Chelsea Clinton and Hillary’s mom join the campaign in Iowa

Published: December 10, 2007, 8:15 pm

Barack Obama had Oprah. Hillary Clinton had Mom - and Chelsea.The Democratic front-runner, who's taken a beating in the polls lately and found herself overshadowed by the queen of daytime TV Saturday, turned to her 88-year-old mother, Dorothy Rodham, her daughter, Chelsea, and a phalanx of other notable women to beat back the Oprah assault on her female voter base. "We're getting close to the caucuses," Clinton told 100 people gathered in a cold airplane hangar just four weeks before Iowans choose White House nominees on Jan. 3. "I always think it's better to go to the caucuses with a buddy. Today, I've got some buddies with me." The low-key, family-focused event in rural, Republican Madison County seemed designed to contrast with the Oprah circus, and the decision to put the normally private relatives front and center showed how seriously the campaign takes the threat from the wildly influential Oprah. However, Clinton said the mom-daughter tandem was just a

[ Full article ]

Blog link

Comments