Hillary Hires Evangelical Consultant

December 28, 2006

Hillary Clinton has hired an “evangelical consultantâ€ to help woo Christian conservatives in her likely 2008 presidential campaign.

The move comes after a similar political operative successfully aided Democratic candidates in several states in the midterm elections.

More than one-quarter of the nationâ€™s voters identify themselves as evangelical â€” a voter bloc that has long been courted by Republicans.

Clintonâ€™s new hire is Burns Strider, an evangelical Christian who directs religious outreach for House Democrats and is the lead staffer for the Democratsâ€™ Faith Working Group, headed by incoming Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina.

Incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi created the group last year when Democratic strategists observed that the party lost ground in the previous election in part because candidates failed to reach centrist and conservative voters in rural areas, who tend to be churchgoers concerned with moral issues, according to the Washington, D.C.-based publication The Hill.

Strider was an aide to Pelosi when the group was formed and joined Clyburnâ€™s staff as policy director of the Democratic Caucus earlier this year, the paper reported.

Read
Entire Article

Posted by Hillary · Filed Under 2008, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Make Overs

Comments

Got something to say?

Against Hillary Clinton Where the facts are - Hillary Clinton News

Hillary Hires Evangelical Consultant

Comments

Angry Clinton Supporter Declares McCain Will Be Next President

Advertisement

Never Forget

Latest Headlines

Categories

Archives

Related Sites

Referrers

Admin