Hillary Clinton presented herself as an advocate for ordinary Americans

Say this for the Democrats in the Clinton era: they're never boring. From brilliant responses to sex scandals to impossible smoke-but-not-inhale policy hedges to calculated collapses on everything from gay rights to financial deregulation, the Clinton Dems over the years have proven themselves masters of messaging and political survival. They've turned the act of choosing winning over principle into an art form. The latest trick? Insulting their own voters at the start of a race.
 Rolling Stone by Matt Taibbi - continue reading

  If there was ever any doubt that Hillary Clinton was going to run a populist Presidential campaign, she dispelled it on Saturday with her speech on Roosevelt Island.

The New Yorker by John Cassidy - continue reading