“She has got a lot of depth in policy, but she is looking for new ideas,” the source said. “She is also being very thorough about the path to the nomination and the path to the presidency. There are a lot of strategy meetings with tactics focused on that.”
Democrats attending some of these meetings — which were first reported by the Washington Post on Tuesday — include Joel Benenson, Jim Margolis and Robby Mook, according to the source, who noted that all three operatives had been selected to play major roles in the Clinton campaign.
In the run up to what is now an all-but-certain 2016 announcement, Benenson has been tapped chief strategist for the Clinton campaign, according to reports from the Washington Post and Politico. The source said that specific title has not been solidified yet, but the Democratic pollster is playing a big role in this pre-campaign process.
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In a memo from America Rising, an anti-Clinton super PAC, Tim Miller, the group’s executive director, said “Clinton is signaling that she’s not just from the same party as the President, but that she’s an Obama Democrat, who will back his policies, pursue his agenda, and represent a Third Term of the Obama Administration.”
Emails to the a Clinton spokesman about the meetings and hiring went unanswered.
