THIS is what coalition-building looks like
from Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/25/1439115/-Hillary-Clinton-s-Campaign-Sharing-Data-Funds-with-State-Parties …
Hillary Clinton's Campaign Sharing Data/Funds with State Parties
Just got off of Robby Mook's conference call for Hillary Clinton volunteers, and he mentioned in passing that all of the voter data that the campaign is collecting for Clinton is being shared with state parties. Mook explicitly stated that they are doing this to directly combat midterm voting dropoffs, to avoid a repeat of 2014.
So I did some googling, and found this from Bloomberg.
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.
read: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/25/1439115/-Hillary-Clinton-s-Campaign-Sharing-Data-Funds-with-State-Parties …
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not Clinton with her "superstar status" to raise funds for candidates. 
If she helps other Democrats, it's because she's selfish. If she does nothing, it's because she's selfish. 
Practically no one at DU knew who Sanders was 8 months ago yet the fawning prose that's leveled in his direction, painting him as pure and strong and really, really, nice are beyond comprehension.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]
We'll be sharing all the data about the majority of the 30% of voters that were guaranteed to vote for Democrats anyway with downticket Democrats and state parties! Even better: these people are already in our database! Isn't it marvelous???
