Thanks to HillCam, You can know the Clintons so much better

Earlier this week - impatient person that I am - I complained about the lack of releases from the Clinton campaign’s HillCam. It was no sooner than I had hit “Publish” that they started dropping clips, which you see in the playlist above.

I was so caught up watching the Dodd headquarters feed on DTV, that I didn’t get around to my reviews of the now-lively HillCam.

In three installments of the we’ve learned the following:

• There are a lot of white people in Iowa (born in Nebraska, I didn’t need HillCam to know this)
• Politicians go ga-ga over babies
• Politicians will will always stop to listen to firefighters (Rudy Giuliani is exempt from this rule)
• Bill Clinton is comfortable around a fast food counter

Not exactly groundbreaking revelations.

It’s also good to see in the second video that former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack has a new gig. I hear he makes the best blizzards in the midwest!

Before dropping out of the race to serve Derby’s and Dilly Bars, Vilsack had an excellent and very personal vLog - it’s recreated in the player on the ‘08 Videos page

The moment I was really hoping to see (based on media reports from Iowa) was nowhere to be found:

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — Former Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, had a little time to kill before the start of the Independence Day parade here, so they decided to go say hello to the other presidential candidate and her spouse taking part in the festivities.

“Mr. President, how are you, Mitt Romney,” the Republican said after finding Bill Clinton working the three-deep crowd gathering along Main Ave. “This is my wife, Ann, and my son, Josh.”

After introductions were made, Romney observed that “this is kinda fun.”

“How many times you done this before?” he asked.

“Once or twice,” Clinton deadpanned.

“I bet that’s right,” Romney responded with a laugh.

Romney then began to explain to the former president that son Josh had taken it upon himself to visit all 99 Iowa counties in a massive Winnebago dubbed the “Mitt Mobile,” but Clinton seemed to already know.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, appeared Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the scrum that had quickly developed when Romney approached Bill Clinton.

“Nice to see you!” Sen. Clinton exclaimed to Romney.

Introducing Josh, Romney began to tell Sen. Clinton about his son’s plan to drive around the state.

“He’s been driving around,” Sen. Clinton shook her head knowingly, like her husband, already aware of Josh’s travels.

Proving he had been listening to how many stops Josh had made, Bill Clinton then piped up, “He’s halfway home!”

“Well, it’s a good deal,” Sen. Clinton offered

“How many counties have you hit,” Romney asked, “45?”

“About 50,” Josh quickly responded.

“Well, he’s over halfway,” Sen. Clinton said, demonstrating her knowledge of Iowa’s 99 counties. “You’ve got this built-in campaign team with your sons, boy I tell ya,” she added, good naturedly.

“There’s nothing like it,” Romney replied. “If we had known, we would’ve had more.” (The Politico)

That interaction would have been worth watching! And could have appeared on both the HillCam and MittTV…and everyone loves a crossover episode!