on the campaign trail.

The Clintons; their daughter, Chelsea, and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky,
left Lenox Hill Hospital on Monday, with a beaming Chelsea cradling little
Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky in her arms.

Hillary Clinton also headlined a fund-raiser Monday in Midtown to help
Democrats try to recapture control of the House — her first political event
since her granddaughter’s birth Friday.

Guests said Clinton was eager to talk about the newest addition to the
family.

“She’s so proud of being a grandmother,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said
as she left the event.

*MSNBC: “Grandbaby shakes up Hillary and Bill Clinton’s calenders”
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/grandbaby-shakes-hillary-and-bill-clintons-calenders>*

By Alex Seitz-Wald

September 29, 2014, 5:44 p.m. EDT

Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky may be only four days old, but she’s already
influencing politics. After all, her grandparents Hillary and Bill Clinton
lightened their political schedules this week to spend more time with the
newest member of the family.

The former secretary of state —and proud grandmother — canceled a planned
appearance Tuesday at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Public
Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., “due to recent family events,”
according to a spokesperson for the group.

She also canceled a fundraiser planned Tuesday in Washington for New
Hampshire State Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, his office confirmed to msnbc. Given
that D’Allesandro comes from an early presidential primary state, the
fundraiser was seen as another indicator that Clinton is leaning heavily
towards running for president in 2016.

Also up in the air is Clinton’s plan to attend a fundraiser Tuesday night
for Maryland gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown in suburban Washington.
Spokespeople for Clinton and the Brown campaign did not immediately return
inquiries about whether she would still be attending. Brown is currently
the lieutenant governor under Martin O’Malley, another likely Democratic
presidential candidate in 2016, who was also scheduled to appear at the
event.

Democrats in New York, where Chelsea Clinton’s baby was born Friday,
however, were luckier than those in Washington.

At the Le Parker Meridien hotel in Manhattan Monday, the former first lady
appeared at a high-dollar fundraising luncheon for Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee. For a legal maximum donation of $32,400, guests could
receive two tickets and a photo opportunity, according to an invitation
obtained by msnbc. A $10,000 donation bought one ticket and one photo.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and DCCC Chairman Steve Israel also
attended the luncheon, but Clinton was the main draw.

After the lunch, Clinton appeared with Pelosi and Israel at a reception to
raise money for 10 congressional candidates from New York and New Jersey,
including three sitting members of Congress. Tickets for that event, held
at the same hotel, were $1,000 for the “host” level and $500 for the
“guest” tier, according to a separate invitation obtained by msnbc.

It’s one of the first political fundraisers Clinton has attended since her
appearance at the Iowa Steak Fry, a major Democratic event, earlier this
month.

Meanwhile, Bill Clinton canceled an appearance planned for Saturday at a
Denver fundraiser for Colorado Sen. Mark Udall. The former president is
still on for a series of rallies next week for Democrats in his native
Arkansas, though.

Later this week, Hillary Clinton is scheduled to head to Florida for a book
signing and speech. She also plans to campaign for
Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist, who is running for governor in
Florida, which is also critical in presidential elections. Bill Clinton
campaigned for Crist earlier this month.

The League of Conservative Voters, a deep-pocketed environmental group,
also announced on Monday that Clinton would keynote their annual
fundraising dinner on December 1 in New York City.

*New York Times: First Draft: “Clintons, Now Grandparents, Take Political
Breather”
<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/09/29/?entry=1096>*

By Amy Chozick

September 29, 2014, 5:59 p.m. EDT

Family duty has taken precedent over politics, at least for awhile, as
Hillary Rodham Clinton cuts back on her public schedule to spend time with
her new granddaughter.

Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky was born on Friday to Chelsea Clinton and her
husband, Marc Mezvinsky. On Monday, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Institute said that Mrs. Clinton would no longer be able to participate in
its annual public policy conference this week.

“Due to recent family events, Secretary Hillary Clinton will no longer be
traveling to Washington, D.C,. on Tuesday, September 30th, and as a result,
she will not be participating in the leadership luncheon at the C.H.C.I.
Public Policy Conference this year,” the institute said in a statement.

Mrs. Clinton will also not deliver a scheduled speech at a Washington
fund-raiser to benefit a long-time friend Lou D’Allesandro, a New Hampshire
state senator, according to CNN.

Ms. Clinton and Mr. Mezvinsky welcomed Charlotte, their first child, on
Friday and posted the news on Twitter early Saturday. Bill Clinton canceled
an appearance at a fund-raiser Saturday for Senator Mark Udall of Colorado.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Clinton have packed schedules this fall to campaign and
raise funds for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. Their press aides
said there was no additional information about any further cancellations in
their schedules.

*Baltimore Sun: “Hillary Clinton scheduled to appear at Brown fundraiser”
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-hillary-clinton-fundraiser-20140929,0,4943947.story>*

By Erin Cox

September 30, 2014, 6:03 a.m. EDT

[Subtitle:] Former secretary of state, potential presidential contender to
headline high-dollar Democratic event

Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to host what might be the single
biggest fundraiser for Democratic Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown tonight in
Potomac.

The former secretary of state and potential presidential candidate is
headlining Brown's 5 p.m. event at a wooded 2.8-acre estate in the wealthy
Washington suburb. Tickets cost $4,000 each — even more for VIP tickets,
according to an event invitation.

Brown campaign manager Justin Schall said as many as 500 people might
attend and the campaign expects to raise more than $1 million — a sum
greater than that garnered during a May fundraiser for Brown featuring
former President Bill Clinton.

Hillary Clinton has stepped up her political appearances in recent weeks,
with events scheduled for Florida, Nevada, New York and New Hampshire to
help other Democrats in the midterm elections. Clinton, a new grandmother,
postponed another fundraiser that had been planned for today — for a New
Hampshire state senator — according to the New Hampshire Journal. On
Friday, the Clintons' only daughter, Chelsea, gave birth to the couple's
first grandchild, a girl.

As of late Monday, Hillary Clinton was still expected in Maryland for
Brown's event. If she comes, Clinton will not be the only potential 2016
presidential candidate on the grounds. Gov. Martin O'Malley also plans to
attend.

The high-profile, high-dollar event comes during a bitterly fought campaign
for Maryland's governor.

The Democratic Governors Association has put more than $750,000 behind
attack ads against Brown's Republican opponent, Larry Hogan.

The Republican Governors Association, in turn, sent its chairman, New
Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, to Maryland this month for a fundraiser to
benefit Hogan.

Hogan campaign spokesman Adam Dubitsky used Clinton's appearance in
Maryland to fire a salvo at Brown.

"Unlike the Clinton White House, which worked with Republicans to grow the
economy, cut the deficit and create jobs, Anthony Brown is committed to
extending the failed policies of one-party rule, his 40 job-killing tax
hikes and reckless spending," Dubitsky said. "So, other than payback for
Anthony Brown endorsing her for president over Barack Obama, we have no
idea why Secretary Clinton would associate with him."

Both Brown and O'Malley were early backers of Clinton in the 2008
Democratic fight for the presidential nomination, then threw their support
behind Obama after he won the primary.

*Time: “The Pros and Cons of ‘President Grandma’”
<http://time.com/3445666/hillary-clinton-bill-chelsea-charlotte/>*

By Jay Newton-Small

September 29, 2014, 2:54 p.m. EDT

[Subtitle:] The challenges and benefits of running for the land’s highest
office as a grandmother

Hillary Clinton has had many titles: mother, First Lady of the United
States, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State and, most recently, grandmother.
In her last presidential campaign, it was her experience as a senator and,
to a lesser extent, first lady, that were the selling points of her
campaign. But if she runs again in 2016, she won’t just be touting her
experience as top diplomat, she’ll also sports a different kind of
distinction: the first viable presidential contender who also happens to be
a grandmother.

There are pros and cons in politics to the title of granda, some of them
uniquely Clintonian. At a time when Clinton’s recent remarks about not
driving a car since 1996 and struggling to make ends meet after Bill
Clinton’s presidency made her seem out of touch with the populist times,
being a grandmother makes her relatable.

“As we saw in 2008, she had a more difficult time relating to voters on a
personal level,” said Jennifer Lawless, director of the Women & Politics
Institute at American University. “Being about to tell stories about having
a first grandchild might serve as one way to connect with the millions of
Americans who watched Chelsea grow up and who are now grandparents’
themselves. Any benefit will surely be tiny, but it could drive up empathy
a bit.”

If Clinton chooses to promote her grandmotherly status, it would be the
opposite tact that she took in 2008 where she was so concerned about
showing voters she wasn’t a weak woman that she buried the historic nature
of her campaign. In that regard, Clinton is the opposite of most women
running for office, who try to avoid mentioning their families because they
don’t want to seem soft. Being perceived as tough “is particularly
important for executive offices, where strength and toughness, and singular
leadership, are valued most,” said Kelly Dittmar, a scholar at Rutgers
University’s Center for American Women in Politics. “Of course, some of
this will be very unique to Hillary Clinton, as she struggled in her last
presidential campaign to empathize with voters and was often criticized for
being too hard.”

Being a grandpa almost never hurt a male presidential candidate. Few
remarked on Mitt Romney’s grandchildren except, perhaps, at the large
number of them. Let’s face it: There will be a double standard for Clinton
compared to any other male politician running for President. The image of a
blue-haired granny is a tried-and-true American stereotype, and one that is
antithetical to the image of the commander-in-chief with his finger on the
button.

But again, Clinton’s previous campaign and life experience defies that
contrast. “While it might be different for other candidates, particularly
female candidates who are less known and still need to prove their
competence, I think for Hillary Clinton it is a positive,” said Michele
Swers, an associate professor in American Government at Georgetown
University and author of “The Difference women Make.”

“Clinton spent years developing her persona of expertise and toughness,”
Swers said.

But the biggest risk of being the grandma-candidate is that it does remind
voters of Clinton’s age. On Election Day 2016, she’ll be 69, just months
younger than the oldest U.S. President, Ronald Reagan, when he was elected
in 1980. And it was Clinton’s husband Bill, who successfully painted the
last President to be a grandparent in office, George H. W. Bush, as old and
out of touch when he beat him in the 1992 election.

*Calendar:*

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

·  CANCELLED – September 30 – Washington, DC: Sec. Clinton keynotes
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Inc., conference (CHCI
<http://www.chci.org/news/pub/former-secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-to-address-leadership-luncheon-at-public-policy-conference>
)

·  September 30 – Potomac, MD: Sec. Clinton fundraises for Maryland
gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown (WaPo
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hillary-clinton-to-headline-fundraiser-for-maryland-gubernatorial-hopeful-brown/2014/09/19/3e9b4aea-4057-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html>
)

·  POSTPONED – September 30 – Washington, DC: Sec. Clinton fundraises for
New Hampshire state Sen. Lou D’Allesandro of Manchester (New Hampshire
Journal
<http://nhjournal.com/hillary-clinton-to-host-dc-reception-for-long-time-friend-dallesandro/>
)

·  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 – (Location TBA): 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 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/>)