SAY IT AIN’T SO: ALAN GRAYSON ENDORSES HILLARY CLINTON *
On Tuesday, the Clinton campaign announced its Florida Leadership Council, a high-profile team of more than 150 top Democrats from all corners of the Sunshine State.
As noted by Marc Caputo and POLITICO, the list of Clinton’s endorsements dwarfs those of her two rivals – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley – which also mirrors her domination in Florida polling.
Included in this august group is everyone who is anyone in Democratic politics: state and local party leaders, members of Congress, mayors, fundraisers – and Congressman Alan Grayson.
What makes the outspoken liberal from Orlando – and candidate for U.S. Senate – stand out in this crowd is that it will be the first time Grayson publicly supports Hillary Clinton in her White House bid.
In fact, it was Grayson’s Democratic primary opponent, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, who was an early Clinton supporter. Murphy had even gone so far as to contribute to her campaign — directly giving her hard money.
http://floridapolitics.com/archives/194910-say-it-aint-so-alan-grayson-endorses-hillary-clinton
*Don't shoot the messenger. I copied the title verbatim, caps and all
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What I do know is he very nearly endorsed Bernie Sanders, and has on numerous occasions held Bernie up as having the ideals we should all reach for. It's odd for him to go from that to suddenly accepting a leadership council position. You may be right, it may in fact be intended as an endorsement. It might be something else. Without Grayson speaking up for himself, it's all speculative.
It's also worth noting that no other media outlet seems to have picked up on this claim. If Grayson is in fact joining her campaign leadership council, why isn't such a big act being posted to his facebook page or on his website or... some kind of update somewhere?
Hypocrisy arrives in many packages....
people who will herald his endorsing Hillary as a wonderful thing.
I think the take-away (and the source of the enjoyment) is not that he's endorsing Hillary, it's that he's NOT endorsing Bernie!!
"GRAYSON SNUBS BERNIE" would be a better headline.
Wow! What an honor! Are there elections or something like that? Or is it just a self-appointed position?
Pretending that you "didn't want" this particular one is laughable. I'm not buying it, sorry. Try again. (I believe you're a critic, I just don't believe you wouldn't have the endorsement if it came candidate's your way.)
If he'd endorsed Bernie, there would be dancing in the streets!
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/
This one endorsement would have increased Bernie's endorsement count by an additional 50%!! (And brought him all the way up to THREE.)
Considering Hillary's current score of 446, I'd say that Berne needs all he can get.
There'll be others. Don't fret.That's because I'm teasing you.
I do find you amusing however.
I enjoyed playing with you as well. That was fun.
to you too. Do you have a business card that shows your title?
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Well, I guess someone will just have to pull him out and throw him under again!!
It is easy to despise what you cannot get.
Response to NCTraveler (Reply #7)
she just had her bell rung.
But then I got it and chuckled out loud
Response to Historic NY (Reply #9)
Completely disrespected him.
I'm surprised to read downthread that he's dating a Big Pharma lobbyist. 
I might have to disrespect him now! Makes this endorsement make more sense though.
He takes his new paramour everywhere--to Congressional functions, to fundraisers, she was acting like the Missus long before he settled that annulment thing-a-ma-bob.
To make matters worse, when he was planning his Senate run, one of his long-term, LOYAL staffers, was planning on running for the congressional seat and expected the boss's endorsement. Then what happened? HIS GIRLFRIEND decided she wanted to run for the seat, too!
Here she is, holding the Bible for "her man:"
She has a big wallet, so she gets access--she's been photographed with everyone from Sanders to (Bill) Clinton to Pelosi to Obama.
And she's in the race, with experience on the Hill limited to supplication:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-dena-minning-to-run-for-beau-alan-graysons-post-20150725-post.html
Dr. Dena Marie Minning, a biochemist and medical doctor who has been romantically linked for months to U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, filed paperwork late Friday to run for election to his seat in Congress.
A Democrat, Minning, 44, has no Florida political background. She is a medical doctor and a biotechnology entrepreneur who founded and runs MedExpert Consulting Inc.
In the past two years she was listed as a federal lobbyist with her company to represent Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, which advertises the drug Rapivab as a “first-and-only one-dose intravenous treatment for influenza.”
Grayson is declining a re-election bid for his seat, for now, to run for the U.S. Senate in 2016. That has opened up what is becoming a Democratic free-for-all to replace him in Florida's 9th Congressional District, which has a solid Democratic voter base.
Minning has not spoken to any major media about her candidacy, except in a written statement, nor even about the prospect, or about her relationship with the congressman. His marriage of 19 years ended in a contentious court battle over the past 18 months, finally coming to an annulment earlier this month. Nor has Grayson commented about Minning, except in a written statement about her candidacy....Her candidacy creates political intrigue.
A former top Grayson aide, Susannah Randolph, entered the race two weeks ago. Therefore, Minning's candidacy would pit his longtime political associate, Randolph, against his reported girlfriend....
she photoshopped herself into all those pics. 
His check is in the mail. 
I wish someone was recording them.
Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)
This news is going to make a lot of heads 
To be honest, I didn't see this coming, either. 
Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)
