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Why Hillary Clinton needs to follow a California dream

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Bedrosian Faculty member Sherry Jeffe’s newest post is up  on the Reuters‘ blog The Great Debate:

Why Hillary Clinton needs to follow a California dream

By Sherry Bebitch Jeffe and Douglas Jeffe JUNE 11, 2014

Given the historic enmity between California Governor Jerry Brown and former President Bill Clinton, it is ironic that Brown may have written the political playbook for Hillary Clinton in her possible 2016 presidential bid.

During the Democrats’ nasty 1992 presidential primaries, Clinton and Brown clashed –and clashed over Hillary Clinton — in increasingly heated exchanges. In a one fiery Illinois primary debate, Brown jabbed his finger at Clinton and accused the Arkansas governor of “funneling money to his wife’s law firm for state business.”

Clinton jabbed back and angrily responded, “I don’t care what you say about me, but you ought to be ashamed of yourself for jumpin’ on my wife. You’re not worth bein’ on the same platform as my wife.”

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