Mondale-Mentum?

As Iowa Caucus Approaches, Sen. Clinton Campaigns With Landslide Loser In Effort To Show Electability?

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Today, Former Landslide Loser, Walter Mondale, Campaigns With Sen. Clinton In Iowa, While Clinton Campaign Stresses Importance Of Electability:


"The Former Veep [Walter Mondale] Is Leading A Rally For Her [Sen. Clinton] With A Number Of Union Chiefs In Cedar Rapids Saturday." (Ben Smith, "Mondale-Mentum," The Politco's "Ben Smith's Blog," www.politico.com, 12/13/07)

In 1984, Mondale Lost To President Ronald Reagan In An Electoral Landslide, Picking Up Only 13 Electoral Votes To Reagan's 525. (Office of the Federal Register Website, www.archives.gov, Accessed 11/4/07)

A Recent Clinton Campaign Release Stressed The Importance Of Electability In The General Election. "Electability: With polls showing that Americans view Hillary as the most electable Democrat, Senator Obama is facing new questions about his own electability in the wake of new reports that he abandoned a number of positions as he advanced through the political ranks." (Hillary Clinton For President, "Morning Hubdate: Electability," Press Release, 12/12/07)


Will Campaigning With Landslide Loser Answer Questions Other Democrats Have About Sen. Clinton's Electability?

"In More Than 40 Interviews, Democratic Candidates, Consultants And Party Chairs From Every Region Pointed To Internal Polls That Give Clinton Strikingly High Unfavorable Ratings In Places With Key Congressional And State Races." (Ron Fournier, "Democrats Worry Hillary Clinton May Be 'Drag' On Other Party Candidates," The Associated Press, 8/13/07)

"[M]ost Democratic Leaders Agreed To Talk Frankly About Clinton's Political Coattails Only If They Remained Anonymous, Fearing Reprisals From Clinton's Campaign." (Ron Fournier, "Democrats Worry Hillary Clinton May Be 'Drag' On Other Party Candidates," The Associated Press, 8/13/07)

"The Electability Question Continued To Trouble Even Some Committed Clinton Supporters. Among Them Here On Sunday Was Colleen Clopton, The Clinton Chairwoman For Greene County, Who Said She Worries About What Republicans Will Do To Clinton If She Is The Nominee." (Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray, "In Iowa, Clinton Intensifies Attacks," The Washington Post, 11/26/07)

"As A Result, Clopton Said She Is Still Debating Whether To Vote For Biden..." (Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray, "In Iowa, Clinton Intensifies Attacks," The Washington Post, 11/26/07)

"The Democratic Party Chairman In Wyoming Is Predicting That Democratic Candidates Throughout The Rocky Mountain Region Will Be Damaged If His Party Selects Hillary Clinton For President." (David Olinger, "Wyo. Dem Chief: Clinton Would Hurt Party," The Denver Post, 12/14/07)

Wyoming Democrat Party Chair, John Millin: "Every Democratic candidate in Wyoming will be painted with that same liberal, big-government brush." (David Olinger, "Wyo. Dem Chief: Clinton Would Hurt Party," The Denver Post, 12/14/07)

Greenville, South Carolina Democrat Party Chairman Andy Arnold: "The argument with Hillary right now in some of these red states is she's so damn unpopular ... I think Hillary is someone who could drive folks on the other side out to vote who otherwise wouldn't." (Ron Fournier, "Democrats Worry Hillary Clinton May Be 'Drag' On Other Party Candidates," The Associated Press, 8/13/07)

"The Chairman Of A Midwest State [Democrat] Party Called Clinton A Nightmare For Congressional And State Legislative Candidates." (Ron Fournier, "Democrats Worry Hillary Clinton May Be 'Drag' On Other Party Candidates," The Associated Press, 8/13/07)

A Product Of The RNC Research Department