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Lobbyist Superdelegates Tip Nomination Toward Hillary ClintonThe following individuals are unelected, Clinton-supporting superdelegates who simultaneously work in the lobbying industry:
Jeff Berman, well-known for his delegate-strategy work in the past, is being paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign to organize her delegate-counting effort while himself being a superdelegate. A top lobbyist at Bryan Cave LLP, Berman previously worked as a lobbyist for the private prison company Geo Group and as a lobbyist helping TransCanada build support for the Keystone XL.
Bill Shaheen is one of the six New Hampshire superdelegates to endorse Clinton. Shaheen is a prolific party fundraiser, and his law firm is registered to lobby local officials in the state. The most recently available lobbying records show that Shaheens firm is registered to lobby on behalf of the American Council of Life Insurers and PainCare Centers, among other clients. PainCare has faced increasing scrutiny as local officials have noted that eight of the 10 most prolific opioid prescribers in New Hampshires Medicaid program worked for PainCare. The flood of prescription painkillers has fueled the heroin epidemic in the region, as four out of five heroin addicts report beginning their drug habit with opioids. Bill is the husband of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.
Joanne Dowdell, another New Hampshire superdelegate, is the senior vice president for global government affairs at News Corporation, the parent company of Fox News. Federal Election Commission reports show Dowdell has contributed directly to multiple Democrats as well as to the News Corp PAC, a company committee that splits its donations between lawmakers of both parties. The News Corp government affairs division works to lobby public officials and regulators.
Superdelegates Jill Alper, Minyon Moore, and Maria Cardona are officials at Dewey Square Group, a lobbying firm that is closely affiliated with the Clinton campaign and retained by the Clinton-supporting Super PACs Priorities USA Action and Correct the Record. Alper and Moore are Clinton advisers who have raised over $100,000 for her campaign. Dewey Square Group, as weve reported, was retained by the health insurance industry to undermine health reform efforts in 2009, including proposals to change Medicare Advantage. The firm has previously worked to influence policy on behalf of Enron, Countrywide, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, the U.S. Telecom Association and News Corporation.
Jennifer Cunningham is the managing director of SKDKnickerbocker, a political consulting firm that provides a variety of services, including advertising and direct lobbying of public officials. In recent years, SKDKnickerbocker helped a coalition of corporate clients lobby the Obama administration on a tax cut for overseas earnings; lobbied for weakened rules governing for-profit colleges; and helped a food industry group undermine Michelle Obamas nutrition guidelines for foods marketed to children. Recent records show that the firm is providing consulting work for Independence USA PAC, the Super PAC backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
Tonio Burgos, a fundraiser for Clinton, is a lobbyist registered to influence New York City officials. Burgos current client list includes Verizon, Pfizer, and American Airlines.
Emily Giske, also a lobbyist in New York City, is registered to work on behalf of Airbnb, Yum Brands (the parent company of Taco Bell), Pfizer, and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, a trade group for Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, and Bank of America.
Although they make up only a small proportion of the superdelegates, the presence of lobbyists in such a potentially decisive role adds fuel to the critique that the Democratic Party is influenced by monied special interests. In recent months, the DNC quietly repealed rules instituted by Barack Obama that banned lobbyists from donating to the party.
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/17/voters-be-damned/
Hillary Clinton 2016: DC Lobbyists Set To Raise Cash For Hillary Victory Fund
One of the lobbyists headlining the upcoming event, Elmendorf, donated $33,400 to the Hillary Victory Fund in October, months before the DNC said publicly it had lifted its contribution ban. A former chief of staff to then-Democratic House leader Richard Gephardt, Elmendorf is registered to lobby for Wall Street mega-bank Citigroup and entertainment and media company News Corporation.
Records show that Elmendorf previously lobbied for Goldman Sachs a firm thats been criticized by Sanders, and which paid Clinton $675,000 in speaking fees. (She has refused to release transcripts of those speeches.) Elmendorf also lobbied Congress on behalf of the Colombian government to pass the Colombia Free Trade Agreement a deal that Clinton opposed before pressing lawmakers to support it in her role as secretary of state. Elmendorf has raised $172,320 worth of donations for Clinton's campaign, according to Yahoo.
Both Elmendorf and Forbes a founding partner at Forbes-Tate have represented telecom giant Verizon as its fought the Obama administrations net neutrality rules, which would prevent internet providers from blocking or slowing access to some websites.
http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/hillary-clinton-2016-dc-lobbyists-set-raise-cash-hillary-victory-fund-2327589
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Corporate whores for Hillary... (Original Post)
Human101948
Apr 2016
OP
Does Brock count as one even though he's not a super delegate? He'll do and say anything for money.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2016
#3
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)1. How about Tad Devine nt
Human101948
(3,457 posts)4. This is to educate those Hillary supporters who claimed the term unfair...
Don't know much about Tad but I loved his Grandpa!
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)2. ... Good lord.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)3. Does Brock count as one even though he's not a super delegate? He'll do and say anything for money.
Including call Anita Hill "slutty" and blame her for being sexually harassed.
It doesn't get any sleazier than Brock.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)5. Yes, the shoe definitely fits. The faux outrage is transparently PHONEY.
Don't like it, I suggest the poutraged forward their concerns to their candidate (or any compromised Democrat) and ask her/them to stop accommodating the wishes of the 1% over the needs of the 99%.
Problem solved. Shoe no longer fits. Justice prevails. We ALL win!
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)6. ,,,,
Carolina
(6,960 posts)7. K&R
That shoe fits like a glove, so to create a diversion, the HRC camp has to manufacture outrage. But the truth is the truth concerning DINOs and corporate whores... and those who've been paying attention know which POTUS candidates are indeed corporate whores!