Hillary Clinton has not even announced any plans to run for president (or not run for president), and the STOP HILLARY! campaign has already begun:
The organizers behind Stop Hillary PAC, a political action committee quietly incorporated in May, are stepping into public view this week as they ramp up their efforts to harangue Clinton as she mulls over her political future.They sound neat!
...[T]he group wants to be a boisterous party-crasher as the 2016 campaign gets underway, ginning up controversy and online contributions with barbed attacks against Clinton. To start, the PAC is releasing a video later this week "that will get a lot of attention," Marquis promised.
The organization's plans to "Stop Hillary" are admittedly scattershot in these early stages of the race. Their portfolio could include "bracketing" events at Clinton appearances around the country, or local TV and radio ads, or social media efforts. If Clinton does decide to run for office, the PAC will be in Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina waiting for her.
The point, Marquis said, is "to make noise" wherever Clinton goes.
"We're supporting anything that is the opposite of Hillary," he said. "We will play however needed, wherever Hillary is playing. If she endorses in the Virginia governor's race, we will go there. Assuming she is active in Iowa, we will be there, too, and we will make some considerable noise."
The group is separate from "Stop Hillary 2016," a project initiated last month by America Rising, a new opposition research outfit helmed by former Mitt Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades and a pair of former Republican National Committee officials.
So, on one side, you've got all the people who say Hillary HAS TO RUN and will totally be letting down her party and HER COUNTRY if she doesn't. And on the other, you've got all the people who say Hillary HAD BETTER NOT RUN and will totally be subjected to unusual levels of harassment even by the garbage standards of electoral politics. Cool. What a cool decision she has to make!
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