Subject: DRAFT: Stump inserts for tomorrow in IA
From: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
To: Speech Drafts <[email-masked]>, Matt Paul <[email-masked]>, Lily Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 23:12:08 -0500
List-Id: <speechdrafts.hillaryclinton.com>

Circulating some points she could drop into her stump tomorrow in IA, but
would welcome guidance if folks have other ideas:

*HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON*

*INSERTS FOR STUMP*

*TOLEDO, IOWA*

*MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2016*

*DEBATE:*

   - Did anyone watch the debate last night?  We had a pretty good time,
   didn’t we?
   - I have a lot of respect for Senator Sanders and Governor O’Malley and
   we certainly share many of the same values and goals.  Our differences pale
   compared to what we see on the other side.  But, as you heard last night,
   we *do* have differences.
   - I’m a progressive who likes to get things done.  I’m not interested in
   promises I can’t keep.  I care about getting the job done.  And I measure
   every policy by whether it’s going to actually make life better for working
   families.  We need a President who can do every aspect of this tough job.
   I understand what it takes to do it, and I know what it takes to deliver.
   - Our debate was like night and day from what you heard from the
   Republicans last week.  When they get together it’s like the bar scene from
   Star Wars -- one idea more extreme and outlandish than the next.
   - Republicans want to cut taxes for the super-rich and get out of the
   way of corporations.  We’re not going to let them.  We’re going to close
   the loopholes and make those at the top pay their fair share.  Because
   multi-millionaires and companies that ship jobs and profits overseas
   shouldn’t get tax breaks – *you* should.
   - If you watched both debates you saw two very different visions of
   America.  One party is obsessed with paranoia, prejudice, and greed.  And
   the other is focused on creating good-paying jobs, holding Wall Street
   accountable, and keeping our families safe.  That’s why I’m proud to be a
   Democrat.
   - Republicans want Americans to suffer from collective amnesia.  They
   want us to forget that their failed policies wrecked our economy.  Well,
   we’re going to remind people of the facts – that the economy does a whole
   lot better when there’s a Democrat in the White House…

*STAKES:*

   - This election really matters.  On January 20, 2017 -- that’s a year
   from Wednesday -- a new President will stand on the steps of the Capitol
   and take the oath of office.  President Obama will leave the White House
   for the last time and his successor will walk into the Oval Office and
   start making decisions.
   - Imagine Ted Cruz or Donald Trump sitting at that desk defunding
   Planned Parenthood and repealing the Affordable Care Act.  Imagine them in
   the Situation Room telling our generals to carpet bomb civilians.  Imagine
   them ripping away all the progress we’ve made under President Obama.