These Dems Endorse Hillary Clinton (Al Franken, vote, Israel, campaign)

[LauraC]

The Hill says these 103 Dems endorse Hillary Clinton. Which ones endorsed Obama over her in 2008? Do you think if the news media asked the ones that didn't endorse her in 2008 what she's done since then that makes them endorse her now, that they would have an answer?

DEMOCRATS

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.)
Sen. Michael Bennet (Colo.)
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.)
Sen. Barbara Boxer (Calif.)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (Wash.)
Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.)
Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.)
Sen. Al Franken (Minn.)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)
Sen. Martin Heinrich (N.M.)
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.)
Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (Mo.)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (Md.)
Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.)
Sen. Bill Nelson (Fla.)
Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.)
Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (Mich.)
Sen. Mark Warner (Va.)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)
Rep. Karen Bass (Calif.)
Rep. Joyce Beatty (Ohio)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas)
Rep. Julia Brownley (Calif.)
Rep. Kathy Castor (Fla.)
Rep. Joaquín Castro (Texas)
Rep. David Cicilline (R.I.)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (Va.)
Rep. Jim Cooper (Tenn.)
Rep. Joseph Crowley (N.Y.)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Rep. Danny Davis (Ill.)
Rep. John Delaney (Md.)
Rep. Ted Deutch (Fla.)
Rep. Debbie Dingell (Mich.)
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)
Rep. Bill Foster (Ill.)
Rep. Lois Frankel (Fla.)
Rep. Gene Green (Texas)
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.)
Rep. Janice Hahn (Calif.)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (Fla.)
Rep. Brian Higgins (N.Y.)
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (Texas)
Rep. Mike Honda (Calif.)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.)
Rep. Steve Israel (N.Y.)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas)
Rep. Hank Johnson (Ga.)
Rep. Robin Kelly (Ill.)
Rep. Dan Kildee (Mich.)
Rep. Derek Kilmer (Wash.)
Rep. Jim Langevin (R.I.)
Rep. Sandy Levin (Mich.)
Rep. John Lewis (Ga.)
Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.)
Rep. Nita Lowey (N.Y.)
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (N.M.)
Rep. Stephen Lynch (Mass.)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.)
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.)
Rep. Doris Matsui (Calif.)
Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.)
Rep. Grace Meng (N.Y.)
Rep. Patrick Murphy (Fla.)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (Calif.)
Rep. Richard Neal (Mass.)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (Colo.)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (Maine)
Rep. Jared Polis (Colo.)
Rep. Charles Rangel (N.Y.)
Rep. Kathleen Rice (N.Y.)
Rep. Cedric Richmond (La.)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.)
Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.)
Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.)
Rep. Kurt Schrader (Ore.)
Rep. David Scott (Ga.)
Rep. José Serrano (N.Y.)
Rep. Terri Sewell (Ala.)
Rep. Brad Sherman (Calif.)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (N.Y.)
Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.)
Rep. Mark Takai (Hawaii)
Rep. Mike Thompson (Calif.)
Rep. Dina Titus (Nev.)
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.)
Rep. Marc Veasey (Texas)
Rep. Filemon Vela (Texas)
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (Fla.)

Race is on for 2016 endorsements | TheHill

[urbanlife78]

Kurt Schrader was a member of the Oregon State Government at the time, so I am not sure there is much information on who he endorsed for the Democrat Primary in 2008.

[Casper in Dallas]

Originally Posted by LauraC

The Hill says these 103 Dems endorse Hillary Clinton. Which ones endorsed Obama over her in 2008? Do you think if the news media asked the ones that didn't endorse her in 2008 what she's done since then that makes them endorse her now, that they would have an answer?

DEMOCRATS

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.)
Sen. Michael Bennet (Colo.)
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.)
Sen. Barbara Boxer (Calif.)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (Wash.)
Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.)
Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.)
Sen. Al Franken (Minn.)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)
Sen. Martin Heinrich (N.M.)
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.)
Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (Mo.)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (Md.)
Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.)
Sen. Bill Nelson (Fla.)
Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.)
Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (Mich.)
Sen. Mark Warner (Va.)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)
Rep. Karen Bass (Calif.)
Rep. Joyce Beatty (Ohio)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas)
Rep. Julia Brownley (Calif.)
Rep. Kathy Castor (Fla.)
Rep. Joaquín Castro (Texas)
Rep. David Cicilline (R.I.)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (Va.)
Rep. Jim Cooper (Tenn.)
Rep. Joseph Crowley (N.Y.)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Rep. Danny Davis (Ill.)
Rep. John Delaney (Md.)
Rep. Ted Deutch (Fla.)
Rep. Debbie Dingell (Mich.)
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)
Rep. Bill Foster (Ill.)
Rep. Lois Frankel (Fla.)
Rep. Gene Green (Texas)
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.)
Rep. Janice Hahn (Calif.)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (Fla.)
Rep. Brian Higgins (N.Y.)
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (Texas)
Rep. Mike Honda (Calif.)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.)
Rep. Steve Israel (N.Y.)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas)
Rep. Hank Johnson (Ga.)
Rep. Robin Kelly (Ill.)
Rep. Dan Kildee (Mich.)
Rep. Derek Kilmer (Wash.)
Rep. Jim Langevin (R.I.)
Rep. Sandy Levin (Mich.)
Rep. John Lewis (Ga.)
Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.)
Rep. Nita Lowey (N.Y.)
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (N.M.)
Rep. Stephen Lynch (Mass.)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.)
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.)
Rep. Doris Matsui (Calif.)
Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.)
Rep. Grace Meng (N.Y.)
Rep. Patrick Murphy (Fla.)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (Calif.)
Rep. Richard Neal (Mass.)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (Colo.)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (Maine)
Rep. Jared Polis (Colo.)
Rep. Charles Rangel (N.Y.)
Rep. Kathleen Rice (N.Y.)
Rep. Cedric Richmond (La.)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.)
Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.)
Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.)
Rep. Kurt Schrader (Ore.)
Rep. David Scott (Ga.)
Rep. José Serrano (N.Y.)
Rep. Terri Sewell (Ala.)
Rep. Brad Sherman (Calif.)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (N.Y.)
Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.)
Rep. Mark Takai (Hawaii)
Rep. Mike Thompson (Calif.)
Rep. Dina Titus (Nev.)
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.)
Rep. Marc Veasey (Texas)
Rep. Filemon Vela (Texas)
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (Fla.)

Race is on for 2016 endorsements | TheHill

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[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by LauraC

The Hill says these 103 Dems endorse Hillary Clinton. Which ones endorsed Obama over her in 2008? Do you think if the news media asked the ones that didn't endorse her in 2008 what she's done since then that makes them endorse her now, that they would have an answer?

That argument would only work if Barack Obama was running against her now and they switched their vote.

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by dsjj251

That argument would only work if Barack Obama was running against her now and they switched their vote.

um, not really. The discussion the OP asked is how many endorsed Obama over Clinton 6 years ago and why they would endorse her now if they didnt then.

Obama doesnt need to be running now to ask why they would endorse someone else.

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by pghquest

um, not really. The discussion the OP asked is how many endorsed Obama over Clinton 6 years ago and why they would endorse her now if they didnt then.

Obama doesnt need to be running now to ask why they would endorse someone else.

He needs to but running for it to matter.

In 2004, George Bush ran unopposed in the GOP. Did you not understand why Republicans who supported other people in 2000 then supported him in 2004 ??????

[HeyJude514]

Originally Posted by LauraC

The Hill says these 103 Dems endorse Hillary Clinton. Which ones endorsed Obama over her in 2008? Do you think if the news media asked the ones that didn't endorse her in 2008 what she's done since then that makes them endorse her now, that they would have an answer?

Wow, you honestly need someone to answer that question for you? Okaaaay, how about this--Obama isn't running in 2016, so they can't endorse him for president going forward. So given that this is an entirely new election cycle, and they have to endorse someone for the nomination, Hillary is their choice this time around in this new field of candidates. Seems like something that anyone with even the most basic understanding of election cycles would understand, but hey, I'm happy to explain it to you.

Geesh.

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by HeyJude514

Wow, you honestly need someone to answer that question for you? Okaaaay, how about this--Obama isn't running in 2016, so they can't endorse him for president going forward. So given that this is an entirely new election cycle, and they have to endorse someone for the nomination, Hillary is their choice this time around in this new field of candidates. Seems like something that anyone with even the most basic understanding of election cycles would understand, but hey, I'm happy to explain it to you.

Geesh.

Well, it presumes she's done something special since 2008 because Obama just had a speech. Isn't that why you all thought he was better than her? That's what she said. It can't be you just voted for him for the color of his skin.

"I think you'll be able to imagine many things Senator McCain will be able to say," she said. "He's never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator Obama will put forth a speech he made in 2002." - Hillary Clinton

But, the politicians endorsing her now apparently didn't want her to answer the phone when it rang at three in the morning. They preferred the guy with zero accomplishment/zero experience who liked to vote "present."

You all passed her over in favor of the 2008 do-nothing guy so I have to assume, with all of these Dem politicians jumping aboard the 2016 Hillary train that turned their nose up to her before, she's accomplished something really spectacular since 2008. What is it?

[gtc08]

Originally Posted by LauraC

Well, it presumes she's done something special since 2008 because Obama just had a speech. Isn't that why you all thought he was better than her? That's what she said. It can't be you just voted for him for the color of his skin.

"I think you'll be able to imagine many things Senator McCain will be able to say," she said. "He's never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator Obama will put forth a speech he made in 2002." - Hillary Clinton

But, the politicians endorsing her now apparently didn't want her to answer the phone when it rang at three in the morning. They preferred the guy with zero accomplishment/zero experience who liked to vote "present."

You all passed her over in favor of the 2008 do-nothing guy so I have to assume, with all of these Dem politicians jumping aboard the 2016 Hillary train that turned their nose up to her before, she's accomplished something really spectacular since 2008. What is it?

like the rest have said, if you can't comprehend this you are hopeless.