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riversedge

(76,711 posts) Sun Jul 12, 2015, 08:47 AM Jul 2015

Clinton plans Tuesday meetings with all Hill Democrats [View all]

umm... wonder if Bernie will be there? He does caucus with the Democrats.

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Clinton plans Tuesday meetings with all Hill Democrats

By Lauren French

7/10/15 5:42 PM EDT

Hillary Clinton will meet with the entire House Democratic caucus on Tuesday.

The former secretary of state was slated to meet with minority lawmakers from the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Asian Pacific caucus but added another stop at the party’s weekly caucus meeting to her Washington swing.......

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/clinton-plans-tuesday-meetings-with-all-hill-democrats-119973.html#ixzz3fgG53gOF

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Clinton plans Tuesday meetings with all Hill Democrats [View all] riversedge Jul 2015 OP

Treading water is all that is madokie Jul 2015 #1

she wants to short circuit Sanders endorsements. roguevalley Jul 2015 #8

Bwaaaahhhaaahaaahh. She already has! LuvLoogie Jul 2015 #9

if you say so. roguevalley Jul 2015 #24

Ridiculous, right? LuvLoogie Jul 2015 #25

Which endorsements? Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #101

Good MoonRiver Jul 2015 #2

Congress folk will have access to Hillary once she's in. oasis Jul 2015 #30

Yes, this is really excellent. MoonRiver Jul 2015 #31

Are you sure it is coalition building or artislife Jul 2015 #65

I choose to take the high road. n/t MoonRiver Jul 2015 #66

Goody for you....I chose to investigate. nt artislife Jul 2015 #68

How do you plan to do that? MoonRiver Jul 2015 #69

Well in this instance it will be hard artislife Jul 2015 #71

Ok then MoonRiver Jul 2015 #72

Coalition building = making promises wyldwolf Jul 2015 #79

Already nearly half the Dems in Congress have endorsed her... BooScout Jul 2015 #3

Yes, but it is important that she meet and talk with riversedge Jul 2015 #4

Endorsements from the 9% Approval Rating crowd. 99Forever Jul 2015 #15

So you leverage a result of Republican obstructionism to ridicule Democratic solidarity? LuvLoogie Jul 2015 #27

Facts are stubborn things, aren't they? 99Forever Jul 2015 #29

No. You have made a third cause fallacy as to the "reason" LuvLoogie Jul 2015 #97

Considering the dismal public opinion of Congress, no 'endorsements' might be a good thing. eom Purveyor Jul 2015 #86

Hm... Seems highly irregular. RiverNoord Jul 2015 #5

Maybe she's dropping out. rury Jul 2015 #7

...because that's what first place candidates always do? brooklynite Jul 2015 #12

That's one way to go out on the top of one's game, I guess. But unlikely. n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #50

Um... Ok.... RiverNoord Jul 2015 #14

Agree! SoapBox Jul 2015 #10

A "closed door" session with no reporters and no reporting. No cell phones and no notes taken. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #17

Here's a picture for you. All you have to do is ask. LuvLoogie Jul 2015 #21

LOL. That pic reminds me of business cards handed out by real estate agents. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #22

A "closed door" session with no reporters and no reporting. No cell phones and no notes taken. AlbertCat Jul 2015 #96

Campaigning Netanyahu style. nt Snotcicles Jul 2015 #20

Cuz Benghazi. zappaman Jul 2015 #54

Good...pulling Dems together is how it's done Sheepshank Jul 2015 #6

Oh! SoapBox Jul 2015 #11

Clever twist on my initiat thought Sheepshank Jul 2015 #13

A very gracious statement. RiverNoord Jul 2015 #16

thank you MJkcj Jul 2015 #75

Ted Kenney didn't turn his back, though: freshwest Jul 2015 #35

If it is this easy to get all Dems together for a chat aspirant Jul 2015 #18

A previously posted article indicates several key candidates already met with the union Sheepshank Jul 2015 #23

The moon shines bright aspirant Jul 2015 #32

I don't think it was part of her duties as SoS. And she hasn't held an official position since. freshwest Jul 2015 #43

she NEVER supported single payer karynnj Jul 2015 #61

You and I are both right, I won't argue on the details, but here are her words: freshwest Jul 2015 #73

In the first, she is using the demand for single payer as a threat - saying if you don't have karynnj Jul 2015 #76

Sorry that didn't format right, but I'm too busy to correct it now. We're on the same page. freshwest Jul 2015 #82

no problem - as noted, I added the link karynnj Jul 2015 #95

But let's not forget the effort she put in to lead a health care task force when Bill was calimary Jul 2015 #83

Nowhere do I not give her credit karynnj Jul 2015 #84

Even so, was there ANYBODY ELSE ANYWHERE who was willing to stick his or her neck out calimary Jul 2015 #98

There were many people - even some Republicans working on expanding affordable karynnj Jul 2015 #99

Super post. oasis Jul 2015 #94

Kick & Recommended. William769 Jul 2015 #19

If the Dems in Congress have to endorse her, because of the "D", if they have to be djean111 Jul 2015 #26

Who said the Dems in Congress "HAVE" to endorse her? If she didn't meet with them no doubt.... George II Jul 2015 #100

Some of these responses! hrmjustin Jul 2015 #28

Weird, no? okasha Jul 2015 #33

Well it is Hillary and some here have to see the dark side in anuthing she does. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #34

And paint a dark side okasha Jul 2015 #37

Well they are great at reaching for the stars and falling flat. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #38

When your Freaching for the stars, Hollywood sings aspirant Jul 2015 #39

. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #41

When a child spits up, aspirant Jul 2015 #44

No doubt you are an expert. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #45

Are you an expert on Freaching the stars? aspirant Jul 2015 #48

No my expertise is in typos. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #49

How many typo mistakes does an expert make/year aspirant Jul 2015 #51

At least 5,000. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #53

You make all those mistakes and have no doubts, aspirant Jul 2015 #55

I have doubts. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #56

"no doubt" (your post #45) aspirant Jul 2015 #62

Doubt whatever you like. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #63

Do you like your doubts? aspirant Jul 2015 #70

Sometimes. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #74

Would it be wise to doubt some of your DU posts? aspirant Jul 2015 #77

Would it be wise to doubts yours? hrmjustin Jul 2015 #78

"doubts yours" aspirant Jul 2015 #90

Another one of my typos. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #91

We may get to 5000 in just this thread, aspirant Jul 2015 #92

Yes. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #93

True. okasha Jul 2015 #40

Lol. My favorites were "They don't have Bernie in their hearts" and the one that said Sanders will hrmjustin Jul 2015 #42

Those are a couple of my favorites, too. okasha Jul 2015 #47

Good gawd, Control-Z Jul 2015 #85

This message was self-deleted by its author hrmjustin Jul 2015 #87

Doing advanced search and found it willsent you a pm soon. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #88

He can after he gets help from... Space Godzilla! freshwest Jul 2015 #46

Or perhaps a Scots engineer and a couple dilithium crystals. okasha Jul 2015 #52

Loved that, too! TOS is my favorite. n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #57

Mine, too! okasha Jul 2015 #60

My "Democratic" rep and 2 Senators all voted for the TPP. CharlotteVale Jul 2015 #36

this is the difference restorefreedom Jul 2015 #58

Yup! peacebird Jul 2015 #59

Maybe she's just pointing out to her potential surrogates Buns_of_Fire Jul 2015 #64

If anything screamed establishment machine, this is it nt artislife Jul 2015 #67

Yeah, having your party behind you is so passé wyldwolf Jul 2015 #80

What does that even mean? artislife Jul 2015 #81

So, no labels? truebluegreen Jul 2015 #89