Politico has the article Dems: Hillary Clinton must campaign more.

Four in 10 Democratic insiders in the early states warn that Hillary Clinton is not spending enough time on the campaign trail, making her vulnerable to possible challenges from the left and dampening the enthusiasm of progressives who are already committed to her.

In all the verbiage in the article, I think Politico still leaves out a very significant issue. When you compare Hillary Clinton’s visibility on a day to day basis, she is nowhere to be seen compared to Bernie Sanders, and even Elizabeth Warren. I get plenty of material from the Sanders campaign every day to post on the Sturbridge For Bernie Sanders Facebook page. Even Elizabeth Warren, who is not running for President, issues more statements, video clips, and television interviews than Hillary Clinton.

Politico goes on to say:

One-third of GOP insiders said she’s smart to limit her appearances.

“She has no credible opponents,” said a New Hampshire Republican. “She could hibernate for the next 10 months and be totally absent from the campaign trail. And still be fine.”

I am sure that the GOP is happy to give this advice to Hillary Clinton. We in Massachusetts know how well that worked out for Martha Coakley in her run against Scott Brown for the Senate seat. She did try a little harder in her subsequent run for Governor, but she never was able to live down the image she established in her failed run for Senator.

At this stage of the campaign it is fine to be nearly invisible to the average voter who isn’t paying much attention this far ahead of the election. On the other hand, at this stage of the campaign, you need to fire up the political enthusiasts so that they will be volunteering in your campaign when the rest of the voters start paying attention.

MSNBC has at least two video segments that highlight the problem.

The first is Chris Hayes surveys crash site from helicopter.

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes retraces the route of Amtrak Northeast Regional 188 from the station to the crash site.

The second video clip is Former PA governor sounds off on ‘these SOBs…’

Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell sounds off on today’s House Appropriations Committee vote to cut Amtrak funding.

So infrastructure is no joke or simply a pet project of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

I go an email from Brave New Films with the subject It’s The Fed, Stupid.

On YouTube, they have headlined it Fed Up: Why The Federal Reserve Needs Reform • BRAVE NEW FILMS.

Here is the video.

I told them by email and by comment on YouTube:

No, it’s Brave New Films, stupid.

The FED doesn’t have the control you imply. Otherwise the economy would have been fixed already. If you are worried about the cost of a mortgage, shouldn’t you be complimenting the FED on the low interest rates?

The FED doesn’t decide things willy-nilly, the Congress has give them goals, and the fed has told us all what their targets are for meeting those goals. They are trying for 2% inflation and are having a devil of a time getting there no matter how much money that they pour into the economy.

If your understanding of all this is exemplified by your movie, then I am darn glad you don’t have a say in how the economy is run.

This is what happens when the liberals who don’t understand economics get to weigh in. It’s not any better than the right wingers opining about what they understand very weakly.

The FED has its problems, but neither Brave New Films, nor Rand Paul, nor Ron Paul have enough knowledge to tell us how to fix it. Primarily, the FED wouldn’t be forced to use its ineffective tools to stimulate the economy if only the Congress and the President would use the very effective tools that they have at their disposal.

The Congress and the President refuse to invest enough in infrastructure. Such investment would put people back to work and it would put money into the economy in a way which would stimulate growth. Not only that, but such investments could save the lives of railroad passengers. See my subsequent post It’s The Infrastructure.

If despite all I have said, you still want to support this idiotic move, here is the link.