Hillary Clinton Campaign Press Release - Change and Experience: The Ad

To:Interested Parties

From:The Clinton Campaign

RE:Change & Experience: The Ad

As summer turns to autumn, Change is in the air.

The question that voters are asking is: who can best deliver it?

With its Labor Day kickoff and now the release of a new ad, "Change" , in Iowa and New Hampshire, the Clinton campaign is making clear, as Hillary said on the stump this week, "Change is just a word without the strength and experience to make it happen." She has outlined how she would be the best able to get results, saying that change takes the right mix of knowing how and when to find common ground and when to stand your ground.

The new ad conveys that Hillary is uniquely able to deliver the change Americans want: ending the war in Iraq, passing universal health coverage, making America energy independent.

By touting Hillary's experiences as a change agent, the Clinton campaign is making clear that to make change happen, you need the kind of strength and experience Hillary has accrued during her more than 35 years of advocacy (as illustrated in today's New York Times story about Hillary's college years).

Multiple polls are validating this point: Last month's CNN poll revealed that despite the efforts of others to portray themselves as change agents, 40 percent think Clinton is the candidate most likely to actually bring change - a finding that places her well ahead of the other candidates. The June NBC/WSJ poll , 61% of Democrats and Democratic primary voters are very confident that Hillary would bring real change to the direction of the country. Among those for whom change is most important - working middle-class and low-income families, seniors, working women, and people without health care - Hillary is viewed as the most effective champion.

Today's ad echoes these themes and touches on the four goals for change Hillary has been discussing on the campaign trail: Restoring America's leadership in the world; rebuilding the middle class economy; reclaiming the future for our children; and bringing back the values of integrity, fairness and tolerance in America./p>

By offering voters "big goals for change" imbued with a case for why she is the candidate best able to achieve that change, Hillary is making a clear case for why she is the best choice for Democratic voters who want to make change happen in 2008.