PoliticoBy: Roger Simon
Does the Clinton campaign really need to twist a college kid’s arm to ask Clinton a question about climate change at a climate change event?
After Clinton toured a biodiesel plant in Newton, Iowa, last week, her aides got a student to ask: “As a young person, I am worried about the long-term effects of global warming. How does your plan combat climate change?”
As long as you are going to plant a question, why not plant a question that is not going to be asked anyway?
If I were a Clinton aide, I would have planted: “As a young person, I think your nuanced answer about driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants during the last presidential debate was brilliant. How did you get so smart, and what can we, as college students, do to improve school spirit?”
A few months ago, a Clinton aide unsuccessfully tried to get a voter to ask Clinton about the Iraq war at an event outside Fort Madison, Iowa.
But do you really need to prompt an Iowa Democrat to ask about the Iraq war?
Does the Clinton campaign really need to twist a college kid’s arm to ask Clinton a question about climate change at a climate change event? After Clinton toured a biodiesel plant in Newton, Iowa, last week, her aides got a student to ask: “As a young person, I am worried about the long-term effects of global warming. How does your plan combat climate change?” As long as you are going to plant a question, why not plant a question that is not going to be asked anyway? If I were a Clinton aide, I would have planted: “As a young person, I think your nuanced answer about driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants during the last presidential debate was brilliant. How did you get so smart, and what can we, as college students, do to improve school spirit?” A few months ago, a Clinton aide unsuccessfully tried to get a voter to ask Clinton about the Iraq war at an event outside Fort Madison, Iowa. But do you really need to prompt an Iowa Democrat to ask about the Iraq war?
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