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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Who? Hillary Steams Ahead on Endorsements-->NO enthusiam fade in Dem Party [View all]
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-08-26/bernie-who-hillary-steams-ahead-on-endorsements
Party people get on board. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
Bernie Who? Hillary Steams Ahead on Endorsements
27 Aug 26, 2015 4:34 PM EDT
By Jonathan Bernstein
Do you think enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton is fading within the Democratic Party? Here's a list of new endorsements she has gathered just in August:
U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell Jr., Bonnie Watson Coleman, Donald Payne Jr., Xavier Becerra and Scott Peters
Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
Former South Carolina Governors Dick Riley and Jim Hodges
Former North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan
From Iowa: former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, state Attorney General Tom Miller and state Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald
Twenty of 21 of New Jersey's county Democratic chairmen and a bunch of N.J. state legislators
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey
California Assemblyman David Chiu
In New Hampshire, State Senator David Watters
In Connecticut, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch
The Cook County (Chicago) Democratic Party
This month's haul swamps anything Bernie Sanders or the draft-Joe-Biden effort has rolled out over the entire campaign. And Clinton already had an intimidating number of endorsements, leaving few available for her to add................
This time, the Democrats have made a clear choice, with continuing endorsements showing that the party remains collectively committed to Clinton. She'll be in trouble if and only if that changes.
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Bernie Who? Hillary Steams Ahead on Endorsements-->NO enthusiam fade in Dem Party [View all]
riversedge
Aug 2015
OP
It's an indication of the support she'll get as President, and Sanders' endorsements (0)....
George II
Aug 2015
#58
Some of these party endorsements came well before anyone even committed to running.
frylock
Aug 2015
#122
And yet, here is Bernie running to that same "establishment" saying "Choose me, choose me?
leftofcool
Aug 2015
#29
Then why is Sanders seeking the presidential nomination from "the establishment"?
George II
Aug 2015
#63
Really? Shitting on progressives has been a time-honored tradition around here.
frylock
Aug 2015
#112
If it's ever going to get better around here, someone has to put the rhetorical gun down first
GitRDun
Aug 2015
#118
If "the party" is defined as 'the party establishment' there is indeed no enthousiasm fade.
Betty Karlson
Aug 2015
#8
The Democratic Party IS the Democratic Party. If people are unhappy with it, they can remake it....
George II
Aug 2015
#55
That's the ticket - let's make sure there are more superdelegates than actual delegates!
reformist2
Aug 2015
#15
Joy-Ann Reed made a good point on Mark Thompson show about how Hillary decided to enter the race
bigdarryl
Aug 2015
#69
Super Delegates overriding the will of the people would be the death knell of the party..
frylock
Aug 2015
#103
Fair enough -- explain HOW, in real political terms, Sanders improves on that.
brooklynite
Aug 2015
#21
Really, she is our best chance against the GOP and she will pull the voters to vote down ticket.
kelliekat44
Aug 2015
#27
Begging the CEO and upper management of John Deere to not move their operations to Asia?
PotatoChip
Aug 2015
#38
I like them but at my age, hell, I'd just twist an ankle or fall and break a hip.
leftofcool
Aug 2015
#49
In other words, the Party Machine is standing with her, for now. But Joe is in the wings... nt
Romulox
Aug 2015
#70
Tell it to the Party. Reportedly, Joe has received the President's "blessing" to run... nt
Romulox
Aug 2015
#79
You aren't the leader of the Democratic Party, though, so the impact isn't the same. nt
Romulox
Aug 2015
#81
While Hillary is clearly leading the way in almost evey single category....
SouthernProgressive
Aug 2015
#78
These endorsements will surely impress millennials, indies, first-time and disaffected voters
frylock
Aug 2015
#97
Do you actually think you're helping your candidate by taking shots at Bernie?
HERVEPA
Aug 2015
#105