President Obama endorses Hillary!

[chillfactor]

MSNBC: Breaking News!

[NurseJackie]

1. Yay!

[DCBob]

2. What.. where??

[radical noodle]

6. MSNBC

[PeaceNikki]

15. AMERICA!!!!

[Surya Gayatri]

43. Here! Masterful piece of political theater. Pitch perfect, brilliant.

LOVE THIS MAN!!!!!!!!!!!

[DCBob]

45. Yeah, its great!!

Love it!!

[auntpurl]

46. WOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JUST WOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MFM008]

54. I second those wows

[auntpurl]

55. Can't stop smiling! That and her tweet and I'm gonna be walking on air the rest of today. :D

The tweet: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2165723

[treestar]

83. Thanks Mr. President!

Love him too!

[eastwestdem]

3. He's totally dis'ing Sanders! Love it!! nt

[democrattotheend]

5. What did he say about Bernie?

I can't imagine he actually "dissed" him. He is trying to bring about unity.

[radical noodle]

10. I didn't hear him say anything about Bernie n/t

[Demsrule86]

13. I don't think he dissed Bernie. That is not Obama's way

He spoke to Sen. Sanders before he endorsed her. That was respectful.

[jonno99]

29. Yep - good leadership on his part. nt

[democrattotheend]

66. I didn't think so

Doing so would be incredibly stupid if his goal is to heal the party, and besides, that just didn't sound like the president.

[Amimnoch]

94. Really. That was a ridiculous assertion.

President Obama wouldn't do that.

[eastwestdem]

18. Endorsing Hillary while Sanders has not yet conceded.. and

stepping all over his 'big day' with all the Democratic big wigs kissing his ring. The media was tripping over themselves following him around Capitol Hill...now all attention will be on this for the rest of the day. Go POTUS!!

[Demsrule86]

90. Sanders may never concede. nt

[eastwestdem]

92. Good point. nt

[radical noodle]

21. Actually

I've just listened to the whole thing and he compliments Bernie on a great campaign but says no one could do the job that needs to be done better than Hillary.

[redstateblues]

28. He praised Bernie lavishly

as he should have.

[brush]

36. He didn't diss Sanders. He praised him. Some posters want to stir up trouble.

[eastwestdem]

37. The pundits on MSNBC agreed with me. Obama is not giving Sanders his day in the

limelight. My guess is that Sanders showed his stubborn side to Obama, and they decided that they needed to endorse today.

[Lucinda]

47. Watch the video... n/t

[eastwestdem]

56. I watched it. Obama was very statesman like, as usual.

There is much more to politics than the façade.

[LanternWaste]

63. Or your one-dimensional interpretation of events, as well...

"There is much more to politics than the façade."

Or your one-dimensional interpretation of events, as well...

[eastwestdem]

68. The pundits all agree with me. nt

[okasha]

72. We've known since Tuesday that this endordement

would be made today.

They didn't throw that video together today after lunch.

[Demsrule86]

91. If so...then Sanders had it coming. nt

[brush]

33. Stop lying. Why would you post such a lie? He praised Sanders.

[eastwestdem]

41. Of course he praised Sanders, that's what you do in this type of an endorsement.

The diss was when he chose to do it. Clearly it wasn't planned for today, if you listen to the message.

[treestar]

84. Where in the message does it establish that it was not planned for today?

[anotherproletariat]

51. It's all about the timing. Obama pulled focus from Sanders. Look at the TV right now.

Instead of watching Sanders meet with Democratic leaders, we are seeing a WH press conference. If there truly was respect for Sanders, they would have given him this one day to shine.

[brush]

93. The President of the United States had his time table to endorse Clinton . . .

(it was originally supposed to happen on Tuesday) and get on with the general election campaign against Trump, but Sanders didn't concede after he lost California, even doubled down and defiantly vowed "the struggle continues" on to DC.

At some point Sanders requested a meeting with the president, who agreed to meet the runner-up but saw no reason to change his schedule for the endorsement of our nominee.

I think the president's actions put things in the proper perspective. It's time to get on with the general election, not to coddle someone who repeatedly missed their cue on when to bow out.

[Duval]

40. Really? Show me where he dissed Sanders. nt

[anotherproletariat]

42. I agree...Obama totally wanted to shift the media focus from Sanders to Hillary.

Good for Obama in taking charge and realize that no good was coming out of watching Sanders parade around Capitol Hill getting accolades from people who are pretended to tolerate him. Much better optics for the Dems!

[Surya Gayatri]

44. Dissed? On the contrary, he praised Sanders "liberally".

[auntpurl]

48. NO he didn't and please stop.

Please.

[eastwestdem]

57. I think you are the type of person to whom all those political ads are aimed. nt

[LanternWaste]

65. I pretend the same thing as well when others disagree with me

I pretend the same thing as well when others disagree with me. Very self-validating and self-serving.

[okasha]

71. He certainly did not.

He was very cordial toward Sanders.

[democrattotheend]

4. I guess it's time

I was hoping he'd wait until after the DC primary out of respect for the voters there, but on the other hand, I am psyched about getting to see him on the campaign trail again.

[redstatebluegirl]

30. Thank you for your signature line. I totally understand backing Bernie

he shares a lot of our values. At this time we have to get behind the nominee and beat the crap out of the Republicants up ticket and down!

Thank you again from all of us! We could all take a lesson from you.

BTW put on your armor there will be a lot of arrows headed your way.

[democrattotheend]

61. I've already been kicked out of the Bernie group back in April

Because I wasn't as rosy about his chances as some of them were after New York.

Apparently I am not the only committed Bernie supporter who has been banned from the group.

[democrattotheend]

64. The bumper sticker in my sig line is a reprisal of the one I made for Hillary supporters in 2008

In 2008 I made this stuff for Hillary supporters as an olive branch: http://www.zazzle.com/democrattotheend/products?dp=0&sr=250327169807697710&cg=196053165511745923

It kind of sucks being on the losing side this time, but I think I'm having an easier time than some Bernie supporters because I never hated Hillary and was primarily motivated to support Bernie because of Bernie, not because of opposition to Hillary. That doesn't mean there haven't been tears, though.

[redstatebluegirl]

89. Totally understand

I was a Hillary supporter in 08 was bummed when she lost but learned to love and support President Obama. I walked my neighborhood, worked a phone bank or two. I worry about those that are Bernie or the highway. They young ones tend to believe everything they read on the internet about everybody.

[democrattotheend]

97. I'm a "young one"

Youngish, at least. Part of the millennial generation.

Good for you re. 2008. I did the same in 2004 - I was a Deaniac in the primaries but I traveled to Ohio and Pennsylvania to volunteer for Kerry and did some phonebanking. It was more about beating Bush than anything, although I wouldn't say I had to hold my nose to vote for Kerry. I am in a similar place with Hillary right now - I wouldn't say I will have to hold my nose, but I can't say I'll be as excited as I was to vote for Obama or as I would have been to vote for Bernie.

I actually like John Kerry a lot better now than I did when I voted for him. I am hoping I will come to feel the same way about Hillary.

I am happy for you and people like you who went through the heartbreak in 2008 and now get to see her win. I have a friend who was a big Hillary supporter in 2008, and I texted her last night that I was really excited for her. It must be really satisfying to see her come out on top this time.

[grossproffit]

69. You're pure class. Your signature line is amazing as well.

[democrattotheend]

73. Thank you!

I should probably add one caveat to the bumper sticker in my signature: if it looks like the popular vote may be close, I may consider not voting for Hillary. This is because I live in a solidly blue state and I think that with Democrats still mad about Bush v. Gore, if a popular/electoral split happened in reverse this year, maybe there would be enough nationwide support to finally pass a constitutional amendment getting rid of the electoral college. I even considered not voting for Obama in 2012 for the same reason, but I changed my mind because I knew it would be the last time I got to vote for him.

If I lived in a swing state, I would have no hesitation about voting for Hillary. We cannot allow Trump to get elected, and besides, there are a lot of things I admire about Hillary.

[athena]

74. You must have been very young during the 2000 election.

If you'd lived through that, you would know that it's extremely dangerous to aim for a popular/electoral split, or to try to teach the Democratic Party a lesson by withholding your vote. Close elections can be stolen. You might just end up with President Trump.

[democrattotheend]

76. I was 16 in 2000, and I remember it very well

I am still bitter about it, like many Democrats. It's why I feel so strongly about getting rid of the electoral college.

I don't see how losing the popular vote could possibly change the outcome, though. There simply is no mechanism for overturning the electoral college based on the popular vote. None of Gore's legal challenges in 2000 were based on him winning the popular vote.

I'm not trying to teach the party a lesson. While I think certain aspects of the nominating process could have been fairer, and would like to see some reforms going forward, I don't think the nomination was stolen from Bernie. Stacked against him, maybe, but at the end of the day Hillary got more votes and more delegates.

[athena]

81. If the results hadn't been so close in 2000

Gore would have been president. The only reason GWB "won" that election is that Gore's margin was not higher. If certain Nader supporters had recognized that Gore was not that similar to Bush and had voted for Gore, there would have been no Iraq war, and probably no ISIS. It's heartbreaking to think about what could have been. (ETA: I say this as someone who bought the pro-Nader argument hook, line, and sinker in 2000.)

If Hillary wins the electoral college but not the popular vote in November, she will not have much of a mandate. By withholding your vote, you will be making it less likely for her to make the changes we need. With all due respect, you don't change things by withholding your vote. You change them by becoming active at the grassroots level, by organizing, and by running for office.

[workinclasszero]

7. WOOHOO!! Thank you Mr President!!!!

[RockaFowler]

8. Great News!

[Demsrule86]

9. Thanks Obama! nt

[IamTheNoodle]

11. Obama should endorse Bernie for VP!

Then I won't have to hold my nose while I vote for Hillary.

[Florencenj2point0]

27. No, too old, to inexperienced

We really need him in the senate. Obama did thank him for his campaign and bringing so many new people in to the party.

[Amimnoch]

95. I'm thinking Secretary of the Treasury.

Tap his strength in fiscal areas and accountability. Let him loose. I don't think I'd be stretching it too much to say that many of us who supported Hillary do actually love Sanders fiscal policies.

[radical noodle]

12. I think he's just so anxious to get out there against Trump

He has a score to settle with Trump

[Skwmom]

14. As Hillary Clinton said in an unscripted Debate moment in 2008 - He's no different than me.

[DCBob]

16. Excellent!! There is going to be a video..

[workinclasszero]

17. The President is going to campaign for her too!

[MannyG]

19. Just saw the video

Obama is a Boss, first big step in the post primary healing process.

[nolabear]

23. It was champion. I'm proud of us.

[YoungDemCA]

20. “I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office."

[nolabear]

22. BEAUTIFUL video, just beautiful!

Bernie getting good props, as he should. We are in it to WIN it!

[carburyme]

62. My sentiments!

EXACTLY!

[realmirage]

24. Are you ready Donald? KO time

[alcibiades_mystery]

25. Boom Bap!

[C_U_L8R]

26. And that's how it's done

A full throated endorsement crackling with enthusiasm.
Thank you President Obama!! Go Hillary! Go Dems!

[jamese777]

31. Campaigning Together

in Wisconsin, next week.

[JoePhilly]

32. Game on!!

[BootinUp]

50. +1

[Lizzie Poppet]

34. Expected...and doesn't influence me in the least.

Obama endorses TPP, too.

Don't get me wrong: I like the guy, and he's accomplished a lot in the face of absurd levels of GOP stonewalling. History will view him as a good president. But a fair bit of what he's accomplished I oppose. He is by no means a progressive reformer.

[jamese777]

49. Its Difficult...

to be a "progressive reformer" with John Boehner/Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and the Roberts majority on the Supreme Court blocking your every move.

Today's Gallup Poll has Obama's job approval rating at 50% approve/46% disapprove.
For June 9-12, 2008, George W. Bush was at 30% approve/64% disapprove.
The job approval rating for Congress is currently 14% approve and 77% disapprove, so the President endorsing Hillary Clinton and campaigning with her will carry weight with people who might conceivably vote for her in November.
Certainly, it carries no weight with the left's and the right's "Never Hillary" factions.

[CreekDog]

75. You're the one who is voting against your governor because you're upset she endorsed Hillary

Even though Kate Brown is basically as liberal as Sanders.

You don't believe reasonable people can disagree on a candidate, you think you're the only reasonable person.

[Lizzie Poppet]

85. Wrong.

I'm objecting to her doing so, in advance of the vote, as a superdelegate. I trust you understand the distinction...although given the inane amateur psychoanalysis you closed your reply with, I may be giving you entirely too much credit.

[CreekDog]

87. No, you posted here on DU this year that you would support Kate Brown's opponent in the primary

When she runs for reelection. Shall i link to that post?

You can run from it, but I would not pretend it doesn't exist.

[Lizzie Poppet]

88. Reading comprehension fail.

I know exactly what I said, and that's exactly what I did: I "primaried" Kate because as a superdelegate, she declared for Hillary prior to the primary. I object to that. I wasn't objecting to the endorsement itself, a nuance that clearly escaped you.

I will, however, vote for her in the GE. Her Republican opponent is actually remarkably reasonable for someone from his party...but still far too conservative for me.

[CreekDog]

98. You're are being dishonest, your statement was about her primary for governor, not as superdelegate

And I guess you really are ashamed of what you said, because you're trying to get people to believe you said something else.

But you didn't, you said exactly what I said you did and now you've lied about doing so.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1386329

[LexVegas]

78. ...

[radical noodle]

35. Here's the video

http://www.vox.com/2016/6/9/11895284/obama-endorses-hillary-clinton

[LAS14]

38. k and RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PufPuf23]

39. No surprise. Part of POTUS Obama's neo-liberal legacy.

I support and am in general view that POTUS Obama has been a good POTUS.

I supported POTUS Obama whole heartedly (after starting Edwards and aligning with Kucinich most on policy) and donated more money than I could afford in 2008.

I was disappointed as soon as POTUS Obama started making appointments. That said, he was in a very difficult situation and has improved as POTUS in the 2nd term.

We (I anyway) will all be sorry to see POTUS Obama term out. I hope that Obama is closer to the Carter model than the Bill Clinton model of ex-POTUS.

[auntpurl]

52. Wish I could rec this a million times!!!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

53. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. Lord Acton

[jamese777]

59. Quoting the British Aristocracy?

"During the American Civil War, Lord Acton's sympathies lay entirely with the Confederacy, for their defence of States' Rights against a centralised government that he believed would, by what he thought to be all historical precedent, inevitably turn tyrannical. His notes to Gladstone on the subject helped sway many in the British government to sympathise with the South.

In 1869 Queen Victoria raised Acton to the peerage, becoming the first Baron Acton. His elevation came primarily through the intercession of [Prime Minister William] Gladstone. The two were intimate friends and frequent correspondents."--Wikipedia

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

60. So? Any comment on the quote?

[treestar]

86. what has that got to do with this?

[beaglelover]

58. K&R!!!!!!

AWESOME!!!!!!!

[mcar]

67. Great news!

[okasha]

77. Thank you, Mr. President!

[Thinkingabout]

79. I love seeing the endorsements.

[Lance Bass esquire]

80. Awesome sauce boss 😆

Can't wait till the first Clinton / Trump debate. She will own him old school.

[Renaissance Man]

82. Well, that's unfortunate.

He could have maintained a pristine legacy, but he decides to go and do this.

[Maru Kitteh]

96. "Old" news, but I'm kicking this because it's positive news, and I like it.