http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/one-small-way-in-which-hillary-clinton-is-running-like-shes-already-president/article/2566419One small way in which Hillary Clinton is running like she's already president
By Byron York | June 17, 2015 | 7:18 am
Anyone who has covered a presidential campaign at the primary stage noticed something different about Hillary Clinton's news conference in Concord, N.H., Monday.
With reporters standing behind a barrier rail, the conference began not with Clinton but with press aide Nick Merrill, who had a list of journalists who would be recognized. "OK folks, we're going to start, take a few questions, with Dan Tuohy, Union Leader," Merrill began. After Clinton responded to Tuohy's question, Merrill jumped in again, recognizing Anne Gearan of the Washington Post. And then Merrill inquired: "Where's James Pindell? You have a question, James?" And so it went.
The normal way for a campaign to work, certainly at this early stage of the campaign, would be for the candidate to come out and say, "I'm going to take some questions" and then take some questions. While a press aide would likely be standing nearby, there would be no middleman, and no list of reporters who would and would not be allowed to ask a question. Even the President of the United States, who does work off a list at formal news conferences, calls on reporters himself, without an aide standing beside him to announce who will be allowed to speak.
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