2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Every time the party's left raises their little pointy heads and makes noises....this stuff happens. [View all]Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)the average American. If Sanders can run a campaign without that money,
why can't Clinton? Why would a voter who has not benefited from said
policies continue to support her? One would need to have their head in the
sand not to see the quid quo pro all these years. Why are her supporters
pretending money in politics is not a poison?
Denying reality makes one doomed to repeat it:
Mapping Max Baucus Health Care Lobbyist Complex. Click image for full visualization.
As the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Max Baucus is at the center of the congressional effort to craft health care reform legislation, a top priority of President Barack Obama. The Baucus-headed Finance Committee has been singled out by advocates and news organizations as the toughest obstacle for the Presidents health care priorities. Containing more moderate and conservative members may not be the only reason. The committee is packed with lawmakers who have close ties to the health care and insurance industries, receiving large campaign contributions as their former staffers turn around to lobby for the very interests whose issues in this case health care they previously worked on. Baucus, as chair, stands out in particular.
Lobbying disclosure filings for the first quarter of 2009 reveal that five of Baucus former staffers currently work for a total of twenty-seven different organizations that are either in the health care or insurance sector or have a noted interest in the outcome. The organizations represented include some of the top lobbying organizations in the health sector: Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Researchers of America (PhRMA), Americas Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Amgen, and GE Health Care.
http://sunlightfoundation.com/tools/2009/healthcare_lobbyist_complex/
When her campaign says, Bernie is not realistic, do they understand that message
is a clear signal they are not willing to represent the American people without
special interest money?