2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBush Treasury Secretary Paulson endorses Clinton
(CNN)Hank Paulson, the Republican Treasury secretary during the 2008 financial crisis, has endorsed Hillary Clinton, adding his name to prominent GOP heavyweights who are backing the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Paulson's support comes amid mounting concerns about Donald Trump's candidacy. Paulson, a controversial figure given President George W. Bush's handling of the downturn, said "a Trump presidency is unthinkable" and predicted that other conservatives would rally behind her.
"I'll be voting for Hillary Clinton, with the hope that she can bring Americans together to do the things necessary to strengthen our economy, our environment and our place in the world," Paulson wrote in The Washington Post. "To my Republican friends: I know I'm not alone."
Paulson, once the CEO of Goldman Sachs, criticized Trump's business record, divisiveness and brand of populist rhetoric.
Clinton has been criticized for close ties to Wall Street, but not many Republicans of Paulson's stature have formally endorsed her.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/24/politics/hank-paulson-hillary-clinton-endorsement/index.html
jillan
(39,451 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)or even 2008 when many prominent Republicans also backed Barack Obama.
Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)still_one
(96,812 posts)Hillary against Trump
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)Bill Clinton best republican president
the first hit was
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5669911
George Eliot
(701 posts)I hold no love for him. He looked out for his own at the expense of the American People.
rickford66
(5,701 posts)insta8er
(960 posts)Response to insta8er (Reply #4)
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longship
(40,416 posts)bbmykel
(282 posts)I wish I could feel good about this. Didn't he basically pocket a bunch of the TARP money?
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)TwilightZone
(28,834 posts)This isn't complicated. In fact, it shouldn't be complicated for *anyone*, yet it somehow is.
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)Clinton now. Expect reaches like this all GE.
TwilightZone
(28,834 posts)some on DU apparently expect her to try.
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)insta8er
(960 posts)a good thing right? I think that this means that they believe that she has something to offer them. How come you see that as an insult if this is being brought up? or do you view the endorsement from the other side as not a good thing?
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)You know what you're trying to do with your constant "look at this right winger who has endorsed Clinton posts". Welcome to my ignore list.
insta8er
(960 posts)more than just the democratic base. Ignore list? why would you want to do that? don't you want to be informed about who our candidate is being praised by?
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)SidDithers
(44,273 posts)Sid
insta8er
(960 posts)second best thing...I would not be so negative, I would put it more in a context of that she has something to offer that he doesn't. And he is a raving lunatic of course.
joshcryer
(62,507 posts)ericson00
(2,707 posts)and I welcome that. The '90s, '80s, and even before that were far more civil.
John Poet
(2,510 posts)they don't have to deal with "that black guy" anymore...
However, as much as the GOP has hated the Clintons
(primarily for having beaten them twice),
I think to believe that some "new dawn" is coming
is merely a pipe dream.
This GOP endorsement parade, while impressive,
is primarily an anti-Trump phenomenon.
The sentiment isn't likely to outlast the election campaign.
Once they have Trump out of the way,
they can get back to hating on "that woman",
and surely they will, as soon as she tries to do.... anything...
forjusticethunders
(1,151 posts)They may be just responsible enough to endorse a candidate who is putting forth the most leftwing platform since the 80s at least, but not because they suddenly want a 2nd New Deal. But do they have the self-awareness to realize that they were but stepping stones on the road to Trump?
SidDithers
(44,273 posts)She'll win in a landslide.
Sid
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Hillary is gonna win in a LANDSLIDE!!!
Thanks for your efforts in posting these wonderful endorsement threads, insta8er!!!!
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Trump is driving them all out of the GOP!