Subject: June 3 Morning Cable News Roundup
From: Charles Hicks <[email-masked]>
To: HRC Rapid <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 10:50:00 -0400
List-Id: <HRCRapid.hillaryclinton.com>

Document attached, 2016 highlights below:

*Fox News’ Fox and Friends:* Opened with a clip from “The Tonight Show”
with Jimmy Fallon. Fallon: “HRC just announced she will kick off her
Presidential campaign on June 13th in New York City, and good news: it’s
free to get in [laughter]. Which sounds great until you hear it’s $100,000
to get out [laughter]. That’s how they make their money. That’s how they
make all their money [laughter].” Kilmeade and Doocy discussed that no one
from HRC’s campaign asked the people on Roosevelt Island if they wanted her
rally there. Doocy noted people can only get to Roosevelt Island via the
tram or a train.

*MSNBC’s Morning Joe: *Report that a poll shows although there is no clear
frontrunner among Republicans, voters would prefer 1 strong candidate to
emerge early (49%) or prefer a number of strong candidates (46%). CNN poll
shows Rubio, Bush, Huckabee, Walker Cruz, and Paul polling at the top. In
the WaPo poll, the top 7 candidates are within 3 percentage points of each
other. When asked which candidates represent the future, Rubio took the
lead (with Paul and Walker close behind) while in which candidates
represent the past Bush pulled ahead with 62%. Panel said expectations with
Bush were so high and he’s not polling well. (7:12) Des Moines Registr poll
found majority of Republican Iowa caucus-goers would be okay with George
Bush being a top advisor to Jeb Bush. CNN poll found that being the
brother/son of former presidents make people less likely to vote for him
(56%). Whether people think he’s old or new, if Bush doesn’t finish first
or second in an early primary state, he’s done. Rubio will be the nominee
if they think he can win. Bush is trying to distinguish himself from his
brother without throwing his brother under the bus. Said HRC has two
challenges, how to distinguish herself from her husband and Obama. HRC is
big, she’s smart, despite hiccups, she’s the best person to manage a
complicated and messy world. HRC falls in honesty and favorability (lowest
since 2008) polls. HRC sits comfortably at the top of both CNN and WaPo
polls by 40%, but in both polls she’s down from April 2015. CNN poll asking
if HRC is like her husband says 54% not at all, 44% a lot. Asking what the
campaign thinks the next move is. Issue if people start to see HRC as “some
big, rich lady as opposed to someone who cares about the concerns of the
middle class.” Should be concerned about honesty numbers. Next move is
announcement on Saturday.

*CNN’s New Day: *New poll numbers: 47% say things in the U.S. are going
well. There has been a downturn in recent months. President’s approval
rating decreasing. Favorable opinion of George W. Bush (52% approval). Jeb
Bush’s name is a problem for his campaign. George W. Bush’s higher approval
rating might slightly help Jeb Bush in the campaign. Favorable opinion of
Bill Clinton (64% approval). Memories of the Clinton economy will help
Hillary Clinton in the campaign. Two Floridians running for president:
Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush. Rubio highlights the generational differences
between him and Jeb Bush. Marco Rubio claims that his opponents are
“outdated”. Many people are treating Hillary Clinton as an incumbent.
Clinton Campaign Accused of Conflict with DNC. Lincoln Chafee joins the
Democratic presidential bid. Reporters say that HRC should view these new
opponents not as a threat, but keep them in mind.

-- 
Charles Hicks
(912) 429-8253