Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumThe White House will campaign for Clinton, but not in the SOTU speech.
Thats coming, aides say. But not on Tuesday...He will talk about who we are as Americans and focus on some consistent themes of his presidencya country that adapts to challenges, that creates things, that believes that change and progress are possible, the aide said.
But theres a way that a speech like that helps Clinton, said Mo Elleithee, a spokesman for Clintons 2008 campaign whos now the executive director of Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service.
This is an important moment in defining his legacy. But it can also help her in two ways. By going out there and selling the past seven years, she doesnt have to. She can stay focused on the future, Elleithee said. And, he can begin making the case to general election voters while shes still in a primary. He can begin looking down the field before she has the luxury to, or before shes allowed to.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/2016-state-of-the-union-obama-clinton-217541#ixzz3wsvTXwNG
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)Some people are going to be throwing Obama under it
BooScout
(10,406 posts)Cha
(297,723 posts)he wanted Obama primaried in 2012.
So, that means nothing. The President is popular and has accomplished so much our Country. I am so glad to see this. It's what I imagined happening.
See my sig line of the two of them campaigning in 2008.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Especially the gun issues.
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)chief strategist-
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/2016-state-of-the-union-obama-clinton-217541#ixzz3wsyp0kSv
Maybe they've been working in more concert than we know.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)will endorse ANYONE before the primaries are decided.
And, though he may have a personal preference, he will do what is best for the party ... endorse the primary winner.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Walk away
(9,494 posts)control, President Obama will endorse Hillary. It would be different if Sanders was a Democrat but he isn't. No one in the party owes him anything and the President has already made it clear that he will NOT endorse anyone not committed to this cause that is dear to him.
If this were a race between Biden and Hillary or any other Democratic politician there would be a precedent to wait for the nomination. In this case there is none.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Guns Galore cannot get away with ignoring a signature issue of President Obama's.
Bernie is hurting the party. His campaign is taking resources from other Democrats who are running for congress and local offices.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)How can we tell how many lives could be saved if victims had the right to sue gun manufacturers???? Who is responsible for the lives lost?
The leader of our party can't kowtow to a small bunch of RedNeck gun owners in a state that hasn't grown in population since the Revolutionary War.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)BS is unfit for office.
...The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Pub.L. 103159, 107 Stat. 1536, enacted November 30, 1993), often referred to as the Brady Act and commonly called the Brady Bill,[1][2] is an Act of the United States Congress that mandated federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States, and imposed a five-day waiting period on purchases, until the NICS system was implemented in 1998.
It's true that Sanders voted against the bill and I won't waste time explaining why since no one cares. I will point out that the bill went through five iterations and the sole reason for Sanders NAY vote remained intact throughout the process. Also, every other measure besides that single provision is something that Senator Sanders has supported over his career.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)Sounds like skunking out so he could pander to the few rural Americans that keep him elected in his ultra low population state.
MrChuck
(279 posts)The bill failed to distinguish any difference between filing a multi-million dollar suit against a gun manufacturer or a small gun shop.
Through five versions the drafting legislator failed to alter that aspect of the bill.
Cha
(297,723 posts)fine?! Just like in 2008 only reverse!
Thank you, SunSeeker!
William769
(55,148 posts)Kick & highly recommended!