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Top Joe Biden aide lays out potential 2016 platform

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Vice President Joe Biden would run an optimistic and unscripted “campaign from the heart” based on restoring middle-class opportunity, one of his top political advisers said Thursday, laying out for the first time the argument Biden would make if he runs for president. Former Delaware Sen. Ted Kaufman, one of Biden’s closest political advisers, said Biden would soon make a decision about whether to enter the race. In an email obtained by The Associated Press, Kaufman asked former staffers to…

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Hillary Clinton set to raise $45M in gifts both small — and large

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Hillary Rodham Clinton‘s presidential campaign says it is on track to report that it has raised more than $45 million since its launch in mid-April, with the vast majority of those donating giving less than $100. While Clinton’s campaign on Wednesday touted its success with such small-dollar donors, the leading Democrat in the 2016 race also pulled in a large chunk on campaign cash from donors who are giving her the maximum allowed by law. In all, Clinton’s campaign said,…

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‘Hillary for America’ finance strategy meeting set for next week in Miami

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Despite a tough week of news coverage for Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. senator from New York and former U.S. secretary of state, remains the lone Democrat to declare for the presidential nomination next year, and her forces are now seriously beginning to get to work. On May 7 at an undisclosed location in Miami, all current and prospective “Hillstarters” will be invited to a strategy session with national Campaign Chair John Podesta and National Political Director Amanda Renteria. The day after…

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