Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumSenator Ron Wyden of Oregon makes it official: He's for Hillary Clinton
Days before the Iowa caucus formally kicks off an increasingly tight race for Democratic presidential nomination, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden said Saturday he was finally ready to reveal his pick: Hillary Clinton.
The endorsement from Oregon's senior senator isn't all that surprising. Wyden has previously said he generally supported and liked Clinton a former secretary of state and U.S. senator from New York but always stopped short of making things official, saying the time wasn't right.
Now that voting is about to start, Wyden said, things have changed. He explained his rationale in a phone interview from Medford, where he appeared at an event for Planned Parenthood.
"The last few years, a number of new forces have emerged in American politics," he said, "forces that deny science, forces that believe constitutional protections are only for their own beliefs, forces that reject bipartisanship in the name of ideology.
"Secretary Clinton, as president, has the passion and the energy and the skills to push back on those developments and offer an alternative."
Wyden also said the timing of his announcement, coming as he shows public support for Planned Parenthood, wasn't coincidence. He said Clinton has supported women's issues and reproductive rights since coming to Washington, D.C., in 1993 as first lady. That work, he said, continued as they worked alongside each other in the Senate.
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/ron_wyden_makes_it_official_he.html
misterhighwasted~
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Cha
(297,655 posts)Thank you, Iliyah~
comradebillyboy
(10,175 posts)I wonder why.
Cha
(297,655 posts)they know Hillary will do an exponentially better job.
If anyone knows sanders it's those who have worked with him all these years.
Thank you!
and they know his chances of passing all that he is offering through congress!
pandr32
(11,611 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)Mahalo pandr
72DejaVu
(1,545 posts)about how Bernie will get all his plans through Congress by sweeping his supporters into office on his coattails.
Bernie doesn't even have any supporters running!
Cha
(297,655 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)Hillary will be the best President.. seems they're not interested in all the smears and lies about her from the rwingers or anyone else.
They're certainly not listening to Bernie Sanders.
classof56
(5,376 posts)As a proud Oregonian, I share his endorsement and certainly support him, as well.
Mahalo and hugs, Cha!
Cha
(297,655 posts)My daughter and her family live in Portland, Ore.. it's a wonderful state, classof56!
good to see you again!
classof56
(5,376 posts)My husband "imported" me from Seattle to Oregon almost 48 years ago. He's a second-generation Oregonian, and really wanted his first child born here. So--I'm now spouse, mother and grandmother of several Oregon natives and loving every minute in this awesome state. Have lived in several different locations, including the Portland area, now settled East of the Cascades. Shortly after reading your OP, I received an e-mail from Ron Wyden and promptly sent him a campaign donation. Go Ron!
Amazingly, I've never been to Hawaii, but would love to go there while I'm still upright and able to fully enjoy the trip. From what I've heard, it's pretty darned incredible!
Blessings to ya!
Cha
(297,655 posts)What a wonderful history you have you there with all your family.
Mahalo for sending Sen Wyden a donation! I imagine he's going to take some guff from bern fans.
It's wonderful out here.. especially the winters that seem like summers!
Blessings to you and yours, classof56!
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)Mahalo Thinkingabout!
George II
(67,782 posts)....with Elizabeth Warren's endorsement imminent.
A great indication of the solidarity of Democrats.
Cha
(297,655 posts)Sen Warren.. count down time.
It is a nice show of Solidarity!
George II
(67,782 posts)have endorsed Hillary Clinton, too. More solidarity!
Cha
(297,655 posts)BS has couple, right?
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Politicians rarely stick their necks out.
They like to bet on sure things - just like most of us!