Smart politics... Repubs did this to coast into office on anti-obama sentiment... some won office without a single debate or town hall. Curt Clawson, my local congressman, declined interviews because he was leading and didn't want to lose it. Looks like HIlary is smart enough to copy the tea party strategy here.
"There will be NO opportunities to interview Hillary Clinton; her speech will be her interview." Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps): "From confirmation note from Texas Southern Univ, which is hosting Hillary Clinton's voting rights speech tomorrow"
Hillary Clinton, who has aggravated reporters with her limited press avails, will not take questions after her speech at Texas Southern University on Thursday, the school informed reporters Wednesday.
The University's guidance: "There will be NO opportunities to interview Hillary Clinton; her speech will be her interview."
The Clinton camp has frustrated reporters at almost every turn. Since her campaign's launch in April (although now her campaign apparently "officially" launches on June 13 in New York), she hasn't sat down for a formal interview with any media organization. Before answering questions from the press in New Hampshire and Iowa last month, Clinton had gone 28 days without answering a single question from the media.
Texas Southern University has also informed reporters that the media must stay within certain barricades and that there will be special media-designated restrooms. Readers of the blog will no doubt recall the time New York Times reporter Amy Chozick was escorted to the restroom while covering a Clinton Global Initiative event.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/06/hillarys-speech-will-be-her-interview-208190.html
