Clinton's Ads On Conservative Websites
Lefty bloggers are raising questions about the strategy behind Hillary Clinton's blog banner ad by – she’s on conservative websites like Townhall, Power Line and Captain’s Quarters. MyDD's Matt Stoller wonders: "Why do people like HRC, no matter how often it becomes clear that wingnuts hate us, seek approval from wingnuts?" 
After watching HRC's 1/22 chat, Taylor Marsh notes "sole proprietor blogs are small businesses" and goes on to criticize Team Hillary's ad buy for choosing only "the heaviest hitters" while ignoring "small business blogs." Marsh says the move contradicts HRC's rhetoric "which will become policy if elected" and that the issue was important "because I depend on my readers to help me pay the bills." More Marsh: "John Edwards didn't play it like Clinton when he announced. He advertised on small business, single proprietor blogs like mine as well. He gets "need" to his core."
Contacted about the buy, Clinton nat'l spokesman Phil Singer tells Hotline: "We're on some conservative sites because we're not ceding any territory. We take nothing for granted." [CONN CARROLL]