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Hillary Clinton

Rose Siding

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3. This is nice- White House polling (not used for this SOTU) is run by Clinton's

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 07:10 PM

Jan 2016

chief strategist-

The White House asked for input from the Cabinet and other agencies like usual, but Obama never intended to do a speech full of standard call-outs and name-checks. They even skipped the usual State of the Union-specific focus group testing, though regular White House polling continues to be run by the firm of Joel Benenson, who’s also now the chief strategist for Clinton’s campaign.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/2016-state-of-the-union-obama-clinton-217541#ixzz3wsyp0kSv

Maybe they've been working in more concert than we know.

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The White House will campaign for Clinton, but not in the SOTU speech. [View all] SunSeeker Jan 2016 OP

Gas up that bus dlwickham Jan 2016 #1

Oh they did that ages ago... BooScout Jan 2016 #7

Oh, President Obama has already been under that stupid bus for them forever.. same with BS.. Cha Jan 2016 #11

I don't think it should be part of the SOTU, there is enough issues to talk about Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #2

This is nice- White House polling (not used for this SOTU) is run by Clinton's Rose Siding Jan 2016 #3

I doubt, very seriously, that President Obama ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #4

You're right NastyRiffraff Jan 2016 #5

I believe that if Bernie Sanders doesn't take a serious and specific stand on gun .... Walk away Jan 2016 #6

Correct. Dawson Leery Jan 2016 #8

How can we ever know how many people have died because the Brady Bill was never enacted???? Walk away Jan 2016 #9

Agreed. Dawson Leery Jan 2016 #10

UMMM... MrChuck Jan 2016 #13

Incredible that he would hold up a bill that he supposedly believes in for such a stupid reason. Walk away Jan 2016 #15

stupid reason? MrChuck Jan 2016 #16

President Obama will be campaigning for Hillary when she wins the GE and won't it be Cha Jan 2016 #12

Sorry I missed this yesterday. William769 Jan 2016 #14