The California News Service » 2004 http://californianewsservice.org A Political Project by UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Speeches or solutions? I take speeches. http://californianewsservice.org/2008/02/21/speeches-or-solutions-i-take-speeches/ http://californianewsservice.org/2008/02/21/speeches-or-solutions-i-take-speeches/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:52:52 +0000 Kim Geiger http://californianewsservice.org/2008/02/21/speeches-or-solutions-i-take-speeches/ In the wake of the 2004 election, Slate’s Chris Suellentrop said it best: “Vision without details beats details without vision.”

Despite her decades of political experience and staff of campaign experts, Hillary Clinton doesn’t seem to get this.

In a speech to Ohioans yesterday, Clinton referred to herself as, “someone who’s not just in the speeches business – but will get America back in the solutions business.”
But what about the winning elections business?

Barack Obama is the candidate Democrats were wishing they had in October of 2004: A person who can deliver the Democratic message without sounding more like a college professor than a leader. A candidate whose speeches are so compelling that they can distract from the Republican chest pounding, tough on terror, “I will protect you,” message.

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