Hillary has had very few congress endorsements. HRC supporters please explain...

[cooolandrew]

...So HRC supporters considering Hillary has been on the hill for nearly 20 years how come she has so very few endorsements from congress. Is this a positive or a negative. Just asking an objectively.

[yardwork]

1. She's one of the only women in the old boys' club senate.

[cooolandrew]

4. ....

[neutron]

10. JFK had no Congressional Endorsements

since his name is being dropped on a daily basis.

[rpannier]

18. I did not know that

Thanks for sharing

[cooolandrew]

23. Whoa no endorsement it must of been more corrupt back then see we do have progress.

[rpannier]

29. Not necessarily

Kennedy was young, new to the national political scene.
He was Roman Catholic, which was seen by many to be a virtual death knell.

Kennedy ran against Adlai Stevenson, who was endorsed by Eleanor Roosevelt
as well as
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Pat Brown of California
Ohio Governor DiSalle
Liberal Oregon Senator Wayne Morse
and
Stuart Symington

There was nothing corrupt about them not backing Kennedy.
Infact, one could argue that not supporting Kennedy was a voice against corruption.
His father, Joe, would hardly be considered a progressive or a voice against business or political corruption.

[yardwork]

21. 16 female senators out of 100, several of them Republican.

Women make up considerably more than 16% of the U.S. population.

[neutron]

5. self delete

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[neutron]

8. self delete

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[neutron]

2. Go back to Daily Kurse

Their diaries aren't boring enough.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Have you looked at the super delegate list?

[cooolandrew]

15. OK naive me just all the most pulicised one I've noticed. Obama has Wexler cool.

[Azathoth]

6. She grabbed all her endorsements early to make herself look inevitable

Now it's Obama time, and she has no one left in the wings who is willing to take a gamble on her.

[MonkeyFunk]

20. One doesn't grab an endorsement

one GIVES an endorsement.

More congresspeople GAVE her their endorsement than any other candidate.

[yardwork]

24. Hillary is grabby. Obama is gracious. Get the memes right.

Hillary = grabby, bitchy, shrill, emotional, difficult.

Obama = gracious, strong, stalwart, calm, moderate.

I hate this shit.

[Azathoth]

30. Oh give me a fucking break

The verb 'grab' has been used to describe getting political endorsements ever since I was born. Now all of a sudden its use is part of a vast conspiracy to make Hillary look evil and bitchy? Yeah sure.

[MonkeyFunk]

7. She has more than any other candidate.

12 Senate and 73 House endorsements.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_endorsements_for_the_2008_United_States_presidential_election

[Maddy McCall]

9. ouch.

[MonkeyFunk]

14. sometimes it's just too easy

obvious lies are easily spotted.


They don't even try anymore. Kids these days.

Back in OUR day we know how to create and spread a good lie! Remember when you and I did the moon landing?

[Lucinda]

17. I'm on freakin dial-up and had the answer in under 2 minutes

Makes ya wonder. :)

[Lucinda]

11. She has 85 - Obama has 52

http://www.rollcall.com/politics/endorsements.html#Clinton



Sen. Evan Bayh (Ind.)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (Wash.)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.)
Sen. Daniel Inouye (Hawaii)
Sen. Bob Menendez (N.J.)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (Md.)
Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.)
Sen. Bill Nelson (Fla.)
Sen. Mark Pryor (Ark.)
Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (Mich.)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)
Rep. Gary Ackerman (N.Y.)
Rep. Robert Andrews (N.J.)
Rep. Michael Arcuri (N.Y.)
Rep. Joe Baca (Calif.)
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.)
Rep. Shelley Berkley (Nev.)
Rep. Marion Berry (Ark.)
Rep. Tim Bishop (N.Y.)
Rep. Leonard Boswell (Iowa)
Rep. Corrine Brown (Fla.)
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (Calif.)
Del. Donna Christian-Christensen (Virgin Islands)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (N.Y.)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.)
Rep. Joe Crowley (N.Y.)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Rep. Diana DeGette (Colo.)
Rep. Eliot Engel (N.Y.)
Rep. Barney Frank (Mass.)
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)
Rep. John Hall (N.Y.)
Rep. Jane Harman (Calif.)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (Fla.)
Rep. Brian Higgins (N.Y.)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (N.Y.)
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (Texas)
Rep. Darlene Hooley (Ore.)
Rep. Jay Inslee (Wash.)
Rep. Steve Israel (N.Y.)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas)
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Ohio)
Rep. James Langevin (R.I.)
Rep. Tom Lantos (Calif.)
Rep. John Lewis (Ga.)
Rep. Nita Lowey (N.Y.)
Rep. Stephen Lynch (Mass.)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.)
Rep. Doris Matsui (Calif.)
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (N.Y.)
Rep. Jim McGovern (Mass.)
Rep. Mike McNulty (N.Y.)
Rep. Kendrick Meek (Fla.)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (Calif.)
Rep. Richard Neal (Mass.)
Rep. Frank Pallone (N.J.)
Rep. Bill Pascrell (N.J.)
Rep. Charlie Rangel (N.Y.)
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (Texas)
Rep. Laura Richardson (Calif.)
Rep. Mike Ross (Ark.)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.)
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (Md.)
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (Calif.)
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (Pa.)
Rep. David Scott (Ga.)
Rep. José Serrano (N.Y.)
Rep. Joe Sestak (Pa.)
Rep. Brad Sherman (Calif.)
Rep. Albio Sires (N.J.)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (N.Y.)
Rep. Vic Snyder (Ark.)
Rep. Hilda Solis (Calif.)
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (Calif.)
Rep. Mike Thompson (Calif.)
Rep. Edolphus Towns (N.Y.)
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.)
Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.)
Rep. Diane Watson (Calif.)
Rep. Anthony Weiner (N.Y.)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (Calif.)

Can we help you find anything else? :)

[agdlp]

12. Clinton, Obama whip for ‘’08

Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) have intensified their fight for congressional endorsements, setting up whip operations in which their surrogates are cajoling undecided lawmakers to get off the fence.

Former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) has set up a similar operation headed by former House Minority Whip David Bonior (D-Mich.), who said he would meet half a dozen lawmakers today to seek their endorsements.

Members of Congress are important to presidential candidates because they can raise money and mobilize voters in early primary states. But they will also serve as super delegates at next year’s presidential nominating convention in Denver. Since their convention votes are not tied to the results of next year’s primaries, lawmakers constitute a voting bloc that
unlike primary voters can be locked down early.

Clinton’s supporters in the House began organizing their whip operation in March, as the first fundraising quarter of the 2008 election cycle drew to a close. Her whips switched on the afterburners last month after Obama stunned political observers by revealing he had raised $25.8 million in the first quarter.

At the beginning of March, Clinton’s House supporters held their first meeting to plot strategy, and have held regular conference calls ever since. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) heads the Clinton whip team, and has tasked Reps. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) and Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) with building support among lawmakers from various geographical regions.

Their activity reached a crescendo Wednesday when Clinton’s Congressional Leadership Committee held a reception for lawmakers supporting their candidate at the Georgetown home of Democratic super donors Elizabeth and Smith Bagley.

“We’ve got a pretty sophisticated operation,” said Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), a Clinton whip, who said he attended his first
meeting at the end of March. “Various members have been assigned colleagues based on personal friendships or service on the same committees. We meet every week to review the list. There’s a lot of enthusiasm.”


http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/clinton-obama-whip-for-08-2007-05-21.html

[Yossariant]

13. Two columns for her superdelegates. Poor Barack just has one.

[rpannier]

16. Based on the performance of the 'Democratic congress'...

That's a good thing on my end.

For the most part, they've shown themselves to be useless air-thieves.

So there's no misunderstanding:
My money and my vote go to Edwards. I am NOT voting for Ms Clinton or the Senator from my state Mr Obama in the primaries because I consider neither of them worthy of my vote.

I will however, vote for which ever wins in the GE

[cooolandrew]

19. OK I embarassed myself up I'll go cringe now. To be fair he's doing well on catch up.

[MonkeyFunk]

22. There's this cool new thing called "Google"

you just type in words and hit enter, and ALL sorts of stuff comes up.

Type in: Clinton congressional endorsements

A wealth of information appeared.

[Maddy McCall]

27. Check his edit.

:eyes:

[pathansen]

25. Hillary has about twice the endorsements of Obama - Take a look

CLINTON:
http://www.vote-smart.org/endorsements.php?can_id=55463

OBAMA:
http://www.vote-smart.org/endorsements.php?can_id=9490

So where did you get the idea she had very few Congressional endorsements?!

[Maddy McCall]

26. Classic moving of the goalpost.

It would be less embarrassing for you if you started a new thread, instead of editing this one after several DUers easily proved you wrong.

[BluegrassDem]

28. Those who know Hillary the best, like her the least

No one likes here, especially other women in office. She's so phony.

[MonkeyFunk]

31. She has more congressional endorsements

than any other candidate.

You should read the thread before just automatically believing something you read in an OP.