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March 28, 2024

Clinton on the economy— and the Detroit reporter who asked about something else

Sen. Hillary Clinton just held a conference call to talk about the economy with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine. They've both endorsed her.

She'd give relief to people hit by the foreclosure crisis and invest a bunch of money in green energy technology to prime the pump, among other proposals.

Paul Krugman, N.Y. Times columnist and Princeton economist and Clinton fan, evaluates the economic plans of everyone, here.

Brad DeLong, a Berkley economist, responds, here.

A reporter from Detroit asked Clinton on the conference call about the black vote in Michigan Tuesday. Clinton won, though she was the only major candidate on the ballot, and more than 70 percent of black voters said they'd support Obama if given the chance.

This must be unnerving to the Clinton campaign.

Here's a paraphrase:

I am very committed to running a broad-based campaign...I'll be working hard to win every vote....I'm thrilled we have people running...who represent the historical progress ...that is our common purpose.

She took another shot at Obama's rather clumsy, off-message statement that he thinks the true job of a president is to lay out a vision and then lead, downplaying the role of managing the federal bureaucracy. He said this in an interview with the Reno Gazette Journal.

Here's Clinton, talking about the economy:

"I believe as president, you have to run the government and manage the economy. You can't have a hands-off policy. When it comes to economic stewardship, I think I can bring to bear the kind of economic leadership our country needs and accountability to a government that isn't working."

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