"The campaign was able to take advantage of long-standing relationships within the gay community."

Good article--and I was thinking---this is so WHY HILLARY SHOULD BE PRESIDENT. She has been to rodeo lots of times. She has years of building up relationships all around the world. Hillary will be good for America, its people and he world . yes she will


Hillary Clinton made a mistake at Nancy Reagan's funeral. Here's why her LGBT supporters forgave her


http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-hillary-clinton-aids-response-20160319-story.html

Hillary Clinton pauses before Nancy Reagan's casket at the former first lady's funeral in Simi Valley this month. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Chris MegerianChris MegerianContact Reporter





When Hillary Clinton praised Nancy Reagan’s response to AIDS shortly before Reagan’s funeral, Dominic Lowell’s phone blew up.


......“I can’t think of a single moment that was as quick and effective as [how] they dealt with the statement surrounding Nancy Reagan,” said Bill Burton, who went toe to toe with Clinton’s campaign in 2008 as a spokesman for then-Sen. Barack Obama.
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The incident showed that while Clinton’s long history in the public spotlight can be a liability among voters looking for fresh voices, it has also provided her with guardrails that have kept the campaign from spinning off the road when things go wrong.

The campaign was able to take advantage of long-standing relationships within the gay community. The president of the Human Rights Campaign, Chad Griffin, for example, got his start in politics as an 18-year-old volunteer for Bill Clinton in his first presidential campaign. Old ties like that allowed Hillary Clinton aides to quickly reach leading activists and craft a response designed to tamp down a growing furor.

“You forgive your friends,” said Elizabeth Birch, a former leader of the Human Rights Campaign.

The controversy started when Clinton sat down for an interview with MSNBC before Reagan’s funeral in Simi Valley to talk about the former first lady. In a decision that would perplex and infuriate supporters, Clinton raised the AIDS issue on her own.....................