Hillary Clinton is a True Blue Democrat..

[Cha]

CJS ‎‎@cselldin
#NotJustAnyWoman @HillaryClinton is our 💙True Blue💙Democrat! She is working hard for every vote. I'm so very proud
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Hillary Clinton's Campaign Sharing Data/Funds with State Parties



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The Clinton campaign now has deals in place with the Democratic parties in Florida, Nevada, Ohio, South Carolina, and Texas, among other states and Puerto Rico, to create "victory funds." Contributions to those funds will be divided between the respective state parties and Clinton's primary campaign war chest.


Clinton has stressed that she wants her campaign and candidacy to boost other Democrats all the way down the ticket. Helping channel donors' support for her into state parties is one way to leverage her fundraising power on behalf of other candidates—and to link the success of other Democrats to her own.

The Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee announced a fundraising agreement in late August, making it possible for donors to give to her campaign and to the party's general election fund with one check. Clinton would only benefit from the money if she becomes the Democratic nominee

Nobody seems to be talking about this, but it seems like a BFD to me.
Clinton is using her superstar status and fundraising prowess to directly benefit the downticket races that we need to win to rebuild the Democratic party nationwide.

She is the only candidate we have that is in the position to do this, and she's doing it.

Those are some blood red states that she's raising money for,

If this ends up a wave election, Clinton is positioning us to ride that wave, even if she is not the nominee.

That is her commitment to the Democratic Party.

MOre to read...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/25/1439115/-Hillary-Clinton-s-Campaign-Sharing-Data-Funds-with-State-Parties

[font color=blue]Hillary's Group~Mahalo[/font]

Hillary is sharing her campaign donations to make sure we have a strong Democratic foundation all over America. Not just in it for herself. She knows what it takes to get bills and laws passed. Oh, and I'd be interested to know how much the other candidate has contributed to Dems?

Hillary Supporters Only.

[charlyvi]

1. This is the true "revolution."

[Cha]

3. Is not that the Truth, charly!

[font color=blue]The True Blue Revolution~[/font]

Mahalo~

[uponit7771]

24. Yeap, a revolution that mostly doesn't include the "others" is temper tantrum

[sheshe2]

2. Cha, She works for all of us,.

Nobody seems to be talking about this, but it seems like a BFD to me.
Clinton is using her superstar status and fundraising prowess to directly benefit the downticket races that we need to win to rebuild the Democratic party nationwide.

She is lifting up all! Not one, all.

[Cha]

6. Like charly said, she.. A true revolution! Not some

1/2 baked "outside mcconnell's window" revolution.

Mahalo, she~

[treestar]

13. Lol love that characterization

I lol at the picture in my mind Bernie making furniture gestures and yelling into turtle man's window

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

71. DUzy

[applegrove]

4. She's a good egg. And so looking towards making good legislation

happen when the Democrats win the Oval Office and the Senate.

[Cha]

10. That will be an awesome sight, indeed, apple.. Mahalo~

[BlueMTexpat]

5. That is absolutely 100% the truth, Cha!

[Cha]

14. Mahalo, BlueMTex!

[Surya Gayatri]

7. K & R most enthusiastically.

[Cha]

16. Mahalo, Surya!

[Thinkingabout]

8. K & R, great post.

[Cha]

18. Thank you so much, Thinkingabout!

[brer cat]

9. K&R

Helping down-ticket is the key to success, and Hillary is on it!

[Cha]

26. A True Blue Revolution, brer cat!

[stonecutter357]

11. K&R!

[Cha]

29. Good Morning stonecutter!

[stonecutter357]

40. Good morning Cha.

[treestar]

12. Mahalo Cha

That is excellent. It is very important. Hillary knows it's not just the presidency and the bully pulpit to magically get things done.

[Cha]

30. Hillary is looking @ the whole Big picture, treestar.. she knows what it takes. She doesn't

vote NO on bills getting passed just because it isn't pure enough, either.

True Blue Revolution!

[DemonGoddess]

15. K&R!

[Cha]

33. Mahalo DG!

[DemonGoddess]

49. Mahalo Cha!

[Walk away]

17. She's the only Democrat in the race and she is a Great Democrat!

Think of how many Democrats she helped get elected to office. Our party owes her thanks for decades of supporting us. And on top of that she is smart and cool under fire.

[Thinkingabout]

19. Yes, she has helped others and even contributed funds raised to help elect

Sanders to the Senate.

[Walk away]

23. And Warren to! nt

[Cha]

34. Hey, that's right... she's the only Dem in the race and she's carrying for all the Dems down

ticket.. Hillary knows what it takes to things done in Washington!



Mahalo Walk away~

[Her Sister]

20. This is what we get with HRC!!!

She sees the big picture and all the details!! She sees the dream but also reality!!

[Cha]

35. The whole package! All of America!

Mahalo Her Sister~

[Rose Siding]

21. That's the only path to broad change within the structure of our govt

Hillary knows it and BS has done zip all to advance it.

[Cha]

37. bernie's too busy with his stump speech to consider pesky details like the Dem Stucture in America.

Mahalo Rose~

[Her Sister]

22. Progressive Praise for Hillary Clinton, From a Bernie Supporter

I love this article so much, I share it at any opportunity! It shows how HRC and her campaign are operating. Just lovely


Progressive Praise for Hillary Clinton, From a Bernie Supporter
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/21/1473138/-Progressive-Praise-for-Hillary-Clinton-From-a-Bernie-Supporter

"... But I want to talk about what the Clinton campaign has done at the state and local level that deserves some progressive praise. In numerous districts around the nation, we simply have no one running or no one of merit running. How do you fix that? How do you change the landscape of the federal and state legislature?

Here’s what I can tell you: beginning last summer through today, the Hillary Clinton campaign has reached out, fairly agressively, to almost every state party near us. They have done so with resources and people who were willing to help. Those individuals weren’t just there to help Hillary, they often acted as facilitators for individuals who looked to run for US House, helping to connect potential candidates to resources, provide them connections with people in DC; and when state parties asked, the Clinton campaign was more than willing to go on the record and back them — whether they were a state she would win or not. These efforts seem small, but for state and county organizations, her campaign’s efforts to reach out and provide them human resources and infrastructure was desperately needed, and in some cases, her support of these issues in states helped decide whether or not the state would push for them.

For those who have criticized Hillary Clinton on many issues, I’d point out that it was her campaign that made real entreaties to state parties and encouraged them to become more progressive in their platform and legislative approach. Items like the Missouri Non-Discrimination Act push in Missouri? While numerous Missouri Democrats favored, pushes by partners and support through elements like the Clinton campaign showed many that they would have support, all the way up the ladder. When people knock her on LGBT issues because of something more than a decade ago, I point out that local groups will tell you her campaign had no problem reaching out to tell state legislators they believed in it and would stand for LGBT rights in the fall, which helped influence people to do the right thing.. not a decade ago, but in the last two months.

This is something that many in these areas haven’t seen in a while. Democrats have been too used to campaigns that said “don’t talk about this there, let’s not inject national into your state, etc.” and yet, when asked, at every turn, the Clinton campaign said yes. Repeatedly. To raise money for local candidates, to provide support for federal candidates, to help recruit federal candidates.

No matter who you endorse, this groundwork benefits all democrats, everywhere, including Bernie Sanders." ...
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[Cha]

38. Wow, a BS supporter who cares about the country.. Refreshing, thank you for posting, HS!

[Amimnoch]

25. As I've been saying for months now.. No matter the candidate it takes a Congress.

She is the one who's working to shape congress and not just her own campaign.

[Her Sister]

28. I know common sense, right!?

[Cha]

39. Hillary is amazing and she has such good people working with her

who take everything into consideration. Not just where the next huge rally is going to be.


Mahalo Amimnoch~

[yardwork]

27. The state races are essential.

[Cha]

41. Vital as well as the Senate and the House..

thank you, yardwork~

[yardwork]

44. Yes. Can't say it enough. My state of North Carolina has a governor and senator up.

We have got to replace our Koch-funded teabagger governor. We have a good chance of getting our right-wing moran senator replaced.

The Clintons do a great job of supporting down-ticket. Hillary is expected to have some coattails in NC.

[Cha]

45. I'm so happy for those possibilties in North Carolina, yardwork.. we've been feeling your

pain on how it's been so domineeringly right wing for too long!

It's Hagen who's up, yeah?

[yardwork]

46. No, sadly Kay Hagan lost to the loathsome carpet bagger Thom Tillis in 2014.

Kay Hagan was a good moderate Democratic senator, but Republican Thom Tillis - Koch-funded, natch - took her seat.

It's our other right-wing senator who is up for reelection now - Richard Burr, a complete moran - and there's a good chance of defeating him. Deborah Ross just won the Democratic primary as our nominee.

https://www.deborahross.com/

[Cha]

48. Oh, I'm sorry.. I got Dems and gop mixed up. Kay Hagen is a Dem and lost .. bummer.

Well good luck with Deborah Ross!

[yardwork]

50. I appreciate that you know so much about our state politics! Mahalo!

North Carolina is a sad example of the influence of teabagger/Koch money. We were a purple state - very progressive compared to the rest of the south - until the Kochs took over here in 2010. It's been one disaster after another since then.....

[Cha]

54. I know it was so sad to see the koch teabaggers take over in 2010..

Hopefully due to their failure after 6 years the pendulum will swing back in the other direction.

We use to live in Asheville back in the '70s.. I loved it.

[yardwork]

55. My son lives in Asheville! It's a great town.

it's still kind of like the 70s.

[Cha]

59. Good to hear.. a beautiful town.. and the surrounding areas.. especially in the Spring time!

[BlueCaliDem]

52. Heh-heh-heh..."moran"...eom

[yardwork]

53. You caught it!

I'm series.

[BlueCaliDem]

56. It reminded me of this...

?w=575


I'm serius, too!

[yardwork]

57. That's it! It was a thing on DU for a very long time. We loved it.

[Lucinda]

31. KNR Thank you!

[Cha]

42. Lucinda! Thank you!

[mcar]

32. K&R

[Cha]

43. Mahalo, mcar~

our Hillary!

[NastyRiffraff]

36. Another big, fat K&R!

To answer your question, Cha, (although I know you know the answer):

"Oh, and I'd be interested to know how much the other candidate has contributed to Dems?"

Zero. He has $1,000 in the fund the DNC gave to him for that very purpose; he has added nothing to it, and it apparently is just sitting there. Bernie spends his money only on Bernie.

[yardwork]

47. This was one of the deciding factors in why I chose to support Hillary.

The presidency is not the only thing going on. There are a LOT of really important races. All politics is local. While we focus so much attention on the presidency, our states are being taken over by right-wingers. It's the state legislatures that make most of the laws that impact our day to day lives.

The Clintons get this.

[Cha]

58. And, down the tubes in Ohio and South Carolina. No, he doesn't contribute to the

DNC.. he sues it after his data manager downloaded Hillary files and was fired for it.

Thank you for addressing the question, Riff!

[BlueCaliDem]

51. SHE'S HELPING THE ESTABLISHMENT!!!11

Or some stupid protest like that. OF COURSE she's helping "the establishment" (i.e., DEMOCRATS). She's a true-blue Democrat!

And so is President Obama, so she's in good company!

As for how much the other candidate is contributing to down-ticket Dems? He's still at a big fat goose-egg.

Mahalo for this wonderful OP, Cha!

[Cha]

61. LOL... I remember when asked about the Senators and House endorsing Hillary he

some thing about them being #establishment.. not sure is he can ever stop trying to insult people.

Mahalo, BlueCaliDem!

[BlueCaliDem]

63. Happy to have you laugh, Cha!

Yes, I remember that broadcast wherein he said that.

So it's fair to say that this primary isn't about electing Bernie Sanders as president but "gutting the Democratic Party". His comment sure does seem to underscore that goal by one of his supporters (@CoreyRobin) on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/CoreyRobin/status/707576881869144066



Those are some frightening words!

Mahalo, Cha!

[Her Sister]

64. I saw this yesterday! Bad freaking bad!

Wanting to gut the Democratic Party!!!!!

[BlueCaliDem]

65. And the sad part is, they actually think getting Sanders elected will accomplish that.

As President Obama has said from the beginning, change happens from the bottom up, not the top down. I guess they weren't listening. The would've otherwise done more than stay home in 2010 and again in 2014.

[Her Sister]

66. Corey Robin doesn't seem to like Obama

likens him to Nixon, from what I can see on his twitter account you posted. A political science professor and journalist. Very grandiose & important sense of self. Main goal: gut the Democratic party.

[BlueCaliDem]

67. Ugh! Why am I not surprised? That said, I'm always suspect of people who don't like PBO.

It can't be because of his policies (if they look at the current political climate in DC that's been in place pretty much since he was inaugurated!), and it can't be because he isn't a progressive (most progressive president since FDR) so what other reason could these people have to dislike this president so? Hm. I wonder...

[Her Sister]

68. BlueCaliDem how about posting the twitter as an OP thread here

I think it's important to know where some supporters are coming from.

[Her Sister]

80. posted it as an OP thread in HRC group

[Cha]

75. Turns out it's not the Dem Party he's "gutting" but

the truth.

He's so full of himself.. he's his own worst enemy.

thank you for that, BlueCali~

[Fla Dem]

60. You betcha! Great post!

Once asked in GPD what Bernie had ever done for the Dem Party. Got snark and totally off topic replies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1524107

He's a Democrat for his own convenience and expects the Dem party to bend over backwards for him.

[Cha]

62. I can imagine.. I know how they deflect.

He's not helping them and I'm thinking the Dems and the Super Dels won't be helping him.

Boooom! Karma gonna get him.

Mahalo Fla Dem~

[katmille]

69. Thanks, Cha

For this amzing post. As I said in another post, that is one of the three things I dislike about Bernie -- that he doesn't raise money for other Democrats, just himself and his campaign. And 2) that he is not a Democrat; 3) that he broke his promise to run a positive campaign.
So many people in Texas are being helped by Hillary (and the president!) raising money for other Democrats.
Just you wait! Someday Texas will be blue -- I hope in my lifetime.

[Her Sister]

70. thought some Latinos were hurrying up to register

all across the USA so they could vote against Trump!?

[Cha]

72. That's so good to know, katmille~ That Hillary is helping all those people in Texas to

fight for our Democracy! It's always a fight with the Kochs on our heels!

What you listed about BS.. that's just the tip of the iceberg for me but it's a damn good start.

Mahalo~

[katmille]

83. You're right, Cha

It is just the tip of the iceberg for me, too. But as I think of all the other things, I try to remember what makes me so confident of Hillary. And yes, helping all these people in Texas just didn't begin this year, or in 2008, but way back in 1972 when she and Bill came to Texas to work for McGovern. Working to register Black and Hispanic voters in the San Antonio area and in "the Valley" as we call the Brownsville/Harlegen/McAllen area, was an early indication of where her career might lead. Now we (and they) need Hillary more than ever!

[fleabiscuit]

73. K&R

[Cha]

77. Mahalo flea!

[fleabiscuit]

81. Cha!

[SunSeeker]

74. K & R

[Cha]

78. SunSeeker, thank you!

[Lil Missy]

76. Yes she is. Regardless of how hard the Bernie Bros try to change the

definition of who a Real Democrat is.

[ismnotwasm]

79. K&R

[SharonClark]

82. K&R