Hillary Clinton has not been especially aggressive on ideas and policy. On money, however, it is a different story.
As Amie Parnes writes in The Hill:
Major donors are ready to announce huge financial commitments to Hillary Clinton as soon as she announces a second run for the White House, according to Clinton allies and Democratic fundraisers. The Clinton team wants to build excitement about her campaign launch, which is expected in March or April. The money blitz would be a show of Clinton’s strength meant to scare away potential primary rivals.
It will be interesting to see how Clinton squares her fondness for the big donor class with the emerging sense that the 2016 campaign will be heavy on “populist” themes. Since, as Parnes writes, the plan is “to astound, intimidate with fundraising ‘like nothing you’ve seen,’” it will be tough for Ms. Clinton to run against the big money and offer herself as champion of the middle class.
But one suspects she will find a way.
