Ruth Marcus: Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Has Been Nearly ‘Substance-Free’

On Clinton’s proposed constitutional amendment, Marcus said ‘I don’t mean to be cynical, but ... wake me when that happens’

MARCUS: "I understand what Hillary Clinton is trying to do and by the way, I'm kind of itching to be out there with you guys. I know it's been frustrating not to be able to get to her. The campaign wants to hear from the everyday Americans and all of that stuff, but the video and honestly even the first day or so of campaigning has been not -- the video was substance-free, and the first couple days of campaigning have been semi-close to that. T

he video didn't say anything except for everyday Americans are being left behind. Didn't say how it wanted to -- how she wanted to help fix that. The core issues that she mentioned yesterday were three issues of boilerplate as far as I am concerned: an economy for tomorrow, not yesterday; keep our country safe, duh -- I'm not discounting the importance, just everybody agrees with that; and work for families and children, duh again. And then the news she made, as you said, was on money and politics, and supporting a constitutional amendment.

Well, I don't mean to be cynical, but first of all, wake me when that happens. That's not something that's within president's control, and it would be years in the future. And I am having flashbacks to Bill Clinton who was raking in at the time tons of soft money, saying something I heard the Clinton campaign was saying yesterday, which is we're not going to unilaterally disarm in the interim. So she gets some points supporting the constitutional amendment, certainly some points with the left, but it doesn't cost her anything." 

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