11:00 a.m. On a Friday, and a young crowd-- undergraduates, mostly women, and lots of them.
They booked a room that held 150, so the crowd spilled over into an overflow room holding about 250 students.
The crowd leaped to its feet when she entered the room and nearly everyone had a smartphone pointing at her. This is the new look of political events--a camera in every hand.
Mine, too.
Hillary spoke to college affordability, saying we needed:
More state and federal support of higher education
Student loan interest reduced to the current low interest rates.
Caps on student loan payments of 10% of income
This event is a continuation of the Hillary theme from yesterday: that there are serious problems in the world and that serious discussion of practical and well thought out solutions are the answer to them. She presents herself as a facilitator for positive change because she is a hard working student doing her homework. Plus she has a generous and compassionate attitude toward people struggling to have a good life and fulfill heir own American Dream.
The event helps clarify how different is the style between Hillary and Trump. Trump expresses that the solution to problems in America is strong, energetic leadership. It isn't listening or doing homework; it is strength and will and no nonsense leadership. He expressed what he will do if he runs into a problem: "you're fired!" He isn't the A student; he's the star quarterback.
And when people say he is a bully he recognizes the are paying him a compliment. Trump dominated his event; Hillary Clinton listened at hers. Who gets elected student body president, the jock or the valedictorian??
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