Obama Advisor: Dems Should ‘Panic’ over Hillary’s Wealth in 2016

As presumed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton continues to flail for a way to speak about her wealth without sounding like a certain 2012 Republican nominee, some (anonymous) Obama advisors are worried that her income could become a liability in 2016. At least one (anonymous) advisor shared his recommendation: “panic.”

“It’s going to be a massive issue for her,” one (anonymous) adviser told the Washington Post. “When you’re somebody like the secretary of state or president of the United States or first lady, you’re totally cut off [from normal activity], so your perception of the middle-class reality gets frozen in a time warp.”

The worry comes after two interviews in which Clinton was asked about how her wealth, gained in large part from speaking engagements and book advances, would play in an election in which income inequality were an issue. Clinton initially defended her speaking fees by saying her family had left the White House “dead broke,” a comment she had to quickly clean up; on Sunday she distinguished herself from the “truly well off.”

[h/t Washington Post]

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