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*​**Correct The Record Monday November 3, 2014 Afternoon Roundup:*

*Tweets:*

*Correct The Record* @CorrectRecord: .@HillaryClinton
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*Headlines:*

*Washington Post blog: Post Politics: “Hillary Clinton’s 45 events in 54
days for Dems this midterm year”
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/11/03/hillary-clintons-45-events-in-54-days-for-dems-this-midterm-year/>*

“The list of her appearances and other work for Democrats this year began
with a Washington D.C. fundraiser for women Democratic Senate candidates on
Sept. 9 and included stops in 19 states. Including, yes, Iowa.”

*New York Daily News blog: Daily Politics: “Hillary Clinton robocalls in
rough-and-tumble Maloney/Hayworth NY-18 rematch”
<http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/hillary-clinton-robocalls-rough-and-tumble-maloney-hayworth-ny-18-rematch-blog-entry-1.1997359>*

“Maloney faces a tough rematch against Dr. Nan Hayworth, the Republican he
unseated in 2012 in the Hudson Valley's 18th Congressional District, and
Hillary Clinton is working the phones on his behalf.”

*BuzzFeed: “Hillary Clinton Eases Back Into Candidate Mode In New
Hampshire”
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/hillary-clinton-eases-back-into-candidate-mode-in-new-hampsh>*

“During her four-stop swing through the state, Clinton got a feel for what
it’d be like to be a candidate again.”

*Politico: “Alison Lundergan Grimes paid $17K to fly Hillary Clinton in to
Kentucky”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/alison-lundergan-grimes-pays-hillary-clinton-flight-112453.html>*

“Democratic Senate hopeful Alison Lundergan Grimes’ campaign appears to
have shelled out $17,000 to shuttle Hillary Clinton into Kentucky to attend
a rally last month.”

*Politico: “Obama, interrupted”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/obama-heckle-immigration-advocates-112456.html>*

“The issue of immigration is almost sure to play a role in the Democratic
presidential primaries and Clinton needs to make her position clear on
executive action sooner rather than later, advocates say.”

*Mediaite: “Jon Stewart: Hillary Clinton’s a ‘Little Hawkish for Me’”
<http://www.mediaite.com/online/jon-stewart-hillary-clintons-a-little-hawkish-for-me/>*

“‘Hillary strikes me as competent. She’s certainly very bright,’ he [Jon
Stewart] added. ‘But she’s a little hawkish for me.’”

*Associated Press: “Celeb-Packed Funeral Held for Oscar de la Renta”
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FASHION_OSCAR_DE_LA_RENTA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>*

“From Hillary Rodham Clinton to Hugh Jackman to Mikhail Baryshnikov,
luminaries of the fashion, entertainment and media worlds packed a
Manhattan church on Monday for the private funeral of legendary fashion
designer Oscar de la Renta.”

*Boston.com: “Bill Clinton, Joe Biden Attending Mayor Thomas Menino’s
Funeral”
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/11/03/bill-clinton-joe-biden-attending-mayor-thomas-menino-funeral/qolr66OwbN90JErAJbhR5H/story.html>*

“The Boston Globe reported over the weekend that it remained unclear
whether other national political figures would be in attendance, but on
Monday morning, former President Bill Clinton arrived to pay his final
respects.”

*Articles:*

*Washington Post blog: Post Politics: “Hillary Clinton’s 45 events in 54
days for Dems this midterm year”
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/11/03/hillary-clintons-45-events-in-54-days-for-dems-this-midterm-year/>*

By Anne Gearan

November 3, 2014, 10:00 a.m. EDT

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Hillary Rodham Clinton closed out her first political
season since stepping down as secretary of state with a scene that looked
very much like the beginning of the long 2016 campaign.

She shook scores of hands, posed for pictures and caught up with supporters
from her failed 2008 run at a restaurant owned by a stalwart of the New
Hampshire Democratic Party. The packed scene Sunday at the Puritan Backroom
was among 45 midterm-related political events listed by Clinton’s office
this year. Four of those were in New Hampshire.

Of course, many of the New Hampshire voters she met encouraged her to run
again in 2016, and Clinton looked the part of a candidate. She has said she
will decide after Jan. 1 whether to mount a second run for the White House.

As one of her party’s most popular figures and a proven fund-raiser,
Clinton was both doing a favor for Democrats around the country this year
and, perhaps, gathering supporters and building a network that she would
need next year and in 2016 if she were to launch another White House bid.

The list of her appearances and other work for Democrats this year began
with a Washington D.C. fundraiser for women Democratic Senate candidates on
Sept. 9 and included stops in 19 states. Including, yes, Iowa.

Here’s the full list:

·      Sept. 9, Fundraiser for Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Women’s Senate Network (Washington, DC)

·      Sept. 12, Fundraiser for Democratic Governors Association (NYC)

·      Sept. 14, Harkin Steak Fry (Iowa)

·      Sept. 19, Women’s Leadership Forum luncheon and fundraiser
(Washington, DC)

·      Sept. 19, Fundraiser for Democratic National Committee (NYC)

·      Sept. 29, Luncheon fundraiser for Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee (NYC)

·      Sept. 29, Candidate fundraiser reception for NY, CT and NJ
Congressional Campaigns (NYC)

·      Oct. 1, Fundraiser in support of Jeanne Shaheen for Senate (NYC)

·      Oct. 2, Fundraiser in support of Charlie Crist for Governor (Florida)

·      Oct. 2, Handshake stop at Miami coffee shop with Charlie Crist
(Florida)

·      Oct. 7, Fundraiser in support of Nita Lowey for Congress (NYC)

·      Oct. 8, Fundraiser in support of Pat Quinn for Governor (Illinois)

·      Oct. 8, Handshake stop at De Paul University coffee shop with Pat
Quinn (Illinois)

·      Oct. 9, Fundraiser in support of Mark Pryor for Senate (NYC)

·      Oct. 9, Get out the vote event and fundraiser in support of Tom Wolf
for Governor (Pennsylvania)

·      Oct. 13, Fundraiser in support of Mark Udall for Senate (Colorado)

·      Oct. 13, Handshake stop at Union Station with Mark Udall (Colorado)

·      Oct. 13, Fundraiser in support of Nevada Democratic Party (Nevada)

·      Oct. 15, Get out the vote event in support of Alison Lundergan
Grimes for Senate (Kentucky)

·      Oct. 15, Fundraiser in support of Alison Lundergan Grimes for Senate
(Kentucky)

·      Oct. 16, Get out the vote event and fundraiser in support of Gary
Peters for Senate and Mark Schauer Governor (Michigan)

·      Oct. 20, Fundraiser for Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Nancy Pelosi’s Annual Women’s Power Luncheon (California)

·      Oct. 20, Fundraiser for Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Grassroots Victory Project (California)

·      Oct. 21, Get out the vote event for Mark Udall for Senate and John
Hickenlooper for Governor (Colorado)

·      Oct. 23, Women’s Event in support of Andrew Cuomo for Governor (NYC)

·      Oct. 23, Get out the vote event in support of Al Franken for Senate
and Mark Dayton for Governor (Minnesota)

·      Oct. 23, Fundraiser in support of Al Franken and Mark Dayton
(Minnesota)

·      Oct. 24, Get out the vote event in support of Martha Coakley for
Governor  (Massachusetts)

·      Oct. 24, Get out the vote event and fundraiser in support of Gina
Raimondo for Governor (Rhode Island)

·      Oct. 24, Get out the vote event and fundraiser in support of Mike
Michaud for Governor (Maine)

·      Oct. 25, Fundraiser for Michelle Nunn for Senate (Georgia)

·      Oct. 25, Campaign office stop in support of Nunn for Senate (Georgia)

·      Oct. 25, Get out the vote event and fundraiser in support of Kay
Hagan for Senate (North Carolina)

·      Oct. 27, Get out the vote event and fundraiser in support of Sean
Patrick Maloney for Congress (New York)

·      Oct. 29, Get out the vote event (Cedar Rapids) in support of Bruce
Braley for Senate (Iowa)

·      Oct. 29, Get out the vote event (Davenport) in support of Bruce
Braley for Senate (Iowa)

·      Oct. 29, Handshake stop at Hamburg Inn No. 2 with Bruce Braley (Iowa)

·      Oct. 30, Get out the vote event and fundraiser in support of Anthony
Brown for Governor (Maryland)

·      Nov. 1, Get out the vote event and fundraiser (Highland Heights) in
support of Alison Lundergan Grimes for Senate (Kentucky)

·      Nov. 1, Get out the vote event and fundraiser (Lexington) in support
of Alison Lundergan Grimes for Senate (Kentucky)

·      Nov. 1, Get out the vote event and fundraiser in support of Mary
Landrieu for Senate (Louisiana)

·      Nov. 2, Get out the vote event in support of Jeanne Shaheen for
Senate, Maggie Hassan for Governor, Anne Kuster for Congress and Carole
Shea-Porter for Congress (New Hampshire)

·      Nov. 2, Handshake stop at Puritan Backroom Restaurant with Jeanne
Shaheen & Maggie Hassan (Manchester, New Hampshire)

·      Nov. 2, Handshake stop/get out the vote volunteer thank you at The
Farm with Jeanne Shaheen (Dover, New Hampshire)

·      Nov. 2, Fundraiser for Maggie Hassan for Governor (Portsmouth, New
Hampshire)

*New York Daily News blog: Daily Politics: “Hillary Clinton robocalls in
rough-and-tumble Maloney/Hayworth NY-18 rematch”
<http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/hillary-clinton-robocalls-rough-and-tumble-maloney-hayworth-ny-18-rematch-blog-entry-1.1997359>*

By Celeste Katz

November 3, 2014, 12:24 p.m. EDT

Locked in a toss-up battle for re-election, Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick
Maloney is turning once more to an old friend.

Maloney faces a tough rematch against Dr. Nan Hayworth, the Republican he
unseated in 2012 in the Hudson Valley's 18th Congressional District, and
Hillary Clinton is working the phones on his behalf.

"Sean was part of the Clinton team that balanced the budget and created
more than 800,000 jobs in New York. Now, Sean’s working to strengthen the
middle class and stand up to anyone who is determined to stack the deck
against working families," the former secretary of state says in a Maloney
robocall.

"But unaccountable outside money is pouring into this race to attack Sean.
Please, don’t let them drown out your voice," says Clinton, who rallied
with Maloney in Somers last week. "I hope I can count on you to vote for
Sean on Tuesday, November 4th. In a race this close, your vote will make a
difference."

[ROBOCALL AUDIO]

Team Maloney, which has maintained single-digit leads over the competition
in recent polls, said in an email Monday that it had knocked on more than
30,000 doors and made 110,000 calls in the past two days alone as the
former White House aide and attorney seeks to fend off Hayworth, an eye
doctor.

Well aware that a mention of possible 2016 White House candidate Clinton
can get voters' blood pumping -- and not in a good way -- Hayworth has
already sought to capitalize on Maloney's ties with the former FLOTUS and
senator in fundraising appeals.

As I previously reported, Westchester resident Clinton has also cut GOTV
calls for two Democratic state Senate hopefuls: Justin Wagner, who'sup
against GOP Councilman Terrence Murphy of Yorktown in an open-seat contest,
and incumbent Sen. Terry Gipson (D-Dutchess, Putnam), who faces Republican
Dutchess County Legislator Sue Serino.

*BuzzFeed: “Hillary Clinton Eases Back Into Candidate Mode In New
Hampshire”
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/hillary-clinton-eases-back-into-candidate-mode-in-new-hampsh>*

By Ruby Cramer

November 3, 2014, 12:22 p.m. EDT

[Subtitle:] “You gave me my voice back.”

NASHUA, N.H. — Hillary Clinton was almost out of the Puritan Backroom, the
Manchester bar where she came to meet voters with a Senate candidate here
in New Hampshire, when one man’s remark seemed to stop her short.

“I’ve got a life-sized picture of you,” the patron told Clinton.

Clinton shook his hand and smiled, searching for a response.

“Well, say hello to me!”

“You scare me sometimes,” the man replied.

Clinton laughed, but kept moving.

The exchange was one of many with voters here on Sunday afternoon in New
Hampshire. Some were awkward. Others, with those she recognized from her
last campaign, were more intimate. Most were pleasant. Almost all were
quick.

But during her four-stop swing through the state, Clinton got a feel for
what it’d be like to be a candidate again.

Here, more than any other place she’s visited on the trail this fall, she
prioritized events that would put her in contact with voters in the state
that carried her through what she called the “darkest days” of the primary
six years ago.

The visit was a fitting coda to the dozens of rallies and fundraisers that
Clinton has headlined in the last two months for other Democrats. She now
appears closer than ever to launching her own campaign — and shifting back
into candidate mode.

This was Clinton’s first time back to New Hampshire since the 2008
election, when she won the state after briefly and uncharacteristically
losing emotional control, and finding that voters could finally connect
with her raw emotion. This year, she returned to the state, which
historically holds the first primary of each presidential election, to
stump for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Gov. Maggie Hassan.

Clinton made four stops here, with a small staff in tow. The visit was the
last of 45 events in 20 states she held on behalf of candidates on the
ballot on Tuesday, according to a list provided to reporters by her staff.

The former Secretary of State started with a rally in Nashua, then coursed
up Route 3 to Manchester for a stop at the Puritan Backroom, the popular
bar in the state’s largest city. After that, she was over in Dover at
another restaurant, meeting with volunteers. And before the day was over,
she headlined an intimate fundraiser in Portsmouth for Hassan, who is
poised to win a second term with ease.

The fundraiser, confirmed by a Clinton aide, was held at a private
residence — her staff wouldn’t say whose, or whether the people who
attended had also supported Clinton in 2008. Asked why she needed a
fundraiser with only two days left in the election, Hassan said, “It’s a
good way to build support, and I’m very appreciative that she’s here. We’re
just continuing to get my message out.”

At the rally with Hassan and Shaheen, during a brief aside about her 2008
campaign, Clinton suggested that New Hampshire was as much a memory of her
victory as it was a reminder of the “grit” she had to call on after a loss.

She won the primary here after her crippling third-place finish in Iowa to
Barack Obama and John Edwards.

“In 2008, during the darkest days of my campaign, you lifted my up,”
Clinton said. You gave me my voice back. You taught me so much about grit
and determination.”

“I will never forget that…I want to thank the people of New Hampshire.”

The audience greeted her with equal enthusiasm. Shaheen, in a tight race
for reelection this year, started off her speech with a call to the crowd.

“Are we excited to have Hillary back in New Hampshire,” Shaheen shouted.

“Are we ready for Hillary,” she said even louder.

Clinton, standing to Shaheen’s left, smiled as cheers filled the college
gymnasium. But when a chant broke out — “Hill-a-ry! Hill-a-ry!” — Clinton
tried to quiet the crowd down, looking unsure of how to handle the moment
with Shaheen at the lectern.

Clinton held up her hands, palms open, and mouthed, “thank you.”

Later, at her first retail stop at the Puritan Backroom, locals, state
politicians, and reporters gathered near the entrance of the bar, waiting
for Clinton.

Near the middle of the room was Raymond Buckley, the state party chair; Lou
D’Allesandro, the oft-quoted New Hampshire senator; and Kathy Sullivan, a
mainstay in state politics here. Farther back were a group of teamsters and
small business owners. In a booth, a local Ready for Hillary staffer sat
eating lunch. And near the bar, unassuming customers waited for the
Patriots game on TVs overhead.

But by the time Clinton rolled in, everyone in the restaurant knew who was
coming.

She was surrounded. Shaheen and Hassan trailed close behind, but
occasionally got lost in the crush of people. Reporters tossed out
questions and fans offered presents and pictures for autographs. Even
D’Allesandro thrust a gift in her direction. Inside the used Lord & Taylor
shopping bag he handed her way was a knitted blanket for Clinton’s
granddaughter. (One of his staffers made it, he said.)

As Clinton snaked her way around the Puritan, she shook hands, she hugged,
and she rounded out her quick conversations by arranging for many, many
pictures.

At one point, a table full of fans asked for a selfie. Clinton advised the
group that a selfie “won’t work” with that many people. She knelt near the
table while an aide snapped a picture instead.

During her other retail stop — a meet-and-greet in Dover with about 20
Shaheen volunteers just back from knocking on doors — there were more
photos.

“I thought maybe we could do a group picture of several group pictures,”
Clinton asked the group when she first arrived. “How does that sound? Does
that sound good? Maybe we could sort of organize… organize in whatever
natural way…”

“Organize!” one of the volunteers cut in, prompting cheers.

“That’s right,” Clinton said. “And mobilize! And then Jeanne and I can go
around, and I can say thank you for everything you’re doing for her.”

“Ok so, whatever groups you want to put yourself in…”

When Clinton made her way around the room, snapping a picture with each
volunteer, she fell into a more natural rhythm with the Shaheen crew.

“Thank you for working so hard for Jeanne,” she told the volunteers.

But when one man wanted to talk politics, Clinton didn’t engage.

George Fleming, a 57-year-old retired Marine from Barrington, New
Hampshire, approached Clinton to tell her he was fed up with that Bush
family.

“We can’t have another one,” Fleming said. “I mean, Jeb…”

Clinton laughed but said nothing. Then an aide swept in for another picture.

*Politico: “Alison Lundergan Grimes paid $17K to fly Hillary Clinton in to
Kentucky”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/alison-lundergan-grimes-pays-hillary-clinton-flight-112453.html>*

By Maggie Haberman

November 3, 2014

Democratic Senate hopeful Alison Lundergan Grimes’ campaign appears to have
shelled out $17,000 to shuttle Hillary Clinton into Kentucky to attend a
rally last month.

A $17,192 check was cut to Executive Fliteways, the Ronkonkoma, New
York-based company that covered Clinton’s air travel with her husband to
Iowa for the Tom Harkin Steak Fry in September, according to Grimes’
Federal Election Commission filings.

The check was cut on Oct. 14, and Clinton campaigned for Grimes the next
day. She also appeared last weekend at two events for Grimes in Kentucky.

A Clinton aide did not comment, and a Grimes aide did not respond to emails.

The cost of importing Clinton, who has done 45 events for candidates in 17
states this cycle, got attention in September when Harkin’s committee
handling the steak fry filed papers showing a $50,000 expenditure to
Executive Fliteways. The cost was to bring both Bill and Hillary Clinton
and aides to the event.

They are two of the most coveted Democratic surrogates in a rough year for
their party. But campaigns often pick up costs of travel for major
surrogates, and both Clintons, after the White House days, travel with a
security detail.

*Politico: “Obama, interrupted”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/obama-heckle-immigration-advocates-112456.html>*

By Jennifer Epstein and Seung Min Kim

November 3, 2014, 12:27 p.m. EST

President Barack Obama can’t seem to get through a big public speech
without being heckled by immigration reform advocates.

Obama was interrupted five times on Sunday afternoon in Connecticut and a
few more times in the weeks leading up to Election Day: small groups of
mostly young adults shouting out, demanding the president act to stop
deportations of undocumented immigrants.

The president’s response has been the same each time — he’s not the guy
they should be heckling.

“I gave you relief administratively, and we’re going to work on the next
one,” he said Sunday in Bridgeport. “So I support you. I’m with you. I’m
with you. I’m with you. And you need to go protest the Republicans. Because
I’m not the one blocking it.”

Obama’s not the only prominent Democrat getting heckled.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was interrupted multiple times
during a Thursday speech in Maryland. First lady Michelle Obama was heckled
that same day in Connecticut. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) cut short a speech
last week as protesters refused to relent.

A protest against deportations during an Obama speech in San Francisco last
November drew national attention, and immigration-related interruptions
have become commonplace since.

They are aimed not only at pressuring Obama to take sweeping executive
actions on immigration, but at making clear to Democrats that they can’t
take the Latino vote for granted. The president had promised to act by the
end of the summer, but confronted by Democrats worried about losing the
Senate majority, the White House decided to delay his announcement until
after Election Day.

“Unfortunately, that’s why the president delayed administrative relief –
they didn’t think Latinos were as important as other folks who they
needed,” said Erika Andiola, the co-director of the Dream Action Coalition,
which has been behind many of the protests against Democrats.

“Our message is you cannot go back on your promise,” said Carlos Rojas
Alvarez, a 20-year-old undocumented immigrant from Colombia who’s lived in
Boston for the past 15 years. Alvarez and a friend were the source of one
of the five interruptions Obama encountered Sunday, and he interrupted
Clinton earlier in the week.

Among some Democrats in Washington, there’s a sense that the Dreamers are
going after the wrong target.

“It’s a little disturbing now days before the election to see so much focus
on Democrats when it’s still absolutely clear that the Republicans are the
enemy,” said Jim Manley, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s former
communications director.

“It’s much better to have her in the Senate next year than it is to have
Thom Tillis,” Manley said. “I know she didn’t vote the way they would’ve
liked on the DREAM Act, but at least she wants reform.”

Senate Democrats and 14 Republicans passed a comprehensive immigration
reform legislation in June 2013, but the House Republicans refused to act
on it or to bring up their own bills. Though Hill Republicans are bitterly
divided on immigration reform, they’ve been united in opposing Obama’s
pending executive actions.

But the protesters are insistent that their energy is not misdirected.

“It is absolutely our goal to hold Republicans accountable for failing our
communities by obstructing comprehensive immigration reform,” said Rojas,
who is affiliated with United We Dream, another group that has been active
in organizing protests. “But this moment is not about Republicans. This
moment is about the fact that the president has full legal authority … to
use his executive power to create an administrative relief program that is
broad and inclusive.”

Though pressure has intensified in recent months across the
immigrant-rights movement, it’s the Dreamers — young immigrants like Rojas
who were brought to the United States illegally — who have led the charge
with their aggressive tactics against Democrats such as Obama and Clinton.

“They’ve been absolutely fearless,” Kica Matos, a spokeswoman for the Fair
Immigration Reform Movement, said of Dreamers. “They keep us honest, they
keep us driven, they keep us inspired … For Dreamers, this is about their
parents. This is about their siblings.”

The in-your-face activism has been a hallmark of the Dreamers’ campaign all
year long.

Dreamers and other immigration reform advocates staged demonstrations at
the Hill offices of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House
Democratic Caucus chairman Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) and Rep. Loretta
Sanchez (D-Calif.). Dreamers in Colorado protested at office of Sen. Mark
Udall (D-Colo.), pushing the senator to in turn pressure Obama to take
administrative action on deportations.

In August, about 145 immigration activists got themselves arrested in front
of the White House over deportations – and that was even before Obama
announced that he would delay executive action until after the midterms.

The hashtag #not1more – representing the activists’ call to halt
deportations — has rippled throughout social media, and Marisa Franco of
the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, who’s been the lead organizer
of the #not1more campaign, said hundreds of grassroots groups have
participated.

While much of the attention in recent weeks has focused on pushing
Democrats ahead of the midterms, protesters are also looking ahead to 2016.
At rally for Hagan on Oct. 25 in Charlotte, Clinton was interrupted by a
young man with a sign reading: “Hillary, do you stand with our immigrant
families?”

“I understand immigration is an important issue,” Clinton responded. “I
thank you for your advocacy.”

Last week, Rojas and a few other Dreamers interrupted Clinton as she
addressed a rally for Maryland gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown.
Clinton had been preceded by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley — another
potential 2016 hopeful who’s warded off protests by speaking against the
Obama administration on immigration — and offered an increasingly
well-rehearsed answer.

“Immigration is an important issue,” Clinton said. “If you had just given
me a minute, I would have gotten to the DREAM Act.”

Clinton infuriated immigration advocates when she suggested that
unaccompanied migrant children who came to the southern border in record
numbers this summer “should be sent back.”

And Clinton has resisted taking a position on whether Obama should act
unilaterally on deportations. Activists have pointed to the contrast at the
Iowa Steak Fry in September, when Dream Action Coalition organizers
confronted her on the ropeline about Obama’s delay on executive action and
she responded: “I think we have to elect more Democrats.”

Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who attended a town hall in Iowa
that same weekend, told the group, “I believe [Obama] should’ve acted” on
executive action when questioned about the president’s delay — much to the
Dreamers’ satisfaction.

The issue of immigration is almost sure to play a role in the Democratic
presidential primaries and Clinton needs to make her position clear on
executive action sooner rather than later, advocates say.

“The longer she delays [on responding], the more likely it is that she will
be heckled,” Matos said.

United We Dream and other pro-reform groups have also dogged Republicans
including Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. And
advocates argue that it’s simply not realistic to pressure Republican
lawmakers

when there are no prospects for an immigration bill before the end of the
year, but while the chances of administrative relief from Obama are within
grasp.

“We can’t always convince ourselves with the lesser-of-two-evils
arguments,” Franco said. “Look where it’s gotten us.”

*Mediaite: “Jon Stewart: Hillary Clinton’s a ‘Little Hawkish for Me’”
<http://www.mediaite.com/online/jon-stewart-hillary-clintons-a-little-hawkish-for-me/>*

By Matt Wilstein

November 3, 2014, 12:23 p.m. EDT

Ahead of the November 13 release date of his directorial debut Rosewater,
Jon Stewart sat down for a long interview with New York magazine writer
Chris Smith that is featured on the cover of this week’s issue. The two
discuss a myriad of issues, including Stewart’s thoughts about the current
presidential field for 2016.

Asked if the thought of a President Hillary Clinton “cheers him up” at all
amid all the bad news in the world, Stewart was not able to muster much
hope. “We need such a systemic overhaul that it’s very hard for me to look
at any individual and be hopeful. I just feel like we’ve forgotten to
invest in our own country, in the infrastructure here. I’m not talking
about isolationism,” he said. “But I do think we have this incredible
political mechanism that can begin to churn more efficiently and make those
changes. God knows we can’t figure out how to get out of our own fucking
way now.”

“Hillary strikes me as competent. She’s certainly very bright,” he added.
“But she’s a little hawkish for me.”

Stewart went on to say that when Clinton appeared on his show this past
summer and stressed that America needed to “tell our story” most
effectively around the world, he did not quite get the point she was trying
to make. “I didn’t understand that,” he said. “I think that, honestly, was
somebody trying out a campaign theme in the way that I might try and work
out a comedy bit with some friends. I think she came over and was like,
‘Here’s my campaign theme: retelling America’s greatness to the world.
America’s got to tell its story.’ Well, America’s story is complex.”

By contrast, he had somewhat kinder things to say about another potential
2016 candidate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). “I’ve been impressed by her,”
Stewart said. “You can’t help but watch the evolution of somebody who comes
on as an advocate and then becomes a politician and see the caution grow.
It’s like watching an uninhibited free spirit suddenly have to look both
ways before crossing the street wearing a suit.”

Later in the interview, Smith asked if Stewart feels his show has “changed
anything” in the political world. “Nothing, as far as I can tell. As far as
I can tell, politics has gotten worse,” he said. “But this show was not
designed to change our political system. It was designed as a mouthpiece
for our point of view. It’s a relatively selfish pursuit.” He compared it
to people who thought Bob Dylan “changed the world” in the 1960s. “He wrote
some good tunes, and some people who did actually end up changing the world
probably hummed them a lot, but that’s not what changed the world.”

But he did admit that The Daily Show may have helped make the sharp divide
between left and right media worse. “We’re part of the media landscape, and
the media landscape has become more striated,” Stewart said. “But there’s a
difference between four half-hours a week and 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, hammering away, like Fox News. They’ve tapped into a real feeling of
persecution in a horrible, amazing way.”

Read the full interview, including Stewart’s thoughts on Bill O’Reilly,
John Oliver and Stephen Colbert at nymag.com.

Watch Stewart’s July interview with Clinton below, in two parts, via Comedy
Central:

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*Associated Press: “Celeb-Packed Funeral Held for Oscar de la Renta”
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By Alicia Rancilio

November 3, 2014, 12:40 p.m. EST

NEW YORK (AP) -- From Hillary Rodham Clinton to Hugh Jackman to Mikhail
Baryshnikov, luminaries of the fashion, entertainment and media worlds
packed a Manhattan church on Monday for the private funeral of legendary
fashion designer Oscar de la Renta.

Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, joined actors Jackman and Matthew
Broderick, newswomen Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer (with husband Mike
Nichols) and Andrea Mitchell, dance great Mikhail Baryshnikov, and
designers Diane von Furstenberg, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, Donna Karan
and Tommy Hilfiger at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Manhattan's
Upper East Side, along with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, photographer Annie
Leibovitz, and supermodel Karlie Kloss.

De la Renta died on Oct. 20 at his Connecticut home at the age of 82,
following a battle with cancer.

The Dominican-born designer, famous for his intricate workmanship and
glamorous designs, was as admired on Hollywood red carpets as he was at
socialites' soirees. Most recently, Amal Alamuddin wore a de la
Renta-designed dress when she married George Clooney at a lavish wedding in
Venice.

Monday's service lasted about one hour.

*Boston.com: “Bill Clinton, Joe Biden Attending Mayor Thomas Menino’s
Funeral”
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By Doug Saffir

November 3, 2014, 11:11 a.m. EDT

After 20 years in office as Boston’s mayor, there are some big names at
Thomas Menino’s funeral looking to thank him and say one final goodbye.

Last Friday, Vice President Joe Biden announced that he would be in
attendance and called Menino “without a doubt one of the finest Mayors this
nation has ever seen.”

The Boston Globe reported over the weekend that it remained unclear whether
other national political figures would be in attendance, but on Monday
morning, former President Bill Clinton arrived to pay his final respects.

WCVB reported that basketball legend and former Celtics center Bill Russell
also arrived Monday morning. And according to NECN, Red Sox legends David
Ortiz and Pedro Martinez are also in attendance.