David Plouffe says he's supporting Hillary Clinton for President.

[sufrommich]

He said in the post that seven years ago, he "would never have imagined writing this piece." But as the icy relations thawed between Obama and Clinton, he said it became clear that Clinton was the Democratic Party's best bet at keeping control of the White House.

"Americans still need a president who will wake up every day, prepared to overcome any obstacle on their behalf," he wrote. "Hillary Clinton should  --  and I believe will  -- be that president."

With the exception of a few cabinet officials, top names in Obama's orbit have resisted backing a candidate in the Democratic primary, waiting instead until Vice President Joe Biden made his political aspirations known. He said this week he would not enter the race.

The decision prompted signs of relief from some of Obama's top aides, who see Clinton as the candidate most likely to capture the Democratic nomination and defeat a Republican rival.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/24/politics/david-plouffe-clinton-endorsement/index.html

[Iliyah]

1. K & R

[George II]

2. I was just about to post the same thing, in the form of a similar statement via email...

...to Clinton supporters a few minutes ago. As a reminder, David Plouffe was President Obama's campaign manager.

Here's the text:

Friend --

During the most intense days of the 2008 primary, while I was serving as the Obama campaign manager, I would never have imagined writing this email.

But eight years later, I believe Hillary Clinton should -- and will -- be our next president. She will make an outstanding and worthy successor to President Obama. She will do big and important things -- and we will all look back and be proud of whatever we did to help elect her.

Here’s what I (and so many fellow Obama campaign veterans) have learned about Hillary Clinton:

She doesn’t quit -- and there were times I wish she had! But you have to deeply admire that strength and persistence. From her job at the Children’s Defense Fund to her work as First Lady of the United States, as a U.S. Senator for New York, and as the Secretary of State, she’s been working everyday to make people’s lives better.

You won’t find anyone in this race more determined than Hillary to make sure every single American has a fair shot to live up to their potential. There is no one more prepared, more diligent, or more ready with detailed plans for how to make it happen.

Hillary will protect President Obama’s legacy -- and like President Obama before her, she will make history. I look forward to the day my daughter, who was born a little more than 48 hours after the glorious scene in Grant Park in 2008, will know just as well as my son that she can grow up to be anything she wants, even president of the United States.

The stakes in this election are enormous. The difference between Hillary and a Trump, Carson, or Rubio could not be more profound. Once again, we need a president who understands the challenges we face -- someone who can and will do something about it.

Hillary Clinton is that leader. And if we step up to fight alongside her, she’ll be the next president of the United States.

Go win this thing, Madam Secretary.

Sincerely,

David Plouffe

[sufrommich]

3. Hmmm,I'm a Clinton supporter and haven't seen the email

in my in box,did you just get it?

[George II]

4. The time on it is 4:10 Eastern.

[Thinkingabout]

5. She is getting more endorsements, thanks for sharing.

[JRLeft]

6. He's just as Wall Street as anyone.

[Sheepshank]

7. Bitter?

At some point I'm almost positive that every person that has been thrown under the bus because they support Hillary, will survive and thrive. Some here may even show some magnanimous maturity, and congratulate her on some of these endorsements, but I don't suspect that any congratulations will come from you.

[JRLeft]

8. Obama and Biden are Wall Street owned too.

[BainsBane]

9. Let's see your evidence to support that claim

Since you are the one who insisted Clinton supporters refuse to examine evidence. So by all means, back up your claim. Provide us this much lauded evidence we refuse to examine.

[JRLeft]

10. I guess this means they hate Wall Street, there is a mountain of evidence.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5626b26de4b08589ef49896a

[BainsBane]

12. Your point was not about policy

deregulation or law. It was that they were "owned by Wall Street. That is a policy disagreement, and I myself oppose further deregulation. Yet that does not constitute "ownership" particularly when they have spent all of their money contributing to the GOP. As a point of fact, much of Wall Street believes Obama is the worst president in history. They despise him. Now, you think because they have prospered they must like him. Not so.

To understand the politics of financial reform and regulation, we have to start by acknowledging that there was a time when Wall Street and Democrats got on just fine. Robert Rubin of Goldman Sachs became Bill Clinton’s most influential economic official; big banks had plenty of political access; and the industry by and large got what it wanted, including repeal of Glass-Steagall.

This cozy relationship was reflected in campaign contributions, with the securities industry splitting its donations more or less evenly between the parties, and hedge funds actually leaning Democratic.

But then came the financial crisis of 2008, and everything changed. . .

While this is good news for taxpayers and the economy, financiers bitterly resent any constraints on their ability to gamble with other people’s money, and they are voting with their checkbooks. Financial tycoons loom large among the tiny group of wealthy families that is dominating campaign finance this election cycle — a group that overwhelmingly supports Republicans. Hedge funds used to give the majority of their contributions to Democrats, but since 2010 they have flipped almost totally to the G.O.P.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/opinion/democrats-republicans-and-wall-street-tycoons.html?_r=1
Posted by BainsBane | Fri Oct 16,

Here is the problem. You could post a thread talking about deregulation and why you see it problematic. We could discuss the policy and people could benefit from learning something. Yet you opt for hyperbole: "they are owned by Wall Street." "Wall Street will be happy with Clinton winning."
Yet the policy discussion is forsaken in exchange for bumper sticker slogans for which there is no evidence and there cannot be evidence since it exists entirely in the realm of emotion and hyperbole.

[JRLeft]

13. You will defend the Third Way Dems to the end.

[SoapBox]

15. Yup!

And she's a Proud Capitalist!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. As a dispassionate observer I have to give this round to Bains Bane./nt

[DCBob]

11. I think many us have gone through the same transition David did.

I was all for Barack Obama back then and could not stand Hillary. Now I see her as our best hope to keep the WH and that she has the right stuff to be the first woman President of the United States.

[99Forever]

14. Well whoop-tee-fucking-doo-doo.

Corporate establishment stooge endorses corporate establishment candidate.

In other breaking news, water is found to be wet.

[brooklynite]

16. Here you go...

Why I’m for Hillary Clinton

Eight years ago, then-Senator Barack Obama told the crowd at the Iowa Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson dinner that he was running for president “to protect the American worker. To fight for the American worker…. To give our children and grandchildren the same chances somebody gave me.”

Since then, thanks to the efforts of President Obama and millions of Americans who have fought alongside him, 18 million Americans have gained health coverage under Obamacare and tens of millions more are enjoying new protections so they don’t go broke when they or a loved one gets sick. We’ve brought the economy back from the brink of another depression, saved an auto industry on the verge of collapse, created 11 million new private-sector jobs, and imposed tough new standards on Wall Street to make another crash that much less likely. We’ve passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, taken historic action to curb the effects of climate change, and pursued a new, more humane policy toward immigrant families, especially children. And diplomacy is firmly back in our country’s arsenal.

We’ve come a long way. Still, eight years after that historic night in Des Moines, there’s so much left to do. And Americans still need a president who will wake up every day, prepared to overcome any obstacle on their behalf.

Hillary Clinton should — and I believe will — be that president.

https://twitter.com/search?q=david%20plouffe&src=typd

[Mary Mac]

18. Obama lost six of last nine contests to Hillary

And still they kept their cool.