Subject: Re: From The Washington Post: The Fix: How Hillary Clinton can correct the biggest mistake she made in 2008
From: Cheryl Mills <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Cc: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 21:02:32 -0400

I think the real challenge is that this likely will be a time when people want experience and we got so burned by that narrative we won't go back to it even though it might be right for now. 

cdm

On Mar 22, 2014, at 8:49 PM, [email-masked] wrote:

> And I completely disagree with it!  I think Cilliza is totally missing the mark (as usual if you ask me!)
> In fact, I think running on her gender would be the SAME mistake as 2008, ie having a message at odds with what voters ultimately want.   She ran on experience when voters wanted change...and sure there was plenty of data in marks polls with voters saying her experience appealed to them.  But that was missing the larger point--voters wanted change.  
> Same deal here--lots of people are going to say it would be neat for a woman to be president but that doesn't mean that's actually WHY they will vote for her.  That's likely to be how she will handle the economy and relate to the middle class.  
> It's also risky because injecting gender makes her candidacy about HER and not the voters and making their lives better.  
> That said I would not be surprised if this is a powerful message for donor and activist engagement (vs persuadable voters). 
> 
>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 8:30 PM, Cheryl Mills <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> Interesting how hard this narrative is being pushed. 
>>> 
>>> A friend shared this article with you from The Washington Post:
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>>> Embrace being a woman running for president..
>>> 
>>> http://wapo.st/1dbwtNo
>>> 
>>> 
>>> cdm